{"product_id":"dominus-estate-2018","title":"Dominus Estate 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis structured and 'aristocratic' red wine originates from the United States, within the prestigious Yountville A.V.A. of California's Napa Valley. Dominus Estate was established in 1983 by Christian Moueix, the legendary proprietor of Château Pétrus in Pomerol, who recognized the historical Napanook Vineyard as a benchmark terroir for world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. Operating under an uncompromising, classic European winemaking philosophy, Moueix and his team blend French winemaking precision with Napa Valley's sun-drenched power. Sourced entirely from the dry-farmed Napanook estate, the vines are rooted in deep gravelly loam and clay-rich volcanic soils at the foot of the Mayacamas Mountains. The site captures abundant California sunshine tempered by cool afternoon breezes and morning fogs sweeping in from San Pablo Bay, naturally producing low yields with extraordinary tannic structure, energy, and linear finesse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWine Description\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 Dominus Estate presents a deep, opaque garnet-purple appearance in the glass with bright ruby highlights at the rim. Its sensory profile is exceptionally elegant, deep, and high-toned, offering a masterfully complex and harmonious expression of dry-farmed Napa Valley terroir. The bouquet opens with a mesmerizing, multi-faceted display of fresh cassis, dark plum reduction, and wild blueberries, seamlessly layered with complex underlays of crushed violets, cigar box, graphite, damp earth, sweet tobacco leaf, and subtle bay leaf. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, dense, and precisely focused, showcasing a powerful core of dark orchard fruits, cocoa nibs, and crushed stones. It is characterized by its outstanding inner energy and an incisive, mouthwatering backbone of natural acidity that effortlessly elevates its mid-palate density. The mouthfeel is broad, weightless, and athletic, driven by seamless, fine-grained, and chalky tannins that glide into an extraordinarily long, dry, and savory finish accented by persistent notes of iron, cedar, and wild mountain herbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eVintage Quality\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 vintage across Napa Valley is universally acclaimed as a legendary, near-perfect growing season. Ideal weather conditions with steady summer temperatures and no significant heatwaves allowed dry-farmed vineyards like Napanook to achieve slow, complete phenolic maturity. Christian Moueix described 2018 as one of the most exceptional vintages of his long career. The resulting wine balances immense structural power with supreme elegance, freshness, and precision. Built with an internal matrix to evolve gracefully in a cellar over 30 to 40+ years, it will reach its prime drinking window between 2026 and 2060.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"300974 - Clarus Wine And Spirits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44088132960343,"sku":"151853","price":551.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2479\/4148\/files\/Dominus-Estate-2018.jpg?v=1785526477","url":"https:\/\/zyn.ca\/products\/dominus-estate-2018","provider":"ZYN THE WINE MARKET LTD.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}