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Big and juicy red here with a full body, dense and intense fruit and a long and flavorful finish. A little old-school, but impressive.
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Notes of red and black currants, graphite, tobacco, and espresso all emerge from the 2018 Le Dôme, which is a blend of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot, aging in 80% new oak, coming from a site to the west of Angélus. Rich and full-bodied, with beautiful building tannins, it fills the mouth with fruit and is an opulent yet flawlessly balanced 2018 that makes the most of this great vintage. Do your best to keep your hands off bottles for at least 4-5 years. This beauty clocks in at 14.3% alcohol with a pH of 3.82.
The 2018 Le Dôme is dense, powerful and packed, with stunning Cabernet Franc inflections that lend energy, nuance and tension. Black cherry, chocolate, leather, spice, espresso and menthol all build in this potent, sumptuous wine full of personality and character. There is so much to like and to look forward to. Le Dôme is often more forbidding in its youth. The 2018 is especially showy.
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About the producer
The man behind highly regarded Saint-Émilion wine Le Dôme is a Nigerian-born Brit who sold his engineering firm in 1992 to move to Cahors and restore a pile of ruins. After meeting a local vineyard owner at a dinner party, he ended up selling his production to Oddbins and was caught by the wine bug.