Dominus Estate 1988

The 1988 vintage of Dominus, this highly praised Napa Valley produced wine was hand created by esteemed winemaker Christian Moueix for the John Daniel Society. This wine is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 3% Merlot. The grapes for this expression were grown at the Napanook Valley vineyard, a location regarded as producing some of the best heavy red fruit in all of Napa. The 1988 vintage saw a strange growing period complicated by rain during bloom, creating a narrow harvesting period and resulting in production being almost halved. 15% new oak was used in the maturation of this wine and a tiny 3300 cases were produced in July 1990.