Château La Dominique Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classe 2019 i trækasse

"An estate readers need to have on their radar..." - Jeb Dunnuck
"The most beautiful En Primeur La Dominique ever tasted." - Vinum

Grand Cru Classé og nabo til Cheval Blanc… Med et superbt terroir, sammenligneligt med den berømte nabos, kan det næppe undre, at La Dominique har fået færten af de forjættede 100 anmelderpoint. Da byggematadoren Clément Fayat overtager slottet i 1969, er der dog ikke meget, som peger i perfektionens retning. Med årene er kvaliteten løftet gevaldigt fra mark til kælder.

Færre druer pr. hektar høstes, mens manuel sortering af hver klase er ny procedure. En hyppig gæst i den arkitekttegnede state-of-the-art gæringshal og vinkælder fra 2012, er den verdensberømte ønolog Michel Rolland, der har forvandlet La Dominque til højrebreddens måske mest spændende Cru Classé-køb.

Anmeldelser af Château La Dominique Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2019

96/100 Tastingbook.com

95-96/100 Bettane & Desseauve

94-96/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"Celebraing 50 years under the ownership of the Fayat family, the first thing you notice is the dark color. Roses, dark chocolate, espresso, herbs, plums and black cherry scents. With more density than you find in previous vintages, you also find a supple, soft, sensuous, finesse oriented wine with silky, chalky tannins and layers of deep, dark, ripe fruits that express their purity in the long finish."

95/100 Alexandre Ma
"After several essays in 2018, the new winemaker Yann Monties surprised me again in 2019. Its Partially Hiden, Partially Visible storytelling is super chic. It seems not to have too much intensity, but it does possess full of details. The nose is similar to the vintage of 2018. It is still purely precise and features iconic violet and abundant spices. The entry of the palate is smooth, coupled with sweet and juicy crushed blackberries dancing on the palate. To be honest, this wine can be drunk now even though it was just bottled recently (bottled in march 2021). You can imagine how excellent this wine will be after several years of bottle aging."

95/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"An estate readers need to have on their radar, the 2019 Château La Dominique is a beautiful Saint-Emilion coming from the northern sector of the region, not far from the Pomerol Bordeaux, which might explain why I always find a Pomerol-like elegance in this wine. Redcurrants, black raspberries, sappy flowers, sandalwood, tobacco, and hints of damp earth all define the nose, and the wine is medium to full-bodied, with a pure, layered, seamless mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It's going to benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age and keep for two decades."

95/100 James Suckling
"This is very perfumed, with dried flowers, chocolate and hints of nuts to the dark fruit, following through to a full body with layers of fruit and a ripe, rich finish. Plush and ripe, yet still formed and pointed. Needs time to open and come together."

95/100 Antonio Galloni
"The 2019 La Dominique is plump, juicy and super-expressive, all while avoiding the excesses of years past. Succulent dark cherry, plum, leather, licorice, menthol and tobacco are front and center. This is an especially voluptuous, racy style that works so well. Soft, creamy tannins wrap around the gorgeous, persistent finish."

94-95/100 Vinum
"Particularly flowery aromas; of beguiling elegance and great charm, extremely fine-grained tannin, excellently made; the most beautiful Primeur la Dominique ever tasted."

94/100 Vinous 
"The 2019 La Dominique presents a composed nose of blackberry and blueberry fruit, touches of cedar and sous-bois and a hint of humidor, complex and quite mercurial. The palate is medium-bodied with plush tannins, savory red fruit mixed with black pepper and sage, good depth, and a spicy, persistent finish. This has a promising future ahead of it."

94/100 Markus Del Monego MW

93/100 Robert Parker
"The third vintage produced by the new team that is trying to take this irregular estate adjacent to Cheval Blanc to new heights is the 2019 La Dominique. Offering up aromas of sweet berries, cherries, mocha and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless, with juicy acids, supple tannins and an elegantly gourmand profile. This is a terrific effort that shows that this estate's fine performance in vintages such as 1998, 1990 and 1989 is not a thing of the past."

93/100 Andreas Larsson, tasted
"Inky dark purple core and hue. Discreet oak and toast paired with ripe blackberry, plum and cassis notes. Dense and concentrated palate with a well-maintained freshness, ripe but plentiful tannin with concentrated and ripe dark fruit notes, still youthful but finely balanced in a rich and opulent style with a long persistent finish."

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