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Since Moueix took over, Dominus has emerged as one of the very top Napa Valley reds, scoring four 100-point scores from Wine Advocate. Production of Dominus is very small, around 5,000 – 6,000 cases a year.
Here’s why the 100-point 2016 Dominus is recommended as a TOP BUY for both drinkers and collectors/investors.
1. Dominus is on a meteoric rise. All of their 100-point scores have come since 2010 (2016, 2015, 2013 & 2010). Special praise was given to the 2016, however, which WA implied was the best of the lot:
“If I could give more than 100 for this one, I would” - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
2. Dominus 2016 is priced favourably versus the other 100 points vintages, especially the more mature 2013 and 2010 vintages.
3. Dominus’s closest rival in international markets is Opus One, the Californian collaboration between Robert Mondavi and Mouton Rothschild. Dominus looks very favourably priced when compared to Opus One. It is comfortably a better wine, receiving much higher scores, but it is also far scarcer. Just 5,000-6,000 cases of Dominus are produced each vintage compared to around 25,000 at Opus One. Yet, Dominus is cheaper!
A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine is deep purple-black in color and quite reticent at this youthful stage to begin, offering up subtle notions of potpourri, Indian spices, cigar box and iron ore over a core of crushed blackberries and black cherries with intermittent wafts of black and red currants, new leather and smoked meats. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a densely packed mid-palate and oodles of freshness framed by very ripe, finely grained tannins and laced with compelling earthy accents. It offers incredible vibrancy with tons of black and red fruit sparkle in the mid-palate leading to a provocative mineral element on the very long finish. If I could give more than 100 for this one, I would.
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2054
Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Review Date: 29th October 2018
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- Year 2016
- Colour Red
- Country United States
- Region California
- Sub Region Napa Valley
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- Pack Size 6x75cl
- ABV 14.5°
- Drinking Window 2024 - 2054
- Drinking Recommendation Not Ready
- LWIN 112275020160600750
- Reviews (1)
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100 Wine Advocate
A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine is deep purple-black in color and quite reticent at this youthful stage to begin, offering up subtle notions of potpourri, Indian spices, cigar box and iron ore over a core of crushed blackberries and black cherries with intermittent wafts of black and red currants, new leather and smoked meats. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a densely packed mid-palate and oodles of freshness framed by very ripe, finely grained tannins and laced with compelling earthy accents. It offers incredible vibrancy with tons of black and red fruit sparkle in the mid-palate leading to a provocative mineral element on the very long finish. If I could give more than 100 for this one, I would.
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2054
Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Review Date: 29th October 2018
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The son of a wine merchant, Charles Moueix first fell in love with the Napa valley in the late 1960s, finally reaching full ownership of the 124-acre Napanook vineyard in 1995. Their healthy vines are dry farmed causing deep roots in the soil, making the wine really express the terroir. They are complex wines that benefit from careful ageing.
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