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Château La Dominique
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2023
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Elegant is the keyword here. The wine is medium-bodied, edgy, and fresh, with soft, and silky tannins. The fruits are bight, crisp, and clean, with touches of mint, licorice, spice and tobacco in the mid-palate. The finish focuses you on the energetic raspberries, cherries, and plums, with their tobacco, mint, and spicy character. The wine blends 88% Merlot, with 12% Cabernet Franc, 14.1% ABV, 3.85 pH. The wine is aged in 50% new, French oak, and 10% amphora. Harvesting took place September 6 - October 3. Drink from 2026-2045. 93-95 Pts. 837 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black cherries, black raspberries, wet earth, forest herbs, and a touch of crushed stone opens the aromatics. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, silky, fresh, and more importantly, the fruits express purity. The wine has lift, vivacity, spices and dark chocolate that accents the fruits. Not the most concentrated wine of the vintage, instead you find elegance, length and precision. The wine blends 88% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 15% ABV, 3.7 pH. The wine is aged in 50% new, French oak, and 10% amphora. Drink from 2026-2045. 94-96 Pts. 3,086 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Vibrant, elegant, fresh, soft and discreet, this wine is about its refined character, which is on display with its nuances of fresh picked flowers, herbs, soft-textured, energetic, red fruits and herbs. The wine is medium-bodied, energetic with already expresses its core of red fruits and herbs. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2024-2042. 429 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Flowers and red fruits show nicely in the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, elegant, polished, silky and sweet, with accents of espresso, peppery spice, herbs and cocoa in the dusty, earthy, and refined endnote. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. The wine is aged in 50% new, French oak, and 10% amphora. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2023-2038. 91-93 1,494 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The perfume, with its white and red flowers, cherries, licorice, smoke, espresso and smoke is gorgeous. Medium-bodied, soft, silky and fresh, the wine provides layers of vibrant, sweet, clean, pure, red pit fruits, black plums, earth, roasted coffee, smoke and chocolate on the palate, which is perfect for its elegant stylings. This is clearly a top vintage for La Dominique. Drink from 2025-2050. 2,043 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023The nose pops with its black raspberry, floral, licorice, espresso, earth and crushed rock aromas. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, silky, fresh, clean and pure. The tannins are silky, with endnotes leaving you with a trail of sweet, refined red fruits. Give it 3-5 years in the cellar, allowing it to fill out and it will be easy to taste over the next 2 decades after that. 93-95 Pts 3,984 Views Tasted Jun 3, 2021 |
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2019
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Texturally, this is just great with all of its soft, silky, polished nuances. Medium-bodied, fresh and vibrant, you find layers of black and red fruits, savory herbs, tobacco leaf, crushed stone and flowers all over the place. Elegant and refined, this is going to be even better with a few years of bottle age. Drink from 2023-2041. 2,682 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Celebrating 50 years under the ownership of the Fayat family, the first thing you notice is the dark color. Roses, dark chocolate, espresso, herbs, plums and black cherry scents. With more density than you find in previous vintages, you also find a supple, soft, sensuous, finesse oriented wine with silky, chalky tannins and layers of deep, dark, ripe fruits that express their purity in the long finish. The wine was made from a blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine reached 15% ABV, which is impossible to notice and a 3.7 pH. The Grand Vin comes from 60% of the harvest. 94-96 Pts 5,106 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft, silky and elegant, with no effort it is easy to get hooked on the fresh, sweet, ripe, refined red fruits with their beautiful purity. Medium-bodied, with a noticeable savory complexity on the nose and palate, this should age quite nicely. The wine is made from blending 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. 1,934 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Rich, round and silky, here you'll find ripe, dark plum, black cherry, licorice and smoke in its core. Sensuous and even a little showy but still holding on to its elegantly balanced nature, the wine is perfectly ripe but not over ripe. You do find more concentration than usual here but everything remains composed and fresh with length. Is this the best vintage for Chateau La Dominique? Perhaps it is. Made from blending 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, the harvest took place September 20- October 4, reaching 14% ABV. 93-95 Pts 3,746 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherries, licorice, incense and soft, silky textures define the wine. On the palate, the wine is medium bodied, silky, charming and ending with fresh dark cherry and licorice in the finish. Made from blending 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The harvest took place September 15-September 29. The wine reached 13% ABV. Due to the frost, 70% of the harvest was lost. 2,817 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The debut vintage for the new label here, the updated, feminine design fits the approach of the wine. Licorice, black cherry, flowers and sweet cherries are all over the place. The wine is refined, pure and fresh, allowing its sweet, ripe, fresh, pure, red fruit essence to show with ease, from start to finish. This should age quite nicely. 