Le Dôme St Emilion Grand Cru 2010

Spiced black chocoloate and red pepper on the opening, heading to a punch of espresso, fennel, mint leaf, chewy sweet red liquorice, cassis, bilberry, mandarin, edges of fig and dried fruit on the finish. Sinewy, characterful, extremely concentrated and intense, I would give this a long carafe. Impressive, a little more joy to be found with the 2009. Neil Whyte winemaker, Jonathan Maltus owner. 80% new oak for ageing, malolactic in new oak.