Le Dôme St Emilion Grand Cru 2018

Back to a richer more solid expression of the wine after the lighter-styled 2017. Here you get plenty of opulence straight of the back, with velvet textured tannins, grilled cocoa bean, pot pourri, incense, dried rose petals, charcoal and kirsch. I struggled a little to find the freshness in this vintage, although the shot of mint leaf and eucalyptus on the finish suggests that it will reward longer in bottle. Neil Whyte winemaker, Jonathan Maltus owner. 80% new oak for ageing, malolactic in new oak.