2013 Le Dome Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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WE 94 JS 92 JA 92 WA 91
WE 94

Wine Enthusiast, March 2016

Initially closed, this wine just hints at its richness and perfumed character. As it opens it shows stillyoung tannins and intense black plums and blueberries that will develop as the wine ages. It is likely to...
JS 92

jamessuckling.com, February 2016

This is a very fine Le Dôme with currant, cedar, and almond aromas and flavors. Hints of chocolate. Medium to full body, fine tannins and a fresh finish. Drink or hold.
JA 92

janeanson.com, November 2024

Kirsch, damson, tobacco, fig, cigar box and incense, grilled oak a little overly intrusive. Needs time to relax, as there are nuanced floral, tobacco leaf and saffron aromatics that makes it very different in the other...
WA 91

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2016

The 2013 Le Dôme is a very respectable Saint Emilion from Jonathan Maltus OBE, a wine that I appreciated from barrel and likewise in bottle. It has a crisp, focused bouquet with blackberry, wild hedgerow and subtle orange...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Saint Emilion
Vintage 2013
Size 750ML

The Le Dome Grand Cru is a blend of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot. Vines for this release are cropped low – around 30 hectoliters per hectare – four bunches to the vine (less than half the volume authorized by the Appellation), thus ensuring its incredible concentration.

The fruit is hand-harvested then sorted, first by bunch then grape-by-grape. Fermentation takes place in wooden vats after extremely cold maceration. Malolactic fermentation and aging takes place in new French oak barrels.

Le Dome has the highest Cabernet Franc percentage of any wine in Bordeaux and is said to be the biggest expression of that grape in the region. The wine is full-bodied but has elegance and finesse. The optimal drinking window is very broad, from just a few years to more than 25 years after the vintage.