2010 Château Le Dome
Community Tasting Note
AWBryce Likes this wine:
93 Points
Sunday, October 4, 2015 - Sweet red fruit nose, this shouts Merlot. A massive wine, ripe fruit long finish. Needs a decade or two.
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Comment posted by TightLettuce:
10/4/2015 4:07:00 PM - Funny that it shouts merlot, it's almost entirely cab franc
Comment posted by AWBryce:
10/4/2015 4:29:00 PM - Yes, its an 80/20 blend. I found it unusual, but the nose was all sweet red fruit and almost no perfume/ flowers as I'd expect from a cab franc dominated wine.
Comment posted by TightLettuce:
10/4/2015 5:17:00 PM - Interesting! Well I'm excited to try this again then, from barrel the franc was very noticeable, and am looking forward to the merlot playing nicer