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Dominus 2014 75cl

Napa Valley | California | United States of America
CHF 237.80
Critics scores
98 James Suckling
Loads of dark tobacco aromas with blackcurrants and black olives. Boysenberries, too. Full to medium body, ultra-fine tannins and lots of flavors of smoke, dried roasted chillis, black truffles, mushrooms and fruit. Bright acidity on the finish. Sexy and subtle austerity. Alluring. Very approachable now but better in 2021.
97 Robert Parker
The 2014s, where the production of Napanook was only 2,200 cases and Dominus slightly more than the 2015 at 4,000 cases, was another early harvest, although somewhat later than 2015. The 2014 Dominus, which is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot really struts its stuff. Moueix’s belief in dry farming seems to be paying off with stronger and stronger vintages, each successive year, and the 2014 is a sexy, opulent, layered, multidimensional wine with notes of red and blackcurrant, cedar wood, tobacco leaf , spice box and licorice. The color is a dense plum/ruby/purple, much like the Napanook. This is a beauty that is already drinking gorgeously – as most 2014s are – and will continue to evolve for 25 or so years.
97 Robert Parker
The 2014s, where the production of Napanook was only 2,200 cases and Dominus slightly more than the 2015 at 4,000 cases, was another early harvest, although somewhat later than 2015. The 2014 Dominus, which is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot really struts its stuff. Moueix’s belief in dry farming seems to be paying off with stronger and stronger vintages, each successive year, and the 2014 is a sexy, opulent, layered, multidimensional wine with notes of red and blackcurrant, cedar wood, tobacco leaf , spice box and licorice. The color is a dense plum/ruby/purple, much like the Napanook. This is a beauty that is already drinking gorgeously – as most 2014s are – and will continue to evolve for 25 or so years.
Producer
Dominus Estate
In the late 1960s, Christian Moueix fell in love with both the wines and the vineyards of Napa Valley. By the 1970s, he was back at home in France working for his family’s vineyards. However, as the son of famed Jean-Pierre Moueix, the most notorious wine merchant and producer in France, his family’s estates consist of some of the best - Pétrus, Château La Fleur-Pétrus, Château Trotanoy in Pomerol, and Château Magdelaine in Saint-Émilion. However, with his heart still set on California, Christian returned to Napa in 1981, and finally, in 1995, he entered a partnership to develop the historic Napanook vineyard. He named the property “Dominus” meaning the “Lord of the Estate” in Latin to accentuate his commitment to the land. Today, many of the exotic and budding elements of his Bordeaux background shine through in his wines – specifically in his flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, Dominus. While his second label, Napanook, is debatably just as impressive, and even more approachable, needing only three to four years to mature. While Dominus benefits from at least ten years’ patience.