The 2013 Othello from Dominus Estate is a rich and juicy Bordeaux-style blend with fresh blackberry and currant flavors. It’s full-bodied with silky tannins and a nice balance of bright acidity and spice. There’s a hint of cedar and cinnamon oak, plus some chocolate and slate notes, making it tasty now but with plenty of life ahead. Grown in the historic Napanook vineyard, it’s a great example of old-school Napa with modern finesse.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 93
Published: May 22, 2017

This is a pretty third wine of Dominus, showing freshness and richness at the same time. Full-bodied, juicy and rich with plenty of blackberry and currant character. Delicious now but even better in 2019. 

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16
Published: Feb 6, 2019
Drink: 2023-2030

Mid-deep ruby. Cinnamon and cedar oak, with chocolate tones and ripe black-cherry fruit. Some slate mineral notes as well. Plush, plum and cassis fruit, with bright acidity. Firm to high, chalky tannins. Noticeable spiciness that becomes burn from the alcohol.

Dominusestate.com

Produced from the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, California, Othello is a wine that expresses the singularity of its exceptional terroir and is accessible and enjoyable in its youth.

A Bordeaux blend, the wine is forthcoming with lovely aromas of red fruit, round, silky tannins and an abounding brightness.

It was at the famed Napanook vineyard that Christian Moueix established Dominus Estate in 1983. An 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, for whom the town of Yountville was named, 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, thus spurring them to draw deeply 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. The resulting wines are an expression of this unique vineyard.

Appellation: Napa Valley
Director: Julia Levitan
Technical director: Tod Mostero

Vineyard size: 42 hectares (103 acres)
Soil types: Gravelly and clay loam

Vineyard grape varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon - Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Viticulture: Dry-farming (no irrigation), Soil tillage (French plow), Vine growth management adapted to the climatic conditions
Harvest: Manual harvest: sunny side of the vines picked a few days before the shady side Manual and optical sorting
Winemaking: Gentle pump-overs and extraction
Aging: In French oak barrels