Dom did something special this vintage, balancing a minerally profile with intense power, and there's just something thrilling texturally about this wine. Excellent already.
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I think the bottle had some time to breathe before drinking it, but this feels like this is in a great spot already. The brioche notes particularly stood out for me but really quite open at this point and delicious (but that should hardly be a surprise).
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When any evening presents a second apertif, and it is a Dom.. its gonna be a good.. good night!
Served unblinded, when this came after the Comtes 2006 which was bloody exceptional, I found the nose of this DP 2008 to be muted. Very muted in fact.
Interestingly this did not translate to the precise and full bodied palate, with developing light brioche notes as well. Even at this very early age, this Dom shows a good length to the finish and well developed M+ acidity.
Blend of 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay grape varietals, and whilst still too young, it showcases depth as well as great balance.
This vintage marks the first time the estate has released a wine out of order (the 2009 was released before the 2008). Seems DP loved the wine so much they felt it warranted additional aging.
This is a very iconic cuvee for many reasons, besides its age-worthiness.
It is described as the mark Of a new era... Richard Geoffrey was behind the creative ambitions of Dom Perignon for over 28 years. He shaped the Dom Perignon project in his style and was the driving force.
Vincent Chaperon worked alongside Geoffrey for 13 years. During this time, he took part in 13 harvests and declared four vintages.
This 2008 Dom Perignon vintage was the best way for Geoffrey to end his career as Chef de Cave, and for Chaperon to start his.
Thanks to bro RN for sharing this at his Bref TTDI get-together as a thanksgiving dinner and celebrating his birthday too.
With this 2008, I have now covered the 2006, 2010 as well as 2012 DP vintages. Somehow the 2006 and 2010, perhaps as they were off-vintages, fared the best for me and were the most open Doms!
Developing well but short of the defining Dom Pérignon character. Even fairly simple at this stage. Youthfully energetic. Surprisingly large bubbles and short lived foam. Give Dom Pérignon from a great vintage at least 20 years to see what it has.
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Wonderful 2008, second time having it and it is now in a very good drinking spot, having moderated the excess acidity of its youth. Will keep getting better for 10-15+ years would be my guess
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Dom Perignon 2008. Nydelig. Stålet slipper taket og Wendelboe kaffe står på trappene. Nydelig intensitet og dybde. Sexy mousse av en uendelig strøm av små bobler. Høy konsentrasjon og skikkelig fresh. Ingen skam å drikke nå - nyter stort. Vil dog kunne ligge lenge lenge. Meget lang og stram finish med pen bredde. Intens mineralitet. Strålende. 95p
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A very nice champagne with near perfect bubbles and incredible balance. Certainly, the elegance is there. Ultimately, it is missing charm for me. A very good champagne without the X factor that I would expect at this price point. Perhaps it comes with time. Hold.
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Blinded. Very DP, that much is obvious. Has that trademark gunflint reduction and lemon curd. The profile is rather elegant and lean, with a good amount of green apple, lemon fruits, plenty of brioche and yeast. It needed plenty of air and temperature before starting to show, but even then, there is a certain level of restrain to it. Very youthful with only the slightest hint of development of honey and sweet toast. Based on today's showing, I'd be more inclined to cellar the rest of bottles for quite a while yet.
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This wine was still rather tight and not showing as well as the '02. I suspect this needs another 5-10 years in the cellar and should improve by a point or two.
Straw yellow. Aroma of citrus, sweet blood orange, lemon tart, a bit muted compared to another bottle 3 months ago. Palate entry of chalky lemon drops, with same floral and slate mid-palate. Medium long jasmine, creamy lemon tart finish. A full bodied, high acid, balanced with intense brioche and minerality.
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Walnuts supplied for our CKH french wine dinner. I've had this wine a few times now over the past few years and, while it doesn't knock your socks off, it's always shown to be a delicious wine. Lovely nose of brioche and white flowers, with lovely flavors of toast, lemon zest, apples, pears and some smoke on the palate. Soft and elegant, with tiny bubbles and just the right amount of acidity. Lots of minerality on the long finish. Very enjoyable.
