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Dominus Estate Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010
Limited. 100 Points Robert Parker: "Composed of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, the stunning, full-bodied 2010 Dominus boasts an exceptional perfume of hoisin sauce, licorice, underbrush, forest floor, plums, black currants and jammy cherries intertwined with hints of cedar, baking spices and oak. Full-bodied and voluptuously textured, the 2010 is on a slightly faster evolutionary track than the 2009 (somewhat of an anomaly for these two vintages). This exquisite as well as prodigious 2010 can be drunk young, but it should age effortlessly for 20-25 years. Bravo!" The most European-styled of all the Napa Valley Bordeaux blends, Dominus is owned by Chateau Petrus winemaker Christian Moueix, who works from one of region's most historic vineyards, the renowned Napanook site from which many of the famed Inglenook wines of the fifties and sixties were produced. Decanting several hours in advance is recommended. Kudos to the brilliant Christian Moueix for these achievements ... the most distinctive and individualist Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines of Napa Valley.
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Bright, deep ruby. Ineffable scents of dark berries, graphite, minerals, licorice, violet, dark chocolate and sage. Wonderfully suave, fine-grained and plush but light on its feet, and every bit as complex in the mouth as on the nose. Really impeccably balanced, classy wine with uncanny precision and inner-mouth aromatic lift and a resounding, endlessly building aftertaste that leaves the taste buds quivering. A wine of great finesse and energy, not to mention noble palate-saturating, fully ripe tannins. This is more about subtlety than weight, but is still hard to scrape off your palate. This already coats every square millimeter of the palate but may yet expand further. All of this fruit was harvested in October. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, May 2020)
Bright, deep ruby. Ineffable scents of dark berries, graphite, minerals, licorice, violet, dark chocolate and sage. Wonderfully suave, fine-grained and plush but light on its feet, and every bit as complex in the mouth as on the nose. Really impeccably balanced, classy wine with uncanny precision and inner-mouth aromatic lift and a resounding, endlessly building aftertaste that leaves the taste buds quivering. A wine of great finesse and energy, not to mention noble palate-saturating, fully ripe tannins. This is more about subtlety than weight, but is still hard to scrape off your palate. This already coats every square millimeter of the palate but may yet expand further. All of this fruit was harvested in October. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, May 2020)
9.7
Rob Brobst III
Thanks @Paul Treadway Huntington Beacher Bum @Jade Moore
Thanks @Paul Treadway Huntington Beacher Bum @Jade Moore
10
Andrew Broden
Southeastern U.S. Sales Manager Middleton Family Wines
This was amazing! One of the greatest bottles of wines I’ve ever had.
This was amazing! One of the greatest bottles of wines I’ve ever had.
9.8
Bill Bender
In the company it was in it showed very very young. I'd hold.
In the company it was in it showed very very young. I'd hold.
9.2Miguel Ostrowski
Still so young
Still so young
8.8
John Berghoff
Could be one of the best wines I have ever had right out of the bottle. Amazing balance. A must if you get a chance.
Could be one of the best wines I have ever had right out of the bottle. Amazing balance. A must if you get a chance.
9.9
Alex Alan
Wine Director Hotel Delmano
2010. Plum, spice box, mild, creamy texture, soft tannins. Seriously crafted...maybe a little too crafted. #FancyWine
2010. Plum, spice box, mild, creamy texture, soft tannins. Seriously crafted...maybe a little too crafted. #FancyWine
9.2
Cameron Hobel
Owner/Winemaker Hobel Wine Works
Needs a lot of time
Needs a lot of time
9.0
Brendan Nevin
So good. So good. So great!
So good. So good. So great!
10
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