2019 | Ulysses Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | USA

Christian Moueix's Napa icon — an elegant Oakville Cabernet from the Dominus & Pétrus team.

Ulysses is the Oakville estate of Christian Moueix, the legendary owner of Pétrus, Trotanoy and Dominus. Made by the Dominus team on a dry-farmed alluvial fan in southern Oakville, the 2019 is 90% Cabernet Sauvignon with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot — a Bordeaux-influenced Napa Cabernet of finesse over force, and a notably elegant wine in a generally opulent vintage.

An Ulysses is Napa Cabernet with Bordeaux soul. Pétrus/Dominus team, dry-farmed Oakville, Cabernet-led → elegant, linear, ageworthy → you're drinking a Napa collectible.

• 90% Cabernet Sauvignon · Cabernet Franc · Petit Verdot
• Oakville, Napa Valley — California, USA
• Ulysses — Christian Moueix (Dominus/Pétrus)
• Dry-farmed · Bordeaux-influenced · 95 pts Vinous, 93 pts Wine Spectator

Red and black currant, raspberry and cherry over graphite, cedar, camphor and spring flowers with bright acids, silky tannins and a long, linear, persistent finish. Translation: an elegant, finely drawn Napa Cabernet — red and dark fruit with graphite and cedar over silky tannins and real freshness. Finesse over force; built to drink over the coming two decades.

A Moueix Oakville Cabernet. Exactly the bottle for a special steak dinner, lamb, or the cellar.