Le Dome 2010

Le Dome 2010 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. On the 2010. "A full-bodied wine, but ethereal in its elegance and finesse, the wine has a strikingly provocative bouquet of camphor, blueberry jam, violets, new saddle leather, white chocolate and spice. Extremely full-bodied, but again, not showing any weighty fatigue or any type of aggressiveness, this wine has extraordinary purity and richness as well as a blockbuster finish of close to a minute, yet is so flawless, seamless and compelling, it’s hard to believe the wine is this concentrated and rich. It will be interesting to see how it evolves, but it certainly can be drunk in 3-4 years and, I’m sure, cellared for as long as 25-35 years from now. There are 1,000 cases of this wine, which has one of the highest percentages of Cabernet Franc of any wine in Bordeaux (80%). The balance is Merlot. The 2009 from Le Dome flirted with perfection, but this wine swallows the entire scoring system, and rightfully so." 100 points, Robert Parker, 2013