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NobleRottersSydney - Bordeaux night (Glass Brasserie, Sydney): {cork} [Gordon] Seductively developing nose of yeast and bakery aromas. Perfectly pitched. The palate is fairly developed, gentle with tiny delicate but persistent bubbles supporting a spectrum of flavours across mead, cheese biscuits and yellow fruits. Medium weight, with an even subtle palate and a medium/long finish. Very impressive without blowing your socks off. I thought this might be around peak development to be honest; the contrast with the more overtly aged following 2003 was instructive.
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A big, decadent wine. Fruit richness is backed by vibrant richness that is almost a bit too much at this stage of its life. A textural richness on the palate keeps the party going in your mouth long after you have swallowed. The 08 is also supported by lemon zest, nuttiness, menthol that add visceral intensity to the experience.
A little bit of air and a few pieces of fried chicken helped soften the acidity and the crystalline fruit shine.
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Complex aromatics of white peach, lemon, chalk and aniseed. The palate is full and creamy, with a light toastiness. It is cut by a line of the vintage's minerally acidity and finishes with power and authority. Starting to drink really well.
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58% C / 42% PN, 9 years on lees, dosage 5 g/l. A world class champagne that leaves me a bit cold. It's rich, full, with Chardonnay mellowing out and ripening/drying the fruit. Good background minerality, generous bubbles. Drinks well, you feel the seriousness of it, and paired with caviar with crème fraiche and potato chips it offered moments of pure bliss. However, as it happened a few times already, a day after drinking it I struggle recalling the nose/mouth and finding that one special thing about it. I guess "hedonistic" is the keyword I'd associate with this wine but I expect a champagne to be more memorable at this price. I guess I like my champagnes a bit more twisted. But don't get me wrong: when you're drinking it, it does offer the pleasure.
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This continues to show well. More mineral and linear profile than the 2012, and ever so slightly more finesse. Showing slightly more closed than the 2012 right now, but both are brilliant wines.
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Opened in HK. P&P but allowed to breathe in the bottle for quite a while.
Not bad, and surprisingly not too young. Don't usually have standard Dom as I don't seek it out, but this performed very nicely. With a bit of air, good yeasty brioche notes started coming through. Good finish.
I think this is very good QPR for what you're getting - the strength of the vintage really comes through, and the extra ageing given to this bottle in Dom's cellars clearly helped. Would be very happy to revisit and may seek out myself if I need a decent bubbly for a dinner.
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Medium yellow color with a lingering mousse. Red apple, cashew, marshmallow creme and wet dough notes. Fine bead with lively acidity. The apple follows on the palate, along with dried honey, brioche and lemon rind. Lovely.
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Another Christmas Day bottle, first one in 3 years. The coiled tension from my first bottle in 2019 appears to have dissipated, but the wine was still primary with toffee apple and brioche notes dominant. Bittersweet, medium intensity. Perhaps this lacked the wow factor, but enjoyed it nonetheless with Chinese cuisine at Jiang-Nan Chun.
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Holiday Champagne Gala (Wilmette Harbor Club): Walkaround gala tasting. Lots of power and ripe orchard fruit throughout, but more bready than I recall from many previous bottles, and seemingly less energy. This is a wine that has almost always thrilled me, but tonight's bottle seemed less fresh, particularly in contrast to the special "Chef de Cave" edition tasted next.
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This is showing really well, if you can hold for 5 more years, do it. But this has opened nicely, the most approachable of the big houses. crisp apple, melon, and the touch of Dom sweetness on the mid palate, no real secondary flavors, but drinking well!!!
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(CDV) Un très beau Champagne à la hauteur du pédigrée. Buvant rarement du Dom Pé, j'ai trouvé là la race des grands Champagnes élégants et classiques, élaborés dans la recherche d'un style aristocratique, ciselé et harmonieux. J'avais clairement le chardonnay brioché, des nuances boisées intégrées (me rappelant le style Comte de C.), flanqué d'une bulle majestueuse de délicatesse, avec une pointe citronnée en finale qui réveillait les papilles. Excellent, encore bien jeune, peut-être pas très identitaire à mon sens quand on voit la production actuelle champenoise, mais indéniablement savoureux.
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The 2008 vintage of Dom Pérignon ranks with the best. Light golden, vibrant and with a brisk tiny bead, it remains aromatically flush with citrus, white peaches, green apples, brioche, marzipan and crushed rocks. With bright flavors that mirror the nose, a mouthwatering mid-palate and a lingering finish, this is everything that a tête de cuvée should offer. Last tasted 8/14/2020, it is aging at a snail's pace. If your bottles are maintained in a good cellar environment, they should have substantial longevity. Drink now-2043.
