Château La Dominique Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2022 i trækasse

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Decanter

Clean and fresh on the nose with cool blue fruit notes. Succulent and supple, lovely energy and life, with high acidity that has a sweetness and juiciness that is so enjoyable backed up with liquorice and dark chocolate edges and a salty undercurrent. Feels well worked, still quite tight and tense, there's power here but it's being funnelled directly from start to finish with real purity and precision. Well worked, finessed and presented carefully. Sappy and vibrant, a joy to taste and a great success. Has a serious side no doubt, this will age well but will also be so great to drink young and fresh. Tasted three times. 3.7pH. 60% grand vin production. Yield of 38hl/ha. Ageing 14 months, 50% new French oak barrels, 40% one wine barrels, 10% in composite eggs, amphora and wine globe. Gwen Lucas director, Yann Monties technical director and Julien Viaud consultant. Tasted three times.

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge lightening. Dark forest berries, fresh plums and cherries, orange zest are highlighted, fine touch of precious wood. Juicy, good complexity, sweet cherries, fine acid arc, elegant and persistent, shows length and sure potential.

Markus del Monego MW

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Deep plum in colour, vibrant edging. Plenty of personality and depth to the fruit, this has a beautiful balance of power and lightness. They really have done a great job in recent years at La Dominique of bringing out the subtle complexities of the terroir, and this highlights brushed damson and cassis, cherry pit, nectarine pit, wtih restrained crushed crock and slate character that give relief and constrast to the sweet intensity of the fruit. An impressive La Dominique that retains juice and spice if not entirely escaping the hige intensity of the vintage. Gwendeline Lucas CEO, Yann Monties (ex Haut Bailly) winemaker, 60% first wine, 50% new oak, 38hl/h yield. Tasted twice.

Jean-Marc Quarin

VV Wine

It's a perfume, expressive, with cherries, cassis and fine roasted notes, plus flowers and orange zest, fascinating. Fruity on the palate, fresh, the tannins ensnare the crunchy fruit, you want to take a bite, lively, spicy and red fruity in the finish, this is a charming La Dominique with excellent reserves.

Jeb Dunnuck

Tasted on multiple occasions, the 2022 Château La Dominique is another brilliant wine from this château, which is located on the northern edge of Saint-Emilion, bordering Pomerol. A blend of 88% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, it sports a vivid ruby/purple hue as well as a great nose of red and black fruits, spring flowers, loamy earth, and baking spices. Ripe, medium to full-bodied, silky, and wonderfully balanced, this seamless, elegant 2022 will round into form with just 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for 20-25 years.

Antonio Galloni

The 2022 La Dominique is stellar. Rich, deep and beautifully layered, the 2022 impresses with its fine balance. Succulent red/purplish fruit, lavender, spice, rose petal and mocha all take shape in the glass. All the elements come together beautifully in a polished, notable La Dominique. Tasted two times. Drinking window : 2028-2047

The Drinks Business

(St Emilion; tasted in Bordeaux and then a second time at the UGC press tasting). This has a lovely glossy sheen to it and remains limpid and translucent despite the dark violet/purple core. Crimson highlights. A beautifully refined and elegant nose reminding one of its august neighbours, with a delicate florality lifting the red and darker berry fruit. Vibrant and energetic on the palate, the fruit stretching itself out along the palate as well as into the cheeks. Strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, blackberries, any berry you care to name, but in such finely pixilated detail, the work of the soft, fine-grained tannins. The best ever from here, surely. 92-94.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Flowers, black cherries, black raspberries, wet earth, forest herbs, and a touch of crushed stone opens the aromatics. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, silky, fresh, and more importantly, the fruits express purity. The wine has lift, vivacity, spices and dark chocolate that accents the fruits. Not the most concentrated wine of the vintage, instead you find elegance, length and precision. The wine blends 88% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 15% ABV, 3.7 pH. The wine is aged in 50% new, French oak, and 10% amphora. Drink from 2026-2045.

Alexandre Ma

Bursting with juiciness and a refreshing sweetness, the 2022 vintage of Château La Dominique delivers a magnificent symphony to our senses. The enticing aromas of peony and strawberry create a romantic atmosphere awash in blush hues, while the aftertaste of violets reveals a touch of spicy Cabernet Sauvignon from the Left Bank. Throughout the tasting, the rich tannins build a robust, mature structure, leaving a lingering floral note. Having sampled Château La Dominique's juice during harvest season, I was captivated by its smooth and intense palate. After tasting the En Primeur, I am more convinced than ever that this is one of Château La Dominique's finest vintages.

Vert de Vin Magazine

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a certain concentration, a nice intensity in finesse, precision, depth as well as greediness. It reveals notes of roasted raspberry, roasted cherry and slight notes of crushed blueberry associated with touches of violet, crushed berries as well as hints of sweet blond tobacco, star anise and a discreet hint of chocolate. The mouth is fresh, elegant, luscious and offers a nice energy, a nice freshness, greed, a little smoothness, depth, complexity, a nice balance as well as a nice minerality which carries. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of creamy blackcurrant, crushed blueberry and slight notes of blueberry associated with touches of roasted berries, bright blue berries as well as hints of star anise, lily, tonka bean and 'with a subtle hint of toasted/chocolatey. The tannins offer softness. Good length and good persistence.

Bettane et Desseauve

Vinous

The 2022 La Dominique has a backward nose, not as immediate as its peers. Consequently affording it 10 minutes to open, it reveals blackberry, raspberry, oyster shell and briny scents. Quite cerebral. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, red fruit laced with graphite and smoke, classically-styled toward the finish. This is a Saint-Émilion that has refound its mojo in recent vintages and it will repay bottle age.

The Vintage Journal

Deep crimson. Fresh black cherry, elderberry cassis aromas with some flinty notes. Inky deep with expressive dark berry fruits, fine looseknit graphite tannins and well balanced savoury, touch marzipan spicy notes. Supple and sweet fruited. All in balance. (Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon 50%+ new oak)

Terre de Vins

James Suckling

Lovely fruit here with black berry, redcurrants and tile aromas and flavors. Medium- to full-bodied, very well integrated tannins and a lightly chewy finish, showing the potential of the vintage.

Bettane & Desseauve