R & B Wines - Wine Price
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US Wines
CALIFORNIAN Red
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DOMINUS
A TOP estate making some of the
best Cabernet Sauvignon wine in California.
Owned by J-P Moueix of Chateau PETRUS fame. |
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Dominus Napanook
2nd Wine of Dominus
RP -
The second wine (3,100
cases), the 2003 Napanook, is a blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4%
Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot and Malbec. It offers a dark
plum/garnet colour as well as an evolved but intriguing nose of cedar,
spice box, high quality cigar smoke, sweet currants, incense, red
cherries, plums, and black currants. Complex with excellent
concentration, beautiful balance, and sweet tannin, it can be drunk now
or cellared for another 10-15 years. |
2003 |
£24.00 |
RP90
2005-20 |
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48 |
75cl
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Dominus Napanook
2nd Wine of Dominus
RP -
The 2002 Napanook (2,400
cases from a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Cabernet Franc, 11%
Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, and 1% Malbec) is more structured and tannic
than the 2003, but also deeper coloured with additional notes of plum
liqueur, black currants, underbrush, cedar, and liquorice. Full-bodied,
rich, and powerful. |
2002 |
£29.00 |
RP92
2006-21 |
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75cl
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Dominus
RP -
The 2003 Dominus has turned
out even better than I thought from barrel. There are 4,800 cases of
this 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot
blend. A big, sweet nose of roasted coffee, Provencal herbs, black
currants, cherry jam, plums, allspice, and forest floor is followed by a
spicy, rich, full-bodied, fragrant, intense wine. The tannins are sweet,
but noticeable in this beautifully complex, strikingly aromatic 2003. It
has much more similarity to a great Bordeaux than anything from Napa
Valley. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2025. |
2003 |
£53.00 |
RP95
2007-25 |
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42
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75cl
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Dominus
RP -
Dominus is a large vineyard,
and they have the ability to make a strict selection. The 2002 Dominus
gets my nod as the greatest example of this cuvee since the 1991 and
1994. There are 4,500 cases of this 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet
Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, and 3% Merlot blend fashioned from minuscule
yields ranging from 1.8 to 2.8 tons of fruit per acre. Christian Moueix
told me that the phenolic material was higher analytically in 2002, as
were the acids, which surprised everyone. The deep, saturated
purple-coloured 2002 boasts an extraordinary perfume of roasted coffee
intermixed with black currants, cherries, cocoa, cedar, cigar smoke, and
new saddle leather. A classic, full-bodied palate possesses great
structure, tremendous depth, loads of tannin, and a multilayered,
concentrated yet elegant finish. |
2002 |
£75.00 |
RP96
2008-30 |
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