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I held out opening as long as I could but couldn't resist the temptation any longer. Short note: best young Dom I have ever had.
Opened one over the weekend and it was gorgeous (lineup Krug GC 169, Cristal ‘07, 2007 Tat Comtes, Krug Rose & 208 Dom). The Dom was the hands down crowd favorite. What it lacked in the laser acidity of the 2008 Krug tasted earlier this year, it blossomed in a welcoming bouquet. Will the ‘08 Krug ever show it true self? Will the Dom ‘08 drastically improve or fall off the cliff, not one to say but it was delicious and giving tonight!
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Krug tasting (Freiheit Vinothek, Ulm, Germany): Glass: Riedel Superleggero Champagne From Magnum, tasted blind - Pirate. Clear, pale golden color. Very spicy, yeasty nose, a bit reductive, deep. On the palate creamy, fresh, very young and juicy and deep. But also very sweet and simple. Lacks energy and tension. We discussed, if this is even Champagne... Such a surprise to see what it actually was. I love DomPi 08, especially from Mag, but in this lineup I found it really, really weak. 90-91
Wine dinner for a great charity (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): A beautiful but still young DP. This bottle showed less of the flinty reduction I associate with this cuvée, although some previous bottles had generous matchstick aromas. Pretty orange and lemon, honeysuckle, marzipan... 2008 Dom was outstanding on release, then shut down tightly. They're starting to come back around, and while they're a pleasure to drink, the three bottles I've opened this year suggest waiting at least a few years will be beneficial.
Straw gold. Aroma of intense doughy brioche, lime, caramel and honey. Palate entry of rich sweet lemonade with fine mousse. Mid-palate of creamy sweet caramel and chalky slate. Medium long finish of vanilla, honey and wax. A full bodied, high acid and rich voluptuous champagne, but expected a bit more complexity, maybe wait a few more years.
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Lunch at Bacata. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Fine bubbles. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of toasty brioche, nectared yellow flowers, chalky stony minerality, citrus lemon drops, white peaches, nuts with more air. Developing. On the palate, dry, very high good acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet honeyed nuts, citrus lemon drops, brioche, honey nectar, chalkiness, seashell saline minerality. Long finish. Very good quality. Ageing along fine.
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Pretty much perfect champagne. Fine bead. Lots of beans… energetic yet deep. Gorgeous, and shifted from electric to fat and enveloping over an hour so worth a time study.
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2008 top champagnes - horisontal wine tasting dinner (Rest MG (kg arr)): Second 2008 horisontal champagne half blind tasting dinner. First time June 2021. Back then the vintage was extremely youthful. How is it now? An almost unbelievable development in just 2 years. As a wine enthusiast I must simply surrender. I was skeptical about the drinkability at this point for this extreme vintage. That skepticism was proven wrong. 2008 can definitely be enjoyed now. For me, it's one of my really great tasting experiences. And there has certainly been many... Add to that, the vintage is only in its initial stage of maturation and therefore still youthful but extremely charming and open. I really look forward to tasting the 2008 vintage once a year in the coming many years experiencing the tertiary notes develop.
DP is in my opinion often underrated because of it's image and the number of btls. Long finish. Aromas of ripe apple and dried fruit. Not that ripe notes. Rating based on performance right now 96+
Courtesy of Neil and Leslie. Just a lovely bottle of champagne, steely and taut with fantastic acidity. This took some time in the glass to open, suggesting a long life ahead. Pure class.
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2008 Champagne - 25 top names tasted blind: Expressive nose with citrus, lots of brioche, toasty elements. The palate was lighter, more elegant compared to the Taittinger CdC. Very precise and in a good place to drink now as well as further cellaring. Excellent stuff.
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A private tasting and dinner (Restaurant Fitzgerald *, Rotterdam, NL): Very rich nose, clearly Dom Pérignon in style, huge minerally energy, tightly coiled palate, very tight finish, wonderfully complete and impressive finish. Not completely harmonious right now, score based on potential, needs time.
