Red
Dominus Estate Dominus 2016
£269.95
Why Mark chose this
The story of Dominus began in 1982, when Christian Moueix, a French winemaker from Bordeaux, decided to purchase a 124-acre estate in Napa Valley, California. Moueix came from a prominent winemaking family; his father, Jean-Pierre Moueix, was the owner of the prestigious Bordeaux winery Château Pétrus, one of the most sought-after and expensive wines in the world. Christian Moueix had inherited his family's deep understanding of terroir, and his vision was to apply this expertise to the unique soil and climate of Napa Valley.
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- Pairs well with meat-based meals and hard cheese.
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Tasting Notes
A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine is deep purple-black in color and quite reticent at this youthful stage to begin, offering up subtle notions of pot-pourri, Indian spices, cigar box and iron ore over a core of crushed blackberries and black cherries with intermittent wafts of black and red currants, new leather and smoked meats. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a densely packed mid-palate and oodles of freshness framed by very ripe, finely grained tannins and laced with compelling earthy accents. It offers incredible vibrancy with tons of black and red fruit sparkle in the mid-palate leading to a provocative mineral element on the very long finish. If I could give more than 100 for this one, I would. To be released in May 2019. 2024-2054 100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, October 2018
- Country
- USA
- Region
- California
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Vintage
- 2016
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Vol.
- 750ml