while it offers less primary fruit

the 2006 Le Dôme has retained an attractive bouquet with crushed violet and cold limestone scents percolating through the blackberry and boysenberry fruit

Put this bottle aside in your cellar for the decades to come

but it really requires drinking much sooner than later

Past its best though

Rose & Arrow, Hopewell Hills other_regions_australia while it offers less primaryDeep magenta. Spice and mineral tinged cherry, mulberry, candied violet and licorice scents reveal sharp detail and a touch of smokiness. Juicy, penetrating red and dark berry, fruitcake and espresso flavors show superb depth as well as energy and definition. The impressively long, nervy finish features mounting tannins and repeating dark berry and floral notes.