By Chateau La Dominique
Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe Vintage 2021

Estate
Ideally located northwest of Saint-Emilion, on the edge of the Pomerol appellation, the 29 hectares of Chateau La Dominique, owned by the Fayat family since 1969, are distinguished by a remarkable terroir. Its excellent plots border the most famous vineyards of the region - Cheval Blanc, Figeac, La Conseillante, L'Evangile.

Vineyard Notes
Production Area: 25 ha
Soil: Clayey gravel, clayey-limestone, and sands on clay
Vine Age: 30 years
Density: 7,500 plants/ha
Growing Method: Traditional, cover crops every two rows, according to the vigor of the vine
Pruning: Simple and double Guyot
Harvest: Entirely manual from September 29th-October 8th for Merlot and from October 6th-8th for the Cabernets

Production Details
Cellar: Stainless steel 73-hl truncated cone vats
Aging: 14 months; 50% in new oak, 40% of a wine - 10% in amphoras, vegetal polymer egg, and a wine globe
Average Yield: 38 hl/ha
Blend: 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 13.50%
pH: 3.71

Team
Owner: Fayat Family
General Manager: Gwendeline Lucas
Technical Director: Yann Monties
Oenologist: Julien Viaud (Laboratory Rolland and Associates)
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Wine: Chateau la Dominique 2021 Saint-Emilion
Score/Rating: 94 - Cellar Selection
Suggested Drinking Window: From 2027
Review Date: 07/01/2024
Reviewed By: Roger Voss
Tasting Notes: There is a light touch to this wine, typical of 2021. From a 25-acre vineyard to the northwest of the Saint-Emilion core, it has ripe licorice and pepper aromas and jammy black-fruit flavors from the dominant Merlot. It is a fine wine, full of potential. Drink from 2027.

Wine: Chateau La Dominique St.-Emilion 2021
Score/Rating: 94
Review Date: 01/04/2024
Reviewed By: Zekun Shuai
Tasting Notes: Dark plums, cherries, grilled citrus and a touch of dark earth decadence and mushrooms on the nose. Subtle dark spices, too. Medium to full body on the palate with dusty tannins and a lengthy, intricate finish. Refined and layered. Already complex. Drink or hold.

Wine: Chateau La Dominique, St-Emilion, Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux, 2021
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: 2025 - 2040
Review Date: 11/29/2023
Reviewed By: Georgina Hindle
Tasting Notes: Ripe, fragrant nose, chocolate, cherries and roses. Enjoyably textured, this has energy and focus as well as fruit concentration. Touches of vanilla and cream come in to give smoothness, ending on a softly salty note with liquorice and dark cocoa powder. Juicy, fruity and enjoyable, still with licks of oak so will need time but has ageing potential.

Wine: Chateau La Dominique, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux, France, 2021
Score/Rating: 93 - Silver
Tasting Notes: Cedary nose with aromas of fresh blackcurrant, cassis, lavender and oregano. Supple on the palate, with a persistent finish.

Wine: 2021 La Dominique
Score/Rating: 92+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2040
Review Date: 02/08/2024
Reviewed By: William Kelley
Tasting Notes: The 2021 La Dominique opens in the glass with notes of minty berries, plums and cherries, framed by a discreet touch of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, suave and polished, with an attractive core of cool, layered fruit, it's framed by powdery tannins that assert themselves on the gently structured finish. While it will show well out of the gates, this will also reward at least a modicum of bottle age.

Wine: 2021 Chateau La Dominique
Score/Rating: 92
Suggested Drinking Window: 2024 - 2044
Review Date: 04/03/2024
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: The 2021 Chateau La Dominique comes from 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 14 months in 50% new French oak. It has a deeper ruby hue as well as gorgeous aromatics of darker currants, truffly earth, ripe herbs, and flowers. More medium-bodied on the palate, it has a supple, layered mouthfeel, ripe, polished, and nicely integrated tannins, and flawless balance. This is a very complete, balanced, seamless, and incredibly complex 2021 that has the density and class to evolve and drink well for two decades.

Wine: 2021 Chateau La Dominique (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Score/Rating: 92
Suggested Drinking Window: 2024 - 2042
Review Date: 03/09/2024
Tasting Notes: Vibrant, elegant, fresh, soft and discreet, this wine is about its refined character, which is on display with its nuances of fresh picked flowers, herbs, soft-textured, energetic, red fruits and herbs. The wine is medium-bodied, energetic with already expresses its core of red fruits and herbs. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2024-2042.

Wine: 2021 La Dominique
Score/Rating: 91
Suggested Drinking Window: 2024 - 2036
Review Date: 12/2023
Reviewed By: Antonio Galloni
Tasting Notes: The 2021 La Dominique is a pretty wine for this estate. Gracious and medium in body, the 2021 offers plenty of near-to-medium-term appeal. Crushed red berry fruit, flowers, cinnamon, orange peel and white pepper are nicely lifted. All this is missing is a bit of mid-palate pliancy.

Wine: 2021 La Dominique
Score/Rating: 90
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2034
Review Date: 04/23/2024
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: A blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, La Dominique 2021 has a deep garnet-purple color. It jumps from the glass with exuberant notes of baked plums and blackberry pie, followed by suggestions of cedar, cloves, and black truffles. The medium-bodied palate is lightly chewy, with a good core of black fruits and an earthy finish.

Wine: Chateau La Dominique St.-Emilion 2021
Score/Rating: 86
Review Date: 12/18/2023
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Tasting Notes: Soft in feel, with modest damson plum and cherry fruit lined with a whiff of chalk. Ends with a potpourri echo. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. [...].

Wine: Ch La Dominique 2021 St-Emilion
Score/Rating: 16/20
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2033
Review Date: 02/11/2025
Reviewed By: Jancis Robinson
Tasting Notes: Tasted blind. Fragrant, aromatic, relatively limpid and transparent. Better than most of its peers. (JR)