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Vintage | 1990 |
Rating | 90-94 |
Classification | St Emilion - Grand Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Saint Emilion |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | From 100 € to 200 € |
Château | Dominique (La) |
Country | France |
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The sweet 1990 exhibits sur-maturite (over-ripeness). It offers up a weedy, tobacco, jammy, cassis-scented nose intertwined with aromas of licorice and earth. Dense, with a late harvest-like ripeness in the mouth, this full-bodied, low acid, huge, chewy, fleshy wine is already too tasty to resist.