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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 8/22/2023: 1) 2018 100/100
2)2017-2019 98-99/100
3)2013-2016 97-98/100 (3280 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 6/3/2023 & rated 95 points: Really top wine but nothing to see with the future legendary 2018 or the great 2019 (3162 views) | | | Tasted by Alexander Smith on 2/24/2023 & rated 90 points: Premiere Napa Valley; 2/22/2023-3/25/2023 (Napa, California): A very simple straight forward Cabernet, nothing right, nothing wrong neither. This showed notes of dark ripe fruit, blackcurrant, cassis, drying tannins, very little in the way of mouth feel, quite savoury on the mid palate finishing short. Lacking personality.
This is the second recent vintage of Dominus I have tasted and left felted puzzled. Will this improve in 20+ years? Possibly, but I can't help but feel confused by the high scores and what I have recently tasted. It is possible the wine was not properly prepared, however I can only judge the wine on its presentation. (3248 views) |
| By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley's 2021s and 2022s - Part 1 (12/26/2023)
(Dominus) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, The 2021 Napa Valley Cabernets, Part One (Dec 2023) (12/1/2023)
(Dominus Dominus Napa Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jonathan Cristaldi
Decanter, Cristaldi November tastings (9/28/2023)
(Dominus Estate, Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jonathan Cristaldi
Decanter, Dominus (9/28/2023)
(Dominus Estate, Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (2/14/2023)
(Dominus Napa Valley , United States) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Dominus Producer websiteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.EstateIn the United States, "Wines with “estate bottled” designations must: a) also designate an appellation of origin or an AVA, and both the vineyards and the winery must be located there; b) the grapes must come from vineyards owned or controlled by the winery; and c) the wine must have been produced, from crush to bottle, in a continuous process without leaving the winery’s premises."
- WINE LABEL FAQS: A QUICK SUMMARY OF LABEL DESIGNATION RULES" by David E. StollUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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