![]() Every subsequent draw produces a newly opened flavor box. As the tannins linger on your palate after a sip, the first couple of puffs from the Eiroa struggle to break through but as they do, the original flavors of the cigar start to come through with a sweeter, extra-creamy twist. The Domus Aurea introduces an interesting texture to the smoke. The Eiroa 20 Series is a beautifully soft-pressed robusto with a balanced combination of nuts, cedar, cinnamon, and cream. Cigar Pairing: Eiroa 20 Years Pairing Notes The quality of the wine is evident from the first sip it’s deep and highly structured with a smooth intensity highlighted by a beautiful combination of wild berries and spice. It allows for the tannins to round a bit and the flavors to develop. It is highly recommended that the wine be decanted for two hours before tasting. On the palate, its smooth, balanced, and flavorful. The wine shows off an intense ruby color in the glass. Aniseed, cumin and black fruit aromas are found in the glass of this aromatic red. On the nose the Domus Aurea 2019 delivers a rich, balsamic characteristic along with currant and figs and a touch of subtle oak in the background. Soon after, his journey took him to Chile where he was pegged to head up the famed Clos Quebrada de Macul and produce its world-renowned Domus Aurea as well as the winery’s other labels, Alba de Domus and Stella Aurea. He eventually landed a job as a wine maker for Casa Filguera in Uruguay before returning to St. Emilion while studying Economics in Montpelier. He went on to ply his trade in various chateaus in St. Besides feeding him wine as a baby, his grandfather filled young Jean Pascal with his vision for viticulture and vinification. Vineyard management and winemaking for Domus Aurea are the realms of Frenchman Jean Pascal Lacaze, who claims that he developed a taste for wine when his grandfather served him the family’s Bordeaux in his feeding bottle as a baby. Domus Aurea is then aged for 18 months in barrels, 80% of which are new French oak with varying degrees of medium to light toast on the barrels. ![]() The winery, Viña Quebrada de Macul, sets out to highlight their vineyard’s unique terroir by not filtering the wine and racking it back to their own barrels after maceration. Harvesting is done by hand on the Peña’s 16 organically farmed hectares and although 2019 was quite warm, the vintage produced excellent results for cabernet. The vineyard’s elevation at almost 3,000 above sea level brings a 40-degree swing in temperatures between day and night. The Peña family planted cabernet sauvignon on Clos Quebrada de Macul’s poor, alluvial soil in 1970 when it was unheard of to plant a vineyard on difficult, low-yielding sites such as this. Named after Emperor Nero’s ambitious palatial complex, this single-vineyard wine hails from the hillside plot, Clos Quebrada de Macul. 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Upper Maipo Valley, Chile House of Gold
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