It started when Christian Mouiex was going to school at U.C. Davis back in the 60’s.  By ‘69, Moueix was finished at U.C.D.  In ‘82 he began a partnership in the joint-venture with Robin Lail and Marcia Smith, dubbed “Dominus.” In 1983, the vineyards gave birth to the first vintage of Dominus. Christian has since been running things at the estate, and purchased the estate outright in 1995. Twenty years...

Here’s a bottle I purchased many years ago, for a steal (about $20.00). I had been saving it, and saving it for a special occasion.  And truthfully, I purchased it already past it’s prime.  So I finally took the plunge tonight and popped the cork. I am usually not sentimental about keeping wine past it’s time…  if you over-age your wine, you have defeated it’s purpose.  It looses all of the beautiful...