2021 La Dominique (St-Emilion)

Aromas of sweet cherries, berries, petals and loamy soil introduce the 2021 La Dominique, a medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless wine that`s attractively deep and complete, with ripe tannins, lively acids and a long, sapid finish. It`s a blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon from this estate in the ascendant. 92-94 points

The 2021 La Dominique presents a focused nose of perfumed blackberry, raspberry, cedar and sous-bois scents with well-integrated oak. The well-balanced palate is fresh and crisp with fine-grained tannins. Silky-smooth leading into a very persistent, tensile finish. This continues La Dominique`s upward trajectory. Excellent. 92-94 points

The 2021 La Dominique is a soft, easygoing wine. Red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal and sweet baking spices are pushed forward. The 2021 is not the last word on complexity, but it offers plenty of near and medium term appeal. More importantly, the 2021 is not trying to be something it can`t be, which was at times the issue here in the past. 90-92 points

Raspberry leaf on the nose, along with enticing peony flowers, this is full of lively spice, great blueberry and redcurrant flavours that flood the mouth and a mouthwatering saline finish. Very well handled, skilful winemaking and enjoyable, if short on the finish and still on the just-grazing-ripeness character to the fruit. 38hl/h yield, 50% new oak, 10% amphoras and wine globes. Tasted twice. 92 points