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Le Dome Half 2020
HED26212
37.5 cl
13.5%
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Le Dôme 2020 is a single-vineyard Bordeaux blend from St-Emilion on the right bank of the Gironde river in Bordeaux. A blend of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot, Le Dôme is a Premier Grand Cru Classé wine produced by the highly respected winemaker Jonathan Maltus and has its roots in the ‘garagiste` movement of the 1990s. Having outgrown the movement, it now ranks among the finest wines produced in the St-Emilion appellation. "Restrained, savoury, deep and rich. Cocoa powder and liquorice bud character on the attack, this is extremely good quality and one of the wines of the vintage. Has walls and floors, is concentrated yet supple and needs ageing. Cabernet Franc is a grape that tends to shuts down in the early years and this will do so, so I suggest giving it a few years in bottle before opening, but there are ripe, seductive fruits here and it is punching above the vintage conditions." Jane Anson, 2022
97 The Wine Independent
The 2020 Le Dome is composed of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it rolls out of the glass with notes of redcurrant jelly, black raspberries, wild blueberries, and rose oil with hints of sassafras, cinnamon stick, and pencil shavings. The medium-bodied palate is vibrant and energetic, with tight-knit red and blue fruit layers and loads of floral accents, textured with fine-grained tannins, finishing long and refreshing. — Lisa Perrotti-Brown, 12th March 2023
96 Jane Anson
Nuanced crushed roses and incense on the nose, a little more understated than some. Textured grippy tannins, brambled blackberry and loganberry fruit, laced with cocoa bean, sweet cherry pie, flaky pastry, burnt oak on the finish, great quality, carefully confident. Score switched around with the 2019 from the last time I tasted these two wines - likely to go back and forth between them as they enter different periods of maturity. Neil Whyte winemaker, Jonathan Maltus owner, Thomas Duclos consultant. 80% new oak for ageing, malolactic in new oak. — Jane Anson, 15th January 2025
94 Robert Parker
The 2020 Le Dome is one of the better renditions of this cuvée in recent years. Offering up aromas of violets, blackberries, mint, raw cocoa, rose petals and toasty new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, broad and layered, with good concentration, powdery tannins and a comparatively lively profile for a cuvée that tends toward demonstrative ripeness. — William Kelley, 6th April 2023
92 Vinous
The 2020 Le Dôme is a little tertiary in style, featuring a backward nose with dusky black fruit and a hint of black olive. The palate is medium-bodied with a peppery entry and good depth. Although not quite as precise as its peers, it's balanced with a sapid finish. There is potential here, but I would not go so far as to describe it as coming from Jonathan Maltus's top drawer in recent years. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. — Neal Martin, 12th November 2024
16 Jancis Robinson
Tasted blind. Deep purplish crimson. Lifted black fruit. Lightly leafy. Dark, really chewy, compact tannins but nicely fresh. Juicy core in a firmly tannic frame. A big wine with a long future. (JH) — Julia Harding, 24th January 2024
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