Dominus

Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA.

Meticulously made with producing wines of purity, balance and complexity.

In the late 1960s, Christian Moueix fell in love with the Napa Valley and its wines. Son of Jean-Pierre Moueix, the famed wine merchant and producerfrom Libourne, France, Moueix returned home in 1970 to manage the family vineyards.

His love of Napa Valley lingered and, in 1981, he discovered the historic Napanook vineyard, a 124-acre site west of Yountville that had been the source of fruit for some of the finest Napa Valley wines of the 1940s and 1950s. In 1982, Moueix entered into a partnership to develop the vineyard and, in 1995, became its sole owner. He chose the name 'Dominus' or' Lord of the Estate' in Latin to underscore his longstanding commitment to stewardshipof the land

Dominus Estate wines are meticulously made with an objective of purity, balance and complexity. Minimal intervention and restraint throughout the process of grape berry selection, fermentation and aging preserve the character of the fruit. The resulting wines convey the very personality of the Napanook vineyard.

Dominus produces two wines - Dominus, and a second label, Napanook. They are both meticulously made and are similarly blended with around 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and then smaller parts of Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Napanook is made solely from grapes grown at the historic Napanook Vineyard in Yountville, Napa Valley. The wine is blended from blocks in the vineyard that were carefully selected for their “lively fruit, soft tannins and early maturing characteristics." Source: Moueix.com