3,692 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Floral, elegant, refined and with complete focus on its sweet, ripe, fresh, pure, red fruit essence, the wine is silky, polished and complex. The finish offers luscious textures and the essence of flowers, and pure, cherry and plum sensations that feel as good as they taste. This should age quite nicely. 3,299 Views Tasted Feb 14, 2019The nose, with its floral, licorice and sweet, deep red fruit qualities, gets everything off to a good start. Medium/full bodied, elegant, silky and fresh, there is a purity to the fruit that marks the wine. 2,880 Views Tasted May 21, 2018With a floral nose that is complicated by incense, black raspberry and vanilla, this wine shows a nice, deep color. On the palate, the wine bursts with fertile, sweet, luscious, dark red fruits, ripe, opulent tannins and a fruit filled, spicy finish. The wine was made from a blend of 80% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, representing the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend in the history of the estate. The wine reached 14% ABV with a pH of 3.7 2,687 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, bitter chocolate, smoke, espresso, black raspberries, plums and cinnamon provide the opening stanza for the elegant, silky-textured, ripe, sweet, fresh black cherry filled palate. Refined, soft and vibrant, while not fully-developed yet, it’s drinking beautifully today. Drink from 2023-2040. 3,904 Views Tasted May 19, 2023Elegant, fresh and silky creates the perfect combination this vintage, The fruit is generous, ripe, soft and polished. The long sensuous finish offers layers of sweet, red fruits, spice, licorice, spearmint and wild cherries. If you can wait and give this 5-10 years in the cellar, this will be stellar! 5,191 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Soft, silky, polished and elegant, the wine focuses on its ripe, sweet, black raspberries, wild cherries, floral and earthy character. Medium/full bodied, forward and needing just a few years to really kick things up into high gear, this is a beauty. 4,711 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018Combining smoke, tobacco, flowers, black raspberries, wild cherries and earthy notes in the nose, this wine is concentrated with lush, sweet, fat, juicy fruits with an extremely pleasant sense of purity of fruit that feels delightful on your palate. There is a strong depth of flavor with black cherries, licorice and chocolate in the finish. This is the best vintage produced from La Dominique yet. From a blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine reached 14% ABV. The harvest took place from September 18 to October 7. 2,863 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral, spicy, earthy and loaded with fresh, ripe , sweet, red berries, smoke and spice, the wine is medium bodied, elegant, refined and will drink well young. The wine was produced from a blend of 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc. 2,992 Views Tasted Feb 5, 2017Floral, black raspberry and coffee bean notes on the nose, open to a lavish, forward wine that ends with black cherries, licorice and chocolate in the finish. From a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13.5% ABV with a pH of 3.7 and will be aging in 60% new, French oak barrels for approximately 16 months. 90-92 Pts 2,980 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2013
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Grab some flowers, cherries, espresso beans and green leaves with thyme, mix it together, and you get the perfume. The wine is medium bodied on the palate, with a light, soft texture, and an herbal, cherry finish. This is just not a wine to age. Pop and pour on the young side is what is needed here. 2,734 Views Tasted Nov 23, 2016Floral in character, with earth, licorice, black raspberries added to the mix, the wine is medium bodied, fresh and forward, with a sweet, red cherry filled finish. 2,362 Views Tasted Feb 18, 2016Freshly picked strawberries, chocolate and black cherry jam aromas spring forth. Coupled with silky, soft textures, the deeply colored wine leaves a smooth, fresh, cherry-filled impression. Blended from 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13% ABV. 89-91 Pts 1,907 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2014 |
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2012
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Silky smooth textures, elegant stylings, medium bodied and showing a sweet, fresh, cherry core of fruit, with floral and earthy accents. This will drink well young, and it should age and improve too. 5,405 Views Tasted Nov 8, 2015Silky smooth, with good freshness to the sweet, ripe fruits, ending in a polished, soft, supple, sweet, finish. 4,139 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015Licorice, jammy cherries, espresso, spice box and floral notes open to medium bodied, spicy, red berry filled wine. 89-91 Pts 3,727 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
There is a lot of classy, charming, red and dark red berries for the vintage. Complicated by its smoky personality, the wine ends with a sweet, light plum note. This will drink well on release. 4,255 Views Tasted Feb 20, 2014Soft textured, forward, medium bodied and offering spicy red berries, earth, tobacco and red plums, this wine is already drinking well. 2,807 Views Tasted Nov 17, 2013Blending 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc produced a wine with truffle, smoke, coffee and black raspberry scents. Silky textures and a sweet, black cherry and stone sensation are found in the wine. 90-92 Pts 3,594 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
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2010
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fresh, lively and filled with ripe and very ripe, cherries, black raspberry and plums, complicated by licorice, smoke and earthy tones, the wine is elegant, smooth and young, with a promising future. 6,028 Views Tasted Jul 4, 2015With ripe black raspberries, licorice, stone, smoke, flowers and oak, the wine is polished, soft, ripe and offers layers of sweet, juicy, ripe, fresh polished berries. The wine was produced from a blend of 77% Merlot and 23% Cabernet Franc. 6,721 Views Tasted May 7, 2013La Dominique sports an earthy, mineral, plum, licorice and blackberry nose. The soft, medium bodied wine finishes with a cassis and cherry finish. 88-90 Pts 5,321 Views Tasted Apr 22, 2011 |
