We are having dinner tonight with friends at the Hog's Breath restaurant in La Quinta, CA. You know ... Clint Eastwood's restaurant. We will have one of my cellar wines corked: 1996 Dominus. It is drinking like silk. Simply stunning! Here's an excerpt from the vintner:
Dominus, produced by the Dominus Estate Corporation, is made solely from grapes grown on the historic Napanook Vineyard in Yountville, California.
The 1996 growing season was nearly perfect, one where everything seems easy. Of course, the team at Dominus was leery about this, and concentrated on their work in the vineyard even more than usual, in order to get the best quality grapes. Their efforts were rewarded; the wine is beautifully complex and well balanced.
Well balanced and complex is an understatement!
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