Beyond Classification: Château Quintus, Wine Passion, and Reimagining Saint-Émilion's Legacy: Nils Vaincot
From Wine Talks with Paul K. by Paul K from the Original Wine of the Month Club
March 26, 2026 · 54 min · Episode 506
About this episode
This episode explores the innovative winemaking at Château Quintus and its impact on the legacy of Saint-Émilion.
It is crazy interesting to me that a winery as young as Quintus, in such an established and historical area as Saint Emilion, can make such waves when virtually in it's infancy as a winery. Michel Roland (we just lost him), the famed oenologist once told a friend of mine that now that it is established she can grow wine grapes at her vineyard, it will take 100 years to know what it really can do. Enter the Chateau Quintus, a winery in the famed Right Bank Bordeaux appelation; Saint Emilion. The fertile ground where Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau Angelus and Petrus call home, is now the birthplace of the upstart Chateau Quintus. Up start only in the sense that it is a youngin' having only been established in 2011. To have been able to create such concentrated, complex wine in such a short time would have been unheard of in the earlier days of Bordeaux; meaning, how could this happen? It has taken dozens of years for other Chateau to learn of their own pedigree...hear the story here. YouTube: https://youtu.be/ghXyTJCZe0M #wine #Bordeaux #SaintÉmilion #ChâteauQuintus #PaulKalemkiarian #NilsVaincot #winetasting #terroir #GrandCru #wineclassification #RightBank #LeftBank #Merlot…
People in this episode
Guest: Nils Vaincot
Topics covered
- Château Quintus
- Saint-Émilion
- Bordeaux
- wine classification
- winemaking
Keywords
- wine
- Bordeaux
- SaintÉmilion
- ChâteauQuintus
- PaulKalemkiarian
- NilsVaincot
- winetasting
- terroir
- GrandCru
- RightBank
- LeftBank
- Merlot
- CabernetFranc
- winetourism
- hospitality
- blindtasting
- DomaineClarenceDillon
- wineemotion
- masterclass
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau Angelus, Petrus
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