Château La Dominique St-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2016 i trækasse

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Andrew Caillard MW

Deep colour. Fresh intense dark plum elderberry praline aromas with fresh herb garden violet aniseed notes. Inky and vigorous with plenty of dark plummy fruits, supple yet chewy textures, underlying savoury ginger oak complexity and long lively acidity. Finishes bitter sweet and inky. Quite classical in proportion.

James Suckling

The nose is still a bit shy, but there’s lovely, delicate, floral character. Sleek, bright and quite structured with plenty of earthy character. The moderately tannic finish is long, fine and complex. Better in 2020 and good aging potential.

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby garnet, firm core, violet reflections, delicate brightening of the edges, black forest berry jam with a delicate floral background, very attractive, a hint of vanilla and cardamom. Juicy, elegant, ripe cherries, spices, perfect tannins, freshly structured, elegant and persistent, very promising.

Decanter

Restrained and elegant on the attack, this has plenty of dense, dark black fruit to back it up. The palate opens to show complexity and intensity of fruit, and totally delivers on its opulent and silky billing, with lovely touches of spice to pick up the finish. Well constructed. It is planted to 80% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in 70% new oak with Michel Rolland as consultant. 49hl/ha yield

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

The debut vintage for the new label here, the updated, feminine design fits the approach of the wine. Licorice, black cherry, flowers and sweet cherries are all over the place. The wine is refined, pure and fresh, allowing its sweet, ripe, fresh, pure, red fruit essence to show with ease, from start to finish. This should age quite nicely.

Jean-Marc Quarin

It ends long, endlessly sweet, savory and delicious. A succes!

Andreas Larsson, Tasted

Floral and perfumed nose, some new oak, mocha and caramel with wild berries. Dense and chewy palate with good grip, high but ripe tannin, sweet fruit and a long dense finish.

Christer Byklum

Ruby. Blackberries, ripe, rich, fruity, refreshing nose, intense. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins. Ripe, rich, fruity, dark berries, spices, lively and deep, long.

Vinbladet

Elegant duft, kirsebær, lakrids, meget frisk tone, røget. Rank struktur, fyldig med moden, markeret tannin og lang, lang eftersmag med moden, frisk frugt.

Bettane & Desseauve

Very bright fruit, ultra refined tannin, great freshness, elegant and fine, remarkably successful.

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