There is an effortless, harmonious, silky, graceful approachability to Quintet that makes it enticingly appealing and instantly recognisable. This is cabernet sauvignon (almost half) and friends (one third merlot, a good dose of cabernet franc and a dash of petit verdot and malbec) of perfectly ripe, deep black fruit character, yet utterly restrained at a refreshingly medium-bodied 12.7% alcohol. Blackberries, blackcurrants and dried flowers are all recognisable from the outset, before a slowly rising intensity of refined violet and rose petal perfume emerges. Fruit definition is encased in an unashamedly elegant shell, with acid and tannin seamlessly integrated; at once tart and refreshing, finely structured and textural, approachable and long-lived. $99 at Randall’s (2008).