It was at the famed napanook vineyard that christian moueix established dominus estate in 1983. A historical site, it was the source of fruit for some of the finest napa valley wines in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Notably, the vineyard’s history can be traced back to napa valley’s beginnings, when in 1838 george yount first planted grapevines there. Today, the vineyard produces three wines dominus, its flagship, napanook, and othello. A model for its sustainable farming practices, the napanook vineyard has been hailed for its dry farming, which shuns watering the vines and encourages them to draw on the land’s unique geology. Meticulous viticultural and winemaking practices are undertaken with the objective of producing wines that are pure, balanced and complex. Minimal intervention and restraint throughout the process of grape berry selection, fermentation and aging preserve the character of the fruit. Dominus 2019 delivers sweet tobacco, marjoram and jasmine leading to lingering flavours of iron and black plum.