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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96.5 pts. and median of 97 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by gblacave on 5/15/2024 & rated 97 points: Wow. This was decanted for about two hours. So much power and elegance. Packed with dark fruit, cassis and berries. Surprisingly well integrated already with tremendous balance, length, and so much potential ahead. Already delicious, this will improve for decades. (543 views) | | | Tasted by mathwonk on 3/14/2024: very satisfying. rich and powerful, good from the get go, and got progressively better. I was worried for a while as the bitter aspects threatened to outweigh the fruity ones, but after several hours, it smoothed out and became quite delightful, having started out strong and alcoholic.
so don't drink it all before it reaches its best, as that is a temptation and risk.
of course, if you have not had these, I do not recommend it as really "worth" the $300+ that it costs [but see edit below], but knowing that, if you are willing to spring for that price anyway, I think you will be satisfied, which I myself was definitely not with the 2009.
A friend recommended instead a Bevan or Blankiet, but I have not tried those, which cost a bit less. After drinking this, and reading reviews here, I suspect I may not agree, but must suspend judgment until I have those.
edit: one night later; after last night's Dominus, an attempt to scale back is a failure. Tonight's Lopez Heredia 2008, is barely drinkable, light and lacking in depth or interest. It begins as tasty but quickly becomes tiresomely sweet. By contrast, the entire bottle of Dominus went down easily.
cheers. (1622 views) | | | Tasted by LBDWine on 2/16/2024: KIS young vintage (1511 views) | | | Tasted by 831900_ on 2/11/2024: Clearly a high quality wine. Incredibly intense dark fruit core, ultra silky, vanilla. Not up my street: too towering, too forward for me personally. But again, clearly very high quality. (1600 views) | | | Tasted by Cablover1982 on 2/2/2024 & rated 95 points: Opened at The Inn at Little Washington (3 Star Michelin) dinner with wife and great friends.
Decanted about 2 hours by the Somm prior to dinner reservation.
Definitely has the Bordeaux qualities. The reddish dark fruit power is in control, little restraint, little anemic (compared to big boys like VV and Vangone), has some potting soil, earthy flavors.
Lots of finesse and elegance.
Not really my style but I appreciate it.
Enjoyed with a delicious multi-course meal at The Inn! (1886 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 8/22/2023 & rated 99 points: 1) 2018 100/100
2) 2017-2019 98-99/100
3 )2013-2016 97-98/100 (5432 views) | | | Tasted by Cabbies Dad on 5/31/2023: Buy again (4001 views) | | | Tasted by Cabbies Dad on 5/13/2023: Drank with pizza. Carol & Terry came over and Carol and I drank the bottle. I am glad I have another bottle. I loved it! (3449 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Lover 916 on 3/18/2023 & rated 96 points: Dark purple red, straw, fig, blue berry, tons of fruit forward aroma but all was commingled well and soft. Good one! (3777 views) | | | Tasted by WineBurrowingWombat on 3/18/2023 & rated 93 points: Napa tasting (K&L Wine Merchant - San Francisco): Nose of fresh, small and ripe red and blue berries with intense florals.
Flavors of intense and prickly dark red fruits, softy spiced oak and shaved graphite.
Fresh and almost too light on the palate. Might gain some weight with more time. Obviously way too young. 93+ (5191 views) | | | Tasted by Ramonee Confit on 3/17/2023 & rated 100 points: Cette cuvée d'anthologie atteint des sommets. La beauté exceptionnelle de la Napa Valley s'exprime dans ce nectar sublime. Surement le meilleur jamais fait. (3118 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 3/13/2023 & rated 99 points: re-tasted yesterday, very, very great wine! (3741 views) | | | Tasted by JJB007 on 12/30/2022 & rated 90 points: Heavy on the tannin, but nice finish. Not heavy on the pepper. Nice wine would be great with any type of meat. (2784 views) | | | Tasted by watcheslover on 9/15/2022 & rated 95 points: 95-96 A top quality wine but not at same level than 2017 and 2018 (5304 views) | | | Tasted by Agunner23 on 7/12/2022 & rated 98 points: Lots of crushed stone, lead pencil and licorice aromas that are extremely aromatic and bright. Black cherries, cloves and purple fruit, too. Full body and a round and ripe center-palate with a juicy interior. It opens at the end with a savory and juicy finish. Layered and beautiful. Drinkable now, but better in three or four years. (3990 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 5/9/2022 & rated 98 points: MMD Tour 2022 Tasting. St. Regis Hotel (St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco): Dark, bright purple in the glass, nose of black cherry, black currants, allspice, and spring flowers, same on the palate, big body, mouth filling fruit, very tasty, delicious, surprisingly fruit forward, needs three years to peak, lots of complexity, and a long, long, lovely finish, tasted three times-same results. (2484 views) |
| 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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