The 1995 Dominus is very much cut from the same cloth as the 1994, with a deep bouquet of baked black cherry, cassis, truffle and rich loamy soil, and a full-bodied, powerful and rather old-school palate impression. As in the 1994, there is just a touch of torrefection in the fruit tones here which the Dominus team have worked hard to avoid in more recent vintages, but this is a very compelling wine which certainly does nod towards Libourne.

Christian Moueix and his talented winemaking team continue to rewrite the definition of a Napa Valley reference point wine. The 1995 Dominus (6000 cases produced from a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Cabernet Franc 6% Petit Verdot and 4% Merlot) is a ripe plummy supple expansively-flavored wine with copious quantities of black currant fruit. Full-bodied and low in acidity it possesses exceptional concentration and purity. Qualitatively it is built along the lines of the 1992 and 1990. While it is not as powerful or intense as the 1996 or 1994 the 1995 is a large-scaled rich concentrated wine that should provide splendid drinking for two decades...