2006 La Dominique
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The 2006 La Dominique replicates its performance from a couple of years ago. It has a simple but delineated bouquet with red fruit and a touch of Japanese seaweed that I noticed in previous bottles. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and well judged acidity. It is a little dry in the second half, quite savoury and lactic/chocolaty towards the finish. Tasted at the vertical tasting at La Dominique.
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Tasted at the château, the 2006 La Dominique has an attractive bouquet with notes of roasted herbs and cloves infusing the red berry fruit, and yes, just a hint of the Japanese nori that Robert Parker remarked upon in his note several years ago. The aromatics seem fully mature. The palate is medium-bodied with chunky ripe black fruit, grainy in texture, perhaps just a little rustic but at least it is fresh. There is just a touch of dryness entering on the ferrous finish, therefore I would be inclined to drink this over the next 8-10 years. Tasted May 2016.
Exceptionally dark crimson. Sweet, super-ripe nose. Porty and formless and then astringent but hollow in the middle. Far too confected. (JR)
About the producer
This 29-hectare estate’s site speaks for itself, neighbouring Cheval Blanc, Figeac, Evangile and La Conseillante at the northwestern edge of Saint-Emilion, where the appellation meets Pomerol.