Dominus Estate 2013

Dominus is a Cabernet Sauvignon-led Bordeaux-style blend, typically rounded out with small proportions of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc (historically also Merlot), sourced from the Napanook Vineyard at the foot of the Mayacamas Mountains in Yountville. The wine is aged in French oak with moderate new-oak percentages by Napa cult-wine standards.

Christian Moueix, whose family stewards Pétrus, Trotanoy, La Fleur-Pétrus and Bélair-Monange in Bordeaux, brought a distinctly Right-Bank sensibility to Dominus: structure and restraint are prioritized over overt ripeness or heavy extraction, setting the wine apart stylistically from many Napa contemporaries at its debut.

Napanook itself is one of the oldest identified vineyard parcels in Napa Valley, giving Dominus a terroir pedigree predating the modern cult-Cabernet era by more than a century.