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20 Years of Dominus at Wink
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20 Years of Dominus at Wink |
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The second flight: ’84, ’85, ’86, and ’87.
’84 Dominus – thick soy-sauced red & black currants, dry-cured cigar box, still alive, though mature (in the right way), yum, m+ acid, m+ to f body
75% Cabernet Sauvignon/25% Merlot
(Season – warm to hot, plump, best vintage since ’78)
$200 A -111 ***
’85 Dominus – tar, burnt sugar, cedar, fireplace hearth, finesse, solid, heat quietly sticks out, m acid
80% Cabernet Sauvignon/20% Merlot
(season – long, mild growing season, well-balanced, vintage of decade?)
$130 A -36 ****
’86 Dominus – full fruit, rugged, leather, very dry, integrated
80% Cabernet Sauvignon/12% Merlot/8% Cabernet Franc
(season – unusually large crop, excellent vintage, structure & firmness)
$175 A+ -57 ****
’87 Dominus – George Clinton on tour, red & black cherry, Islay soy sauce, anise, slightly oxidized, little tired
86% Cabernet Sauvignon/9% Cabernet Franc/5% Merlot
(season – drought year, early maturity?)
$175 B+ -119 **
The third flight: ’89, ’90, ’91, and ’92.
’89 Dominus – dense, tart blackberry, earth, coffee, cigar ashtray, fairly tannic, anise, acid in the cheek, against the grain of many of the ‘89s out there. It’s good.
89% Cabernet Sauvignon/10% Merlot/1% Petit Verdot
(season - “vintage from Hell”, rain, rain, rain at harvest)
$175 A- -107 ***
’90 Dominus – black currant, saddle, something in common with ’91 and a departure from the 80’s, m+ acd, f body
83% Cabernet Sauvignon/8% Merlot/7% Cabernet Franc/2% Petit Verdot
(outstanding, drought year, smaller than normal crop)
$200 – I left Gunslingin’ thoughts off of notes
’91 Dominus – sweet, big fruit, dill, earth, tobacco, pyrazine, 90’s turn the page, not as many dimensions (style-wise)
53% Cabernet Sauvignon/22% Merlot/22% Cabernet Franc/3% Petit Verdot
(Very long growing season, large crop)
$240 A- -171 ***
’92 Dominus – youthful, ripe plum, black currant, cinnamon, smoke
53% Cabernet Sauvignon/22% Merlot/22% Cabernet Franc/3% Petit Verdot
(Little rain interference, not as ripe as ’90 or ’91)
$160 A -76 ****
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