Dominus酒莊完全使用Napanook園的葡萄來釀酒。理所當然地，Dominus運用了Pétrus的釀造技術，Pétrus的釀酒師也被派來擔任Dominus的釀酒顧問。有趣的是，Pétrus使用的幾乎是100%的Merlot，但Dominus卻是以Cabernet Sauvignon為主，再混合部分的Cabernet Franc、Merlot和Petit Verdot，出名門的Dominus紅酒，許多酒評家將它譽為Napa最好的Cabernet Sauvignon系的紅酒。1996年份起，本酒莊也開始生產二軍酒，就以葡萄園的名字Napanook來命名，是年輕時就美味好喝的紅酒。
Rating 97
Drink Date 2016 - 2041
Source 227, The Wine Advocate
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.
Christian Moueix’s Dominus Estate continues to be one of California’s leaders in turning out gorgeously elegant, complex and long-lived wines. A magnum of 1991 from my cellar tasted several weeks before I left for California was pure perfection and evidence that at 25 years old, before he had built his stunning winery, great quality was coming from this iconic vineyard. The 2015s are certainly going to be one of his all-time great vintages, rivaling 2013, 2012, 2007, 2002, 2001 and his earliest classics, such as 1994 and 1991. Production in 2015 was about 3,000 cases of Napanook and 3,800 cases of Dominus.
