1996 Dominus Estate Napanook Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (275) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  4/12/2024 - essenceofreal wrote:

  Wah, was decent but far from previous bottles of this vintage.
  
  This bottle was very advanced. Very. Almost as if it was exposed to heat at some point. Not sure how long I've had this but I somehow recall I bought this online a year or so ago, Big mistake!!!!!!! Previous bottles of this vintage from my cellar were clearly a world apart from this bottle. They were beautiful, lush, full bodied, super elegant.
  
  This had an over arching burnt flavor of tobacco, cedar, torched leather, bramble, alcoholic cassis with a dash super black licorice, black berries and heat. Kinda disjointed based on the burnt echo in all the flavor, not the 96 Dominus I know.
  
  What a shame. Note to self, yet again screwed by wine merchants claiming to have older wines stored under in temperature control since they were purchased. What a bunch of BS!! Luckily I have enough wine and won't have to deal w this ever again. Scammers.

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  7/3/2023 - ovenmitt wrote: 95 Points

  Dark fruit, currant, blueberries and dark cherries. Graphite, black tea and mineral. Long finish. Could use just a tad more acid, a little round with very soft powdery tannins. Really excellent bottle. This is in a very good place right now but would seem to have many years still in the tank.

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  5/21/2023 - Wasque35 wrote:

  Delicious. Poker group enjoyed it,

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  5/14/2023 - Geoff Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Four hour slo ox, one hour full decant. Deep dark color without any signs of aging. Nose of dark fruit, oak and smoke, sweet fine resolved soft tannins, full bodied, balanced, powerful yet refined. This is the real deal and at its apogee.

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  4/24/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This showed brilliantly and very Bordeaux-like with black fruits and a wonderful layered mouthfeel. The finish is so smooth and complex with notes of sweet graphite and fresh minerals. I'd love to throw this wine into a blind 1996 Bordeaux tasting as it's a dead ringer for the '96 Pichon Lalande. Dinner at Dominus.

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