Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru Classe Saint Emilion

The vines are an average of twenty years old. The grapes are handpicked and carefully sorted then put into temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for fermentation. This wine has a rich, round tannin and a pronounced fruity, musky bouquet with a hint of truffles. 60% new barrels. 1/4 gravel, 3/4 sand on clay subsoil. Parker, 88. (12 x 75 cl)

Located on the western part of Saint Emilion on the border with Pomerol; a single block of 18 hectares of vine planted on soil that is 20% deep gravel and 80% ferruginous sand mixed with gravel on a clay subsoil. The grape varieties are predominantly Merlot, which accounts for 80% of the vines, plus 15% Cabernet Franc and just 5% Cabernet Sauvignon with an average vine-age of 25 years. The harvest is picked by hand, sorted and then fermented in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks between 29º and 32º. The wine is then transferred into oak casks where the malolactics take place and thereafter it matures for 18 months in oak barrel, with 60% to 80% replaced every year. Before bottling the wine is fined with egg-whites and undergoes a light filtration. Just under 5,000 cases of Grand Vin are produced. Slightly stalky nose with a touch of volatile acidity. Well-balanced with good acidity on the palate with fine fruit concentration, lot of cranberry and redcurrant. Very pure. The finish turns a bit more rustic, almost farmyardy with a touch of liquorice. Very big and showy with a fanfare finale.

The vines are an average of twenty years old. The grapes are handpicked and carefully sorted then put into temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for fermentation. This wine has a rich, round tannin and a pronounced fruity, musky bouquet with a hint of truffles. 60% new barrels. 1/4 gravel, 3/4 sand on clay subsoil. Parker, 89. (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru Classe St-Emilion from France, Bordeaux, St-Emilion by Chateau La Dominique St-Emillion Bordeaux (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru Classe St-Emilion from France, Bordeaux, St-Emilion by Chateau La Dominique (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru Classe St-Emilion from France, Bordeaux, St-Emilion by Chateau La Dominique (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru Classe St-Emilion from France, Bordeaux, St-Emilion by Chateau La Dominique (12 x 75 cl)

Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru Classe St-Emilion from France, Bordeaux, St-Emilion by Chateau La Dominique (12 x 75 cl)

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