The 2014 Dominus, which is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot really struts its stuff. Moueix's belief in dry farming seems to be paying off with stronger and stronger vintages, each successive year, and the 2014 is a sexy, opulent, layered, multidimensional wine with notes of red and blackcurrant, cedar wood, tobacco leaf , spice box and licorice. The color is a dense plum/ruby/purple, much like the Napanook. This is a beauty that is already drinking gorgeously - as most 2014s are - and will continue to evolve for 25 or so years.

In the late 1960s, while attending the University of California at Davis, Christian Moueix fell in love with the Napa valley and its wines. son of Jean-Pierre Moueix, the famed wine merchant and producer from libourne, france, moueix returned home in 1970 to manage the family vineyards, including Chateaux Petrus, la Fleur-Petrus, Trotanoy in Pomerol and Magdelaine in Saint Emilion. His love of napa valley lingered and, in 1981, he discovered the historic napanook vineyard, a 124-acre site west of Yountville that had been the source of fruit for some of the finest Napa valley wines of the 1940s and 1950s. in 1982, Moueix entered into a partnership to develop the vineyard and, in 1995, became its sole owner. he chose the name 'Dominus' or' lord of the estate' in latin to underscore his longstanding commitment to stewardship of the land. Known for its complexity and balance, Dominus demonstrates the potential of a wine produced on exceptional terroir. structured, seamless and perfectly integrated, dominus is an elegant wine that improves with age. We recommend decanting the wine prior to serving, to allow it to develop its full potential, particularly when serving young Dominus wines.