Description
Grape: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 6% Petit Verdot 4%, Cabernet Franc
Dominus 2019 was characterized by a wet winter and wet spring and contrasting temperatures. January was warmer than average followed by the coldest February since 1998. April was the second
warmest April after 2013 and May was rainy and particularly cold. An early heatwave reaching 102 F on June 10th and 11th represented a violent change of temperature after a very cold month of May. With saturated soils and warm temperatures, the vines had exuberant shoot growth throughout the summer. Summer was warm with high temperatures from June to September higher than the historical average.
Dominus Estate is engaged in a long-term campaign of environmental restoration and biodiversity.
Our ranch is planted throughout with native species and wildflowers and provides refuge for California wildlife.
After an extensive renewal, the Hopper Creek has become a thriving ecosystem and today Dominus Estate’s work
is considered a model of creek restoration in the Napa Valley.
Winemaking
aged in 40% new French oak