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2007 Dominus Napa Valley Red Blend 98pts (WA)
98pts(WA)The soon-to-be-released 2007 Dominus is a 5,400-case blend of 94%
Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. It is ironic
that Christian Moueix, the practitioner of utterly profound
Merlot-based wines from St.-Emilion and Pomerol, eschews Merlot from his
Napa vineyard, recognizing that it is Cabernet Sauvignon, and to a
lesser extent Cabernet Franc, that hits the high notes in Napa. A
prodigious example of Dominus, the 2007 represents a hypothetical blend
of a Pomerol, Pauillac, and a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep
ruby/purple-colored with a sweet nose of incense, cedar wood, black
currants, black cherries, licorice, and a subtle hint of roasted herbs,
it is an expansive, savory, opulent wine with a full-bodied mouthfeel,
silky tannins, and sensational concentration. A legend in the making, it
should evolve for 25-30 years, possibly longer given the fact that his
vintages from the early eighties are still going strong, and the wines
today are better made given Moueix-s Napa experience and the estate
winery he did not have 25 years ago.
Perhaps the finest vintage
at Dominus since their historic 1994s and 1991s is 2007, although I am
also a big fan of what they achieved in 2001, 2002, and 2006. Lastly,
when I visit this winery they always open a fresh bottle and also have a
bottle that has been decanted for an hour or two. The decanted bottles
definitely reveal more aromatic complexity and breadth of flavor, so
readers may wish to aerate the wines prior to service. Robert Parker Wine Advocate # 186 Dec 2009
94pts(IWC)Good deep red-ruby.
Ripe, rich aromas of black raspberry, coffee, menthol, licorice and
smoked meat. Much more velvety and seamless than the Napanook, with more
thoroughly integrated acidity and enticing inner-mouth floral lift. Not
a particularly opulent style but very suave and complex, finishing with
noteworthy rising length and very sweet, fine-grained tannins. This
beauty has the balance for a long and graceful life in bottle.. Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar This is a California Wine.
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2007 Dominus Napa Red Blend 98pts(WA)94pts(IWC)
2007 Dominus Napa Valley Red Blend 98pts (WA)94pts(IWC)
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