appellation napa valley ava formerly napanook vineyards founded 1836 first vintage 1983 key people christian moueix known for dominus napanook website www.dominusestate.com dominus estate is a california wine estate producing bordeaux style blends owned by christian moueix . the winery is located in yountville within the napa valley ava . contents 1 history 2 production 3 references 4 external links history edit george c. yount the founder of yountville planted in 1836 the first vines of the valley on the location of napanook vineyard . in 1850 the property was bought by charles hopper and owners since include hugh la rue a pioneer in the use of rootstock and john daniel jr. the owner of inglenook winery who bought the estate in 1946 . 1 following daniel s death in 1970 napanook passed to his daughters robin lail and marcia smith who in 1982 began a partnership with christian moueix 2 acting on a recommendation by robert mondavi to establish production in napa valley . 1 3 daniel baron became general manager of dominus in the 1980s . 4 moueix also in charge of production at ch teau p trus and president of tablissements jean pierre moueix became the sole owner of dominus estate when lail and smith sold their shares in 1995 . 3 napanook the estate s second wine was first released in 1996 . with the previous thirteen vintages crushed and aged at the nearby facility rombauer winery 1 a new winery was constructed by the swiss architects jaques herzog and pierre de meuron in 1996 a 5 million 50 000 sq ft 4 600 m2 structure . 3 the architects first u.s. project it was constructed from stone filled gabions to provide protection from scorching heat by day and the cold at night . 5 6 7 production edit a bottle of 2002 dominus . from an estate of 124 acres 50 ha the vineyard area extends 108 acres 44 ha in 14 blocks with some presence of phylloxera resistant st. george rootstock from the inglenook period the grape varieties are 87 % cabernet sauvignon 8 % petit verdot and 5 % cabernet franc . 3 the annual production is 7 500 to 12 000 cases which includes both dominus and napanook . 8 references edit a b c prial frank j. the new york times march 9 1988 . wine talk . stevenson tom 2005 . the sotheby s wine encyclopedia 4th ed . . london dorling kindersley . p. 490 . isbn 0 7566 1324 8 . a b c d murphy linda san francisco chronicle february 3 2005 . moueix files . the san francisco chronicle . swinchatt jonathan ; howell david g. 15 august 2004 . the winemaker s dance exploring terroir in the napa valley . university of california press . p. 189 . isbn 978 0 520 92920 3 . retrieved 11 march 2013 . franzoia elena floornature.com august 2002 . dominus winery in napa valley california usa . . matthews kevin architectureweek june 20 2007 . dominus in depth maisons marques & domaines usa inc. the architecture of dominus . apstein michael wine review online september 27 2005 . a conversation with christian moueix part ii dominus estate . external links edit official website coordinates 38 24 18 n 122 22 26 w 38.40500 n 122.37389 w 38.40500 ; 122.37389 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dominus estate & oldid 723030670 categories wineries in napa valleyhidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 31 may 2016 at 15 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view