O Produtor, tasting note published in July 24th 2010
The 2008 Dominus is a wine of great purity and definition, with distinctive berry aromas and a smooth but precise palate. Deep blackberry and black plum complement fine mineral notes. This wine is intensely perfumed, velvety and ethereal.
A challenging year for grapegrowers but extremely rewarding for winemakers, 2008 was conditioned by unusually low rainfall during winter and spring. From mid March to late April, cold mornings threatened young shoots with frost, while dramatic temperature fluctuations during flowering hampered pollination, resulting in few berries per cluster. Reduced soil water reserves limited vigour, reduced berry size and generated record low yields. With six days above 100oF, the summer was hot; a peak of 104oF was recorded on 28 August. Late September marked the beginning of a fast, high-quality vintage characterised by uniformly ripened grapes.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 106682
Dominus Estate
We produce wines that reflect the purity, complexity and character of grapes grown exclusively from the Napanook vineyard. This unique provenance qualifies our wines as estate bottled wines, a designation rarely found.
The character of a wine is defined by the grapes at harvest. With our extensive vineyard efforts, once we have the grapes in hand, our winemaking practice is minimalist:
Thorough selection of the clusters by hand.
Optical sorting of the berries.
Gentle pumping-over – delicately extracts aromas, colour, tannin, and reveals the personality of each blend.
Manual stacking from barrel to barrel every three months, using the skiff.
Address
Dominus Estate
2570 Napanook Road
Yountville, CA 94599 USA
Email: info@dominusestate.com
+1 707-944-8954
+1 707-944-0547
