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Dominus, Christian Moueix - Dominus Estate 1997

RegionU.S.A.
Subregion U.S.A. > California > Napa Valley
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes

The 1997 Dominus is exquisite. A blend of 86.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc and 4.5% Merlot, it is showing fabulously well. A fleshy, silky-textured, opulent wine with a gorgeous nose of roasted herbs, coffee, jammy black cherry and plum-like fruit. Asian spice, liquorice, and blackberry and cherry notes with tobacco spice all add to this complex, very involved, yet gorgeously symmetrical Dominus. Very concentrated… it is gorgeous to drink now but should age easily for 10-15 years. 94 points.

94
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (132), December 2000

Saturated ruby-red. Multidimensional nose offers a panoply of scents: black plum, currant, leather, smoked meat, cigar ash, lead pencil, sandalwood, dark chocolate, licorice, brown sugar. Very bright and sharply defined; flavors of plum, leather, hot stones and lead pencil. An impeccably balanced wine of compelling sweetness, but rather dominated today by its structure. Strong, thoroughly ripe tannins spread out to coat the entire palate. Very long and subtle. This was bottled last June, a couple months later than the Napanook wine.

95
Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, May 2000
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