"quintessential of" is a valid phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe something that best embodies a quality or characteristic. For example: "Cheryl's art is the quintessential of creativity."
It was heavily laced with blackcurrants, with tart, sweet, ripe berries colliding to make this most quintessential of English puddings.
Not even John Lewis, that most quintessential of middle-class brands, has customers as rich as the oldest universities' students.
It is also that most quintessential of Scottish residences — the kind favoured by royalty and rock stars— a bona fide castle.
Finally there is some evidence that a couple of precocious pooches may have that most quintessential of human skills – comprehending language.
The novelist Aminatta Forna, in her Guardian review of the collection, praised Gappah for brilliantly conveying the reality of life in Zimbabwe, adding: "Through humour and compassion, she depicts that most quintessential of African characteristics: the ability to laugh at life, for fear of crying".
Following stints on the Lollapolooza and Bonaroo touring festivals, Cage the Elephant recorded their debut album in Nashville and, weirdly for this most quintessential of US outfits, have just signed a UK deal and upped sticks to, of all places, Leytonstone in East London.
For years, the name Ron Artest evoked an image of the quintessential out-of-control athlete.
The film offers a wonderful retrospective of the political life of a quintessential son of New York City.
Tea, the most quintessential of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores.
The quintessential story of rebirth, of moxy and redemption.
Otherwise we're missing out on one of the quintessential fruits of a British summer.
