Dominus Estate 1989

Professional Ratings

• 96 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: The 1989 Dominus Estate is a jewel of a wine. TASTING NOTES: This wine excels with formidable aromas and flavors of bright red and blackcurrants. Serve it with a rare slice of prime rib. (Tasted: September 4, 1991, Yountville, CA)
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 1989 is undoubtedly the Cabernet Sauvignon of the vintage. The color is a dark ruby/purple and the nose offers up sweet, fragrant scents of black fruits, cedar, herbs, and spicy wood. In the mouth, there is extraordinary concentration, medium to full body, and an authoritatively rich, lingering finish. Terroirists will have a difficult time explaining why the wine tastes more like a Pomerol than Napa Cabernet. Interestingly, Moueix stated the key to his success in 1989 was to wait six to seven days after the rains had stopped before harvesting so the vines could shed their excess moisture.
• 91 Wine Spectator
  Mature, with a Bordeaux-like cedar, tobacco and black cherry core. Tannins are integrated, and it has enough fruit and tannin...