Dominus 2018 Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend (75cl, 14.5%)

A 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant red from Napa Valley's Napanook vineyard, bottled at 14.5% ABV. The blend is 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. It is estate-bottled from a single vineyard and aged in 40% new French oak barrels. The nose offers blackcurrant cordial, black plums, boysenberries, violets, star anise, cracked black pepper, pencil lead and herbal notes. The palate has cassis, plum reduction, blackberry puree, iron-like minerality, scorched cedar, tobacco, dusty stone and loamy earth. The finish is long, with plush tannins, fragrant earth, sweet bay leaf and juniper.