2012 Dominus - Napanook Vineyard Napa ValleyColour : Red Producer : Dominus Label Name : Napanook Vineyard Napa Valley Country : USA Region : California Sub Region : North Coast Appellation : Napa Valley Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2012 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : JS95 James Suckling Tasting Note : This is shows wonderful aromas of tar, asphalt, wet earth and pure cherries. Full bodied, yet soft and velvety with a fine dusty texture to the finish. Fresh and austere.

built around filigree tannins and bright acids

graced by hints of star anise

perhaps a tad more elegant and less powerful

5 L - Magnum Rating : RP95+ - Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : Most of the 2002 Brut from Boërl & Kroff was bottled in 750-milliliter bottles

sumptuously-textured

Will probably always be a bit painful to drink

The wine is produced in exceptionally small quantities from the oldest and most precisely selected vines in the Ogier portfolio

root beer and caramel inform a headily ripe and exotic nose – tinged with musk

- Jeb Dunnuck

The inner perfume is hauntingly seductive and the soft delicate oak adds a great touch to the overall structure of the wine

This wine is a veritable bomb of aromatic intensity with thick layers of dark fruit

This is a vineyard selection blend usually harvested slightly later