The Mount Mary Quintet was Halliday's Wine of the Year 2023*. It is an elegant, highly focused, and iconic medium-bodied red blend from the slopes of the Yarra Valley, Victoria. Produced by winemaker Sam Middleton, this legendary flagship release is a masterclass in Bordeaux-style blending, renowned for its incredible perfume, structural longevity, and seamless grace.
*The 2020 vintage received top honours at the 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Awards, winning Red Wine of the Year and Best Cabernet and Family, with an outstanding score of 98 points.
- Aromas: Refined and highly complex, bursting with dark cassis, redcurrant, and violet florals, layered with savoury hints of cigar box, cedar, and subtle leafy notes.
- Palate: Intense yet effortlessly medium-weighted, delivering precise layers of blackcurrant, dark plum, and spice, framed by an elegant line of acidity and exceptionally fine, chalky tannins.
- Style: A world-class, ultra-premium blend that trades heavy, over-extracted weight for poise and balance, marrying understated power with immense cool-climate elegance.
- Winemaking: A traditional blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. The fruit is gently handled, fermented separately, and matured for 22 months in premium French oak barriques and large vats.
- Cellaring: While beautifully fragrant on release, its impeccable balance and tight structural spine allow it to cellar and evolve spectacularly over 15 to 30-plus years.
- Food Pairing: An outstanding partner for serious, high-end dishes, pairing perfectly with premium roast lamb rack, dry-aged beef fillet, roasted venison, or wild mushroom tartlets.
This is a spectacular, blue-chip red blend that trades muscular weight for pure, artistic symmetry. It delivers a deeply satisfying wave of sophisticated dark fruits and structural spice, yet stays incredibly polished and light on its feet from start to finish. It is the ultimate bottle to pull from the cellar when you want an unforgettable, benchmark expression of Australian fine wine.
Mount Mary
Mount Mary is one of Australia's iconic, family owned single vineyard estates, located in the heart of the Yarra Valley, Victoria.
Established in 1971, three generations of the Middleton family have dedicated themselves to producing limited quantities of premium wines of elegance, longevity and distinction. Mount Mary remains truly family owned and operated.
All of Mount Mary's wines are made from estate grown fruit and are produced and bottled on site. Being entirely self-contained across every part of the process — from vine to bottle — has been central to Mount Mary since day one, and will remain so for generations to come.
