20 Years of Dominus - Part 3 - The 1980s
Tasted Sunday, December 6, 2009 by steffenpelz with 507 views
Introduction
This was my favorite flight of the night. If I think of Dominus, these are the wines I am thinking about. They all had a common theme. Elegance, finesse, age-worthiness, french-ness, and real complexity. If I should only be so lucky to get to re-taste all these wines again at some point in the future.
Flight 1 (4 Notes)
Closing
The next post will explore the early 1990s. Stay tuned and check back in a few days.
1984 Dominus Estate
USA, California, Napa Valley
Earthy, autumnal, treebark, black cherry with an iodine/salt note on the finish. A thoroughly impressive wine with real grip left on the finish.
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1985 Dominus Estate
USA, California, Napa Valley
By all means a tremendous wine, but the weakest wine of this flight (although that is no shame). The most full bodied wine in the flight, it showed coffee, roasted notes, caramel and torrefaction. Pure velvet texture and luxurious mouthfeel. Lower acid though and lacking a little excitement.
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1986 Dominus Estate
USA, California, Napa Valley
My favorite wine of the flight. Medium bodied, yet massive and explosive flavors. Pure and laser focused red fruit and meat juices. Incredible balance. What a lovely wine.
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1987 Dominus Estate
USA, California, Napa Valley
We tasted two bottles. First one was slightly oxidized/madeirized. Second bottle was perfect. Sweet, briary, very perfumed with rose petals, pretty cherry, and flower blossoms. Will be the longest lived of the wines in this flight.
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