2005 Chateau La Dominique Grand Cru

France / Bordeaux / Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Rouge
 
2005 Château La Dominique Grand Cru Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux.
This dark, ruby-red Grand Cru is what one would call a serious Saint Émilion! The bouquet is filled with dark plums, cherries, and raspberries, pleasantly spiced with notes from the oak, a touch of tobacco, and cedarwood.
 
The taste is full-bodied and complex, with rounded tannins beautifully balanced by an elegant acidity and a subtly understated minerality. The aromas from the bouquet are echoed, perhaps with slightly enhanced notes of tobacco and cedarwood, as a result of the perfectly matured 15% Cabernet Franc. Juicy and lingering aftertaste of dark, classic Right Bank wine.
 
Jeff Leve/The Wine Cellar Insider 90/100 (2015): "The color is light ruby with some bricking. With a mature nose filled with secondary notes of truffle, tobacco, plum, and earth. Medium bodied, soft and silky, smooth in texture, the earthy, red berry finish shows just a bit too much much oak in the end note at this time".
 
Blend:
85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.