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2009
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Secondary nuances of truffle, roses, licorice, cocoa and plums are impossible to avoid. And why would you want to? On the palate, the wine is silky, elegant, medium-bodied, soft, polished and refined. The sensuous finish feels great. You can definitely open this today. But if want to wait another 5 years for more truffle, that's also a good idea. 2,830 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019This wine has really improved over the past few years in bottle. Elegant, silky and refined, with a floral, cherry blossom, licorice and earthy nose and lush, soft tannins, this should continue getting better for years. 6,150 Views Tasted Jul 4, 2015100% Merlot was used to produce the 2009. Black licorice, fresh herbs and sweet, juicy plum aromas work perfectly with this medium bodied, elegant style of St. Emilion. The refined, Bordeaux wine ends with a melange of soft, spicy, red and black fruits. 5,774 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2012 |
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2008
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
This wine had already started to shutdown. With effort, some cherry and bitter chocolate flavors could be found. Elegant in style, this medium bodied wine ends with red fruit notes. This will drink well young. 4,357 Views Tasted Jan 25, 201108 Château La Dominique. La Dominique was never the most concentrated of wines in the past. In 2008, the château stepped up its game by hiring Jean-Luc Thunevin to consult. The full bodied wine shows a lot of color, with licorice, black fruit, and vanilla on the nose. The silky texture and lush mouth feel end with plenty of fresh black fruit. 91-93 Pts 4,263 Views Tasted Jul 1, 2009 |
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2006
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With an advanced color, the wine looks older than its true age. Opening with earth, truffle, red cherries and tobacco in the nose, the wine is medium bodied, crisp, fresh, and fully mature. 4,004 Views Tasted May 25, 2016Medium bodied, finesse styled charmer that is soft, silky, smooth and easy to drink. The nose, with its licorice, earth, black cherry and kirsch profile is perhaps more complex than the fresh, sweet, earthy, cherry palate. 3,423 Views Tasted Aug 16, 2014 |
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2005
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The color is light ruby with some bricking. With a mature nose filled with secondary notes of truffle, tobacco, plum and earth. Medium bodied, soft and silky, smooth in texture, the earthy, red berry finish shows just a bit too much much oak in the end note at this time. 5,648 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2015The fruit was ripe, the texture was soft, but the herbal quality did not thrill me. I could not get excited about this wine. 4,820 Views Tasted Jan 20, 2008 |
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2001
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fully developed, soft and refined, this elegantly styled charmer offers sweet, kirsch, licorice, flowers and earthy notes, but it could use a little more heft. There is no reason to delay popping a cork on this if you have a bottle in the cellar. 2,098 Views Tasted Feb 9, 2019 |
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2000
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
This is ready to go, no decanting is required before you can dip into all the flowers, sweet red cherries and plums, licorice, spice and espresso. Elegant, refined, medium-bodied, soft and polished, this is a definite charmer. 3,447 Views Tasted Sep 30, 2021Fully mature, the medium bodied wine focuses on its elegant, silky, sweet fruit, and soft textures over power. The fruit, which is on the red berry side, is pure, clean and fresh, with an earthy, floral and thyme accent. 3,802 Views Tasted Nov 18, 2017 |
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1990
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Light ruby in color. Scents of tobacco, roses, chocolate fudge, earth, minerals, plums, a hint of cinnamon and forest smell's waft from the glass. Medium to full bodied and filled with juicy black plums with black cherries that end with opulent, elegant, smooth sensations in the finish. Fully mature, this might not improve, but it's going to deliver ample pleasure for at least another decade. This wine remains a bargain for an almost 20 year old St. Emilion from a great vintage. 4,780 Views Tasted Nov 20, 2009 |
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1989
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
This offered a great nose from the start. Purchased for the princely sum of $15, it’s definitely paid dividends. Black fruit, plums, and fresh herbs. Medium bodied, but mouth filling. Plush, elegant mouth feel. Now fully mature. 6,791 Views Tasted Jun 16, 2009Black fruit, plums and the herbal qualities of Cabernet Franc. Medium bodied, but mouth filling. Plush, elegant mouth feel ends with fresh, black raspberry flavors. 3,327 Views Tasted Oct 5, 2004 |
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1982
Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, though it is almost closer to light, the wine retains its freshness, silky, soft, polished tannins, and sweet, ripe, red fruits. There is not a lot of weight, instead, you find vibrant, red berries, purity, and refinement. Do not decant, just pop, pour and enjoy if you have a bottle. Drink from 2023-2027. 2,395 Views Tasted Dec 24, 2022A fragrant nose of licorice, flowers, stone, plums and orange rind works well with the soft, round, elegant textures. Fuly mature, the wine ends with a refined, spicy, red fruit note. 4,344 Views Tasted Dec 7, 2011 |
