2011 Dominus
United States
Yountville
Napa
Red
86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc
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2021 - 2033
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"We had almost double the rain of an average year and no real heat until September. Otherwise it was wet and cool," Winemaker Tod Mostero told me. "I have never seen botrytis move that fast. We harvested 90% of the ranch in a week."
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Production was average in 2011 as the berries were of a decent size, noted winemaker Tod Mostero.But it was a difficult season owing to the lack of afternoon heat and the rain and humidity before and during the harvest.For the first time, Dominus Estate de-leafed both sides of the vines, in an attempt to aerate the fruit and open the clusters to as much sun as possible.As a significant percentage of the fruit had what Mostero described as "weakened skins," substantial sorting was required.Mostero described the 2012s here as "fruity, clean, precise and pleasant."The selection criterion in 2012, he told me, was to avoid getting drying tannins.He is particularly enamored of the young 2013s, a vintage he described as "another dimension:fuller and richer."
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Winemaker Tod Mostero describes 2010 as the most difficult year he has ever seen. A sudden and severe heat spike on August 24 scorched the vines, which weren't at all prepared for such extremes, as the year had been quite cold and moist up until then. The heat torched the vines and took with it 60% of the Cabernet Franc and 30% of the Petit Verdot crop. Production was the lowest since 1984, as quite a bit of wine was sold in bulk. As always, I tasted two bottles of each wine; the first was double decanted about 18 hours in advance, the other opened shortly before the tasting. I consistently preferred the double decanted bottles, and suggest readers follow the same approach when drinking these wines young.
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Temperatures were cooler than average from May through August of 2011, said winemaker Tod Mostero, but the nighttime lows were about average."Which means that we had lower diurnal ranges than usual, as the afternoon temperatures never really warmed up.We generally need more diurnal fluctuation to get real intensity, and yet there were some gorgeous lots in 2011, as temperatures were actually warmer than usual in September and October, but without heat spikes.But it was a humid year, beginning with a couple of wet periods in early summer, which is very rare here.In 2011 we had to pick before the botrytis spread."Mostero told me he "vinified for a light vintage," doing a gentle extraction.
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