2013 Dominus

The 2013 Dominus overwhelms all the senses with its magnificent overall balance and towering intensity. Deep and nearly impenetrable in the glass, the 2013 boasts off the charts dry extract and overall power. Violets, smoke, black cherries, menthol, incense, crème de cassis and dark spices are some of the many signatures that take shape in the glass. Even better in bottle than it was in barrel, the 2013 is utterly magnificent. This is a remarkably vivid, nuanced wine considering its sheer size.

- Antonio Galloni (2015)

This is rolling along, with tiers of cassis, crushed blackberry and boysenberry preserves forming the core, all wrapped in enticing sweet bay leaf, tobacco and savory notes. Delivers a terrific tug of earth that courses from start to finish, with a lilting violet note chiming in at the very end. Rock-solid. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Blind 2013 California Cabernet retrospective (February 2023). Best from 2025 through 2045. 3,500 cases made.

- J.M. (2023)

The 2013 Dominus is, to my way of thinking, one of the most profound wines Christian Moueix has yet made in his rather brilliant winemaking history, both in France and in Napa Valley. This wine, with very low yields of only 3,500 cases and a final blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc, offers up notes of cedar wood, forest floor, loamy soil and oodles of blackberry and blackcurrant fruit. Very opaque purple in color, super-pure and intense, this wine has low acidity, but ripe, noticeable tannins. This is a 30- to 40-year wine and a profound effort from this famous vineyard in Yountville. Drink it over the next 40+ years.

- Robert M. Parker, Jr. (2015)