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The Arbour with Your Highness: I hadn't had the 08 Dom since having a few muted bottles just a year after its release. Tonight's revisit was a total shock, as it picked up so much incredible weight and richness in just four years. Deep notes of yellow fruit, honey, wax, brioche, white pepper, and intense minerals. Amazing complexity, lengthy finish. As much as I loved this on release, I somehow love it more today. Maybe I need to revisit the 08 Cristal, too. Ha!
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Dom Perignon 2008. Var redd denne var blodtight, men her har det skjedd litt siden sist flaske for noen år siden. Ingen modningstoner, men relativt åpent og digg. Stålet har sluppet. Klokkeren og elegant. Perfekt mousse. Konsentrert og stram. Heftig nerve og spenst. Har alt for et langt liv i kjelleren. Kommer til å bli helt banger om 20 år. Dupper aldri i kurven. Finishen sitter som et skudd. Meget lang med nydelig mineralitet. 95p
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Best bottle (Weindorf Kirchheim): Glass: Gabriel Standard Popped and poured from Magnum. Clear, pale yellow color. Very youthful, not yet fully developed nose. On the palate very consistent with my previous notes. The magnum will most likely need 5-10 years to develop and unfold its full complexity. Nevertheless a wonderful Champagne, very fresh, lots of energy and tension, precise, lots of lime and zests, long, mineral and yeasty finish. 95++
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When a friend needed more space in his wine cellar, we took this bottle, which we usually wouldn’t think of buying. This is a perfectly made champagne but for our taste too creamy, not fresh enough.
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Champagne Cornucopia - DP vs Krug MV (Chez D): An extra kindly brought along by a fellow diner when we had an unfortunate dropout. Better than 08s I’ve had in the past 2-3 years - getting better behaved. Still has that energetic spikiness, and ends with a deceptive sweetness.
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1st of 6 bottles PnP It was drinking extremely well right from the get go. The autolytic notes were prominent - you could really smell the extended time on lees - but not obstrusive. The fruits were of dried rather than fresh red apples, and were mellow rather than fresh. A great deal of intensity on the palate, in the sense that it was concentrated but not heavy. As a champagne, it was very wine-like. I drank it in a white wine glass which helped reduce the intensity of the bubbles and magnify the vineous character which is how I like my champagne. This paired extremely well, initially, with nothing but delightful conversation, but also as the evening went on with several pasta courses. Just an excellent and food friendly champagne opened early in its life but not too early. Will try to open up my remaining 5 bottles every 2-3 years going forward. Potential 94-95. (Two years ago I opened a DP 2010 which I found to be highly reduced, austere, and ungiving over the 6 hours it was open. The 2008 I drank today was totally unlike that previous miserable experience).
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Fine Bubbly; Perhaps not worth the price. Yeast and fresh bread on the nose and a well balanced, fruity palate. Lemony acidity stands out facilitating a long pleasant finish.
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A bit agressive at this point. Lots of tension. I have drank bottles back to 1964, and I know these always come around and improve. I am going to hold back drinking my other bottles for several more years and drink different vintages I have. This believe this will be a fantastic wine in another 10+ years.
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Burgundy Tasting (Restaurant Schweizer's, Stuttgart): Glass: Spiegelau Burgundy Clear, medium golden color. Holy cow! What a nose! Never had that before in a Dompi 08. So smoky, deep and complex. Simply wow and beautiful. On the palate of course with the usual bit of sweetness, but what a tension and pressure! Creamy, wonderful balance, fine mousseux and an enormous length and great complexity! This bottle was in a wonderful spot right now. My WOTN. 96-97
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Still my favorite vintage. So much freshness and power, paired with great yellow and green fruit notes. Very precise acidity. Fantastic balance, very long finish. (IG)
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Enjoyed as part of a Father’s Day celebration…a gathering of old fathers and new ones. Quite impressive showing richness, complexity, balance, and verve. Finishes long and strong. This label seldom, if ever, disappoints.
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Needed a couple of hours to really open out and impress; it was tightly coiled fruit at first with not a lot going out. Air brought out an array of toasty, mineral, and other savoury notes, but the overall impression is of a wine that really needs to be left alone for a long time at this point.
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Decant decant decant. Bright lemon and white flowers and a slight bit of pear on open. Bracing acidity and minerality on the palate, with more citrus.
After several hours open and decanted: rich notes start appearing. Honey, hay, red apