1987 Dominus Estate

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  7/26/2023 - alittle wrote: 95 Points

  Textbook example of the better side of California Cabernet. Sitting comfortable at or near its apogee, but should hold for quite some time.

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  7/26/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 93 Points

  A few epic bottles in July: This pours deep ruby in the glass, with light bricking. The initial impression is this is quite deep, rich and ripe. The nose shows blackberry, cassis, brown sugar, kirsch, graphite, lead pencil, celery seed, black licorice, and espresso. The palate is very deep and rich, loaded with blackberry, cassis, showing buried medium minus tannin and medium acid. The finish comes across quite tarry with an aniseed character. I found this almost a tad too dark and ripe, lacking the breadth and complexity of my favourite Dominus. Worth noting that the two other experienced tasters I drank this with liked this significantly more than me.

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  2/12/2023 - rnellans wrote: 92 Points

  Cassis, raspberry, and spices. The palate is full bodied and nice texture with plush tannins, Soft. Less complex. Tough competition with 89 Lynch Bages and 89 Pichon Lelande.

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  2/9/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 97 Points

  Going Up The Country: Suburban Bliss & Wines to Match (Craig & Nita's Place): Very dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over 2 plus hours. This was truly impressive as well. The pedigree is clear when a wine of this age just keeps getting better and better in the glass. Its been about 5 years since I last had this, and this bottle was truly memorable. This so my kind of nose, filled with seductive pencil and fine tobacco notes, cassis, smoke, crushed violets, black raspberry, and wood spices. The palate is full bodied and perfectly textured with plush interwoven tannins, tobacco, pencil, cassis and dark black and blue berries, gravel, scorched earth, and amzing length. Simply gorgeous, served next to an impressive '05 that has all the earmarks of becoming what the '87 is down the road - maybe even better. Thanks to Candie for shopping at the impressive Siggy's Wine Emporium. 96+ to 97pts.

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  2/9/2023 - chablis28 wrote: 96 Points

  Chef Don Saunder's food entices 7 city dwellers to our place in the exurbs! 8 of us plus Nita & Joe enjoyed Don's magnificent food tonight 30 miles from downtown Minneapolis. What a night!! CV,KB,SS,CS,DM,DD,LI, & DS. With a quick decant & one of our last wines of the evening, this was superb! Thank you Candace! This got better & better in the glass & shows the magic aged CA cabs made in a classic style can achieve. Docile but fresh mature red fruit, mineral, cigar, spice, hint of herbs and all-round tertiary charm. This is at peak and I'd drink mine sooner than later as this is near perfect right now in Riedel Burg glass. 14.1 alc went completely unnoticed. A stately terroir mature "claret". Loved this tonight with Don's venison course and along side Dave D's fantastic '05 Dominus.

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