Tasting Notes
Vinous 90
Red-ruby. Cherry, spices, violet, minerals and mocha on the nose. Densely packed, broad and dry, but with a distinctly juicy quality to the cherry and chocolate flavors. Finishes quite firm, with substantial dusty tannins. Plenty of extract here. This wine was taken to a higher level with this vintage.
Robert Parker 90-92
A fragrant, ethereal-styled, dark ruby/purple-tinged effort, Le Dome’s 2004 offers a precise, pure nose of menthol, cranberries, raspberries, and cherries. This medium-bodied St.-Emilion, which obviously includes considerable Cabernet Franc in the blend, exhibits good ripeness, striking elegance, and potential complexity as well as purity. Although there is not a great deal of depth, it is a suave 2004 that should shed its tannin in 2-3 years, and drink well over the following 12-15.
Anticipated maturity: 2007-2022
JancisRobinson.com 16.5
[Jonathan Maltus’s Cabernet Franc-dominated micro cuvée with just 25% Merlot on a plot next to Angélus.] Extremely deep colour, not much nose. Very, very sweet attack on the front palate but saved from the point of view of refreshment by some fresh Cabernet Franc aromas. Extremely chewy and a bit too dry on the finish at the moment. Bit heavy – could do with a little more lift. Some bitumen on the finish.
Anticipated maturity: 2010-2022
