Dome Vintage:2004 (from 50+ year old vines)

(from 50+ year old vines)

Alcohol level

alcoholic and packed to the gills with incredibly sweet

75 ha parcel of vines averaging 35 to 40 years of age)

supported by dark cassis fruits and black pepper with cherry in depth

Dome Vintage:2004 (from 50+ year old vines)Tasted at the chteau, the 2006 Le Dme has retained an attractive bouquet with crushed violet and cold limestone scents percolating through the blackberry and boysenberry fruit. The palate is fresh on the entry with slightly coarse tannin, mulberry, red plum and Seville orange marmalade here, moderate depth with just a slightly abrupt, muscular finish. It has aged better than Les Asteries and I would be inclined to drink this over the next 5 7 years.