Joe DAscoli

9.5

Decanted for 2 hours before we touched it

2nd sip was better than the first. As if you needed the first sip to prepare yourself for this wine

Overall great structure and solid fruit. Improved with airtime. Delicious wine. — 12 days ago

Steve Rura

9.2

Very California red - fruity, allspice, vanilla, tobacco. Some ripe peach? Great slightly chilled. Love it. — 3 days ago

leon egozi

9.5

Continued NY wine spectator event — 18 hours ago

Michael Chelus

9.2

Black cherry, cassis, raspberry, vanilla, eucalyptus and oak. Full-bodied and velvety tannins. — 3 days ago

Conrad Green

9.4

A dark sweaty and intense front end. Profound and intense fruit with tobacco and iodine Really good. — 13 days ago

with Jonathan, Paul and 1 other

Bob McDonald

9.7

I had this a week ago but didn’t take any notes at all at a friends tasting last Sunday afternoon. Have always been a huge fan of Dominus and this was from an exceptional vintage. I recall an excellent left bank Cabernet dominant style but presented as a Napa style - rich and plush but not overly so. Thoroughly enjoyable. — 10 days ago

Boris Mathiszik

9.1

Always reliable vintage after vintage. Bright and a bit constrained. No fruit bomb. — 10 days ago

Jen Sieritis

9.1

Easy drinking with great body and enjoyable fruit — 18 hours ago

with David

Carter White

9.1

Really nice fruit, well balanced, food friendly, just expensive. — 13 days ago

Victor Hsu

9.0

A good, solid California Cab but what’s all the fuss about? I’m seeing ratings of 98, 99, even 100 from JS. Really? No way. This is a clear case of praise crossing over into hype. Granted, still a bit young and not at its peak but after five years in the bottle and an hour of decanting it needs to be more than just fine if it wants to justify stratospheric scores. This wine compares unfavorably to Ridge Monte Bello, Stags Leap S.L.V. and other peers. It lacked sophistication and poise—where’s the promised minerality, graphite, cedar shavings, oak, leather, blackcurrant, cherry, and complex balance of fine grained tannins, fruit, acid and alcohol? Where? We chose this wine for a birthday dinner at Lawry’s Prime Rib in Beverly Hills. Not a disaster but a disappointment given our high expectations (and the high price).
— 17 days ago