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Dominus 2014 75cl

Napa Valley | California | Stati Uniti d'America
CHF 237.80
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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.
Produttore
Dominus Estate
Alla fine degli anni Sessanta, Christian Moueix s’innamorò dei vini e dei vigneti della Napa Valley. Negli anni '70 rientrò in Francia per lavorare nei vigneti di famiglia. Christian è figlio del famoso Jean-Pierre Moueix, il più celebre commerciante e produttore di vino di Francia. Le tenute della sua famiglia sono tra le migliori: Pétrus, Château La Fleur-Pétrus, Château Trotanoy a Pomerol e Château Magdelaine a Saint-Émilion. Il suo cuore però era rimasto in California. Christian tornò così a Napa nel 1981 e, finalmente, nel 1995 strinse una partnership per sviluppare la storica vigna Napanook. Chiamò la proprietà "Dominus", che in latino significa "Signore della tenuta", per sottolineare il suo impegno verso la terra. Oggi molti degli elementi esotici ed erbacei del suo background bordolese risplendono nei suoi vini, in particolare nel Cabernet Sauvignon più importante, il Dominus, che richiede almeno dieci anni di invecchiamento. La seconda etichetta, Napanook, è altrettanto importante ma più accessibile, poiché richiede solo tre o quattro anni di affinamento.