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2001 Dominus Estate Christian Moueix
- Napa Valley, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 410 / 750ml
- Red - Bold and Structured
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Critic tasting note: "With an earthy, tobacco leaf, spicy blackberry and forest floor bouquet, the wine is open, accessible, refined and plush. There is a touch of dust in the tannins and a nice sense of purity in the sweet, round, cassis and black cherry finish. 94 Points" - 94/100, Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Highlights
- From Napa Valley, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 410 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Bold and Structured
- Bordeaux Blend Red
- Pairs well with Beef and Venison
Winery
Dominus Estate is a wine producer based just outside northern Yountville, in California's Napa Valley wine region. The winery makes one Napa's so-called cult Cabernets and its eponymous wine regulary receives critical acclaim. ...
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- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- A vivid expression of its unique site, Dominus is a profound and powerful wine, exemplifying purity. With articulated fruit and polished tannins, the wine has elegance, complexity, great length and improves with age.
- Drinking Window
- 2011-2040
- Alcohol ABV
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14 - 14.1%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 4% Merlot & 5% Petit Verdot
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Ownership
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Christian Moueix
- Harvest date
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15 September - 13 October
- Total Production Volume
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7000 Cases
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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We produce wines that reflect the purity, complexity and character of grapes grown exclusively from the Napanook vineyard. This unique provenance qualifies our wines as estate-bottled, a rarely found designation. The character of a wine is defined by the grapes at harvest.
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- Vintage Notes
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Well below-average rainfall characterized the winter, with the last precipitation on April 20, 2001. April got underway with a freeze on the 3rd, requiring diligent use of frost protection equipment. The remainder of the spring was warm and saw rapid growth and development of the vines. Bloom started in early May, well ahead of schedule. All indications pointed to a very good vintage. Moderately warm summer months provided conditions for slow maturation and even ripening. The cool month of September allowed the fruit to continue to mature slowly, which gave us the time to pay attention to even the smallest detail in each vineyard block.
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- Winemaking
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With our extensive efforts in the vineyard, once we have the grapes in hand, our winemaking practice is minimalist: Thorough cluster sorting by hand. Optical sorting of berries. Gentle pump-overs delicately extract aromas, color, tannin, and reveal the personality of each lot. Hand-racking barrel to barrel every three months using the esquive.
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- Ageing
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Percent New Barrels: 20%.
- Producer Tasting Notes
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The 2001 vintage has a dark ruby color with a luxuriant nose of licorice, exotic spices, Bing cherries and an essence of roses. This wine has the unique ability to be rich and complex while possessing a smooth and silky texture. The evolution of flavor develops like a crescendo into an intense fonish of cloves and aromatic cassis.
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About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Beef jap che Starter Course
- Pan-fried beef and vegetables with clear noodles and soy
- Contains: garlic, sesame oil
- Korean
- Pulled beef baguette Main Course
- Pulled brisket of beef seasoned with ras el hanout and spices, with sriracha crème fraîche, pomegranate, radish, spring onion, coriander and carrot and white cabbage slaw.
- Contains: asian slaw
- American
- Lamb, grilled Main Course
- Contains: lamb chop
- Worldwide
- Mimolette Cheese Course
- French
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Vintage quality: Legendary
Current condition: Ready to drink
The 2001 Californian vintage was extremely good.
A dry winter was followed by an equally dry but warm spring which caused earlier budburst than normal. Severe frosts then struck in April with some producers losing a significant amount of their crop. A hot May and Ju...
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