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Chateau la Dominique

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Grand Cru Classé

last update : Sunday 27 November 2011
 

Château La Dominique was acquired in the late 18th century by a merchant who made a fortune in the Caribbean, and named the estate La Dominique (French for the island of Dominica) in memory of this period of his life.

Clément Fayat purchased La Dominique in 1969 and immediately undertook an ambitious renovation of the vineyard and cellars. The estate is presently managed by Jean-Luc Thunevin (Château Valandraud).

The 23-hectare vineyard in the Saint-Emilion appellation has 5,700 vines/hectare on a deep gravel and sand soil with a clay subsoil. The average age of the vines is 30 years and the grape varieties are Merlot (86%), Cabernet Franc (12%), and Cabernet Sauvignon (2%).

In the Bottle

Château la Dominique produces 60-70,000 bottles a year. Since the 2000 vintage, the estate has produced silky, elegant wines not unlike Pomerol in certain vintages.

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la Dominique, Saint-Emilion

WINE PRODUCED BY THE ESTATE

la Dominique, Saint-Paul-de-Dominique second wine

COMPARISON WITH AOC - SAINT-EMILION GRAND CRU

Vintage Absolute score Relative score to the Appellation Standard deviation
2009 90.7 99.1 3.04
2008 89.9 99.6 2.14
2007 88.9 99.7 1.96
2006 90.5 100.7 1.29
2005 88.1 100.1 3.74
2004 84.6 97.2 4.9
2003 85.6 99.2 5.04
2002 83.5 97.7 4.47
2001 85.2 100.6 3.54
2000 86.8 100.7 5.15
1999 86.3 101.0 4.42
1998 86.7 98.5 4.31
1997 86.3 100.3 0.79

TASTING NOTES

Daniel Seriot - Avril 2009

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