About Dominus Estate
Christian Moueix's Yountville estate where Château Pétrus meets Napa Valley — the winemaker behind Bordeaux's most coveted Pomerol estate established
Dominus Estate is the most architecturally celebrated and Bordeaux-heritage-rooted wine estate in Napa Valley.
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Dominus Estate isDominus Estate is the most architecturally celebrated and Bordeaux-heritage-rooted wine estate in Napa Valley.
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Christian Moueix —Christian Moueix — whose family owns and manages Château Pétrus in Pomerol, one of the world's most expensive and sought-after wines — was drawn to the Napanook Vineyard above Yountville in the early 1980s, recognizing in the vineyard's specific alluvial soils and warm but well-drained growing conditions a California terroir capable of producing Bordeaux-blend wine of international quality.
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The estate's mostThe estate's most celebrated physical feature is the winery building itself: a structure of extraordinary architectural innovation designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the same firm responsible for the Tate Modern in London, the Beijing National Stadium, and numerous other internationally significant buildings.
"Christian Moueix's Yountville estate where Château Pétrus meets Napa Valley — the winemaker behind Bordeaux's most covet"
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Featured Wines
Bordeaux Blend
Dominus
Yountville / Napanook Vineyard
The sole Dominus wine — a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Merlot from the Napanook Vineyard produced by Christian Moueix with Château Pétrus precision, consistently rated 94–100 points and housed in Herzog & de Meuron's gabion-wall architectural masterpiece.
Estate
★★★★☆
Bordeaux Blend
Napanook
Yountville / Napanook Vineyard
The Dominus second wine — Napanook from the same estate vineyard at a more accessible price point, showing the Yountville Napanook terroir's warm alluvial character in the second-selection lots that Christian Moueix's Pétrus-informed palate identifies as the complement to the flagship Dominus.
Estate
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Dominus is not open to the public. For Yountville Bordeaux-style estate experiences, consider nearby Cliff Lede Vineyards or Goosecross Cellars. The Herzog & de Meuron gabion-wall winery exterior is visible from Napanook Road and worth driving past for its extraordinary architectural presence.
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