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Wed, Jun 4, 2025 03:00PM EDT - Thu, Jun 5, 2025 03:00PM EDT
  • 2016
  • 1500ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Napa Valley
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
  • 100 Points
Lot 208

2016 Dominus Estate Napa Valley - 1 bottle(s)-1500ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2016 Dominus Estate Napa Valley - 1500ml. Estimate for this lot is between $900 - $1300 with a BUY IT NOW of $1100. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11333.

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A Vancouver cellar whose passion in wine dates back to his university days. When he relocated to the San Francisco area he had 50 bottles and within a year he had accumulated nearly 1000. This was partially due to the restricted access to these wines in Canada, combined with the competitive pricing in the US. For these reasons most of his American collection came straight from the wineries, with the balance being sourced from trusted agents and distributors in BC. Everything was stored under constant temperature and humidity control, residing in profession storage until being brought to auction.
2016 Dominus Estate Napa Valley has following scores - The Wine Advocate 100, Falstaff Magazine 100, The Wine Independent 100. 2016 Dominus Estate Napa Valley has the score of 100 from Robert Parker and the tasting note -A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine is deep purple-black in color and quite reticent at this youthful stage to begin, offering up subtle notions of potpourri, Indian spices, cigar box and iron ore over a core of crushed blackberries and black cherries with intermittent wafts of black and red currants, new leather and smoked meats. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a densely packed mid-palate and oodles of freshness framed by very ripe, finely grained tannins and laced with compelling earthy accents. It offers incredible vibrancy with tons of black and red fruit sparkle in the mid-palate leading to a provocative mineral element on the very long finish. If I could give more than 100 for this one, I would.