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  • Country ranking ?

    1 033
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

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The Story

With its deep and shiny colour, Château La Dominique brings together the generosity of a Saint Emilion and the typicity of a Pomerol.

The nose is intense, characterized by seducing aromas of ripe fruits and subtle spicy notes. In most vintages, you will find truffle and licorice notes, complemented by peppery and woody aromas.

With a sharp attack, it is fleshy and round, with silky and precise tannins. The finish is long and full and lea...

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Vintage 2015

Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...

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Written Notes

Deep ruby. Dark fruits, jammy, ripe, rich and intense. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, ripe, rich, red berries and spices, long. 91-93
  • 92p
Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Opulent but still elegant nose, elderberries, blackberries, mulberries, hints of vanilla, dark chocolate and toasted oak. On the palate succulent fruit in combination with elegant tannins and excellent length.
  • 93p
Deep colour. Expressive wine with lovely dark cherry, cedar aromas. Palate is well concentrated with dark cherry dark plum flavours, inky mid palate, savoury graphite notes and underlying roasted chestnut oak. Finishes cedary and long. Well made wine with lovely persistence and vinosity. 94 points
  • 94p
Dominique Saint Emilion Grand Cu Classe Very deep colour, lovely pure black fruits here, black cherry and blackcurrant, minty edged, lovely intensity to the fruit on the nose and the palate, this is broad with good complexity as well as tension, dense, long and fine for me. This chateau is making seriously good wines these days. 92-95/100 2025-2040
  • 93p
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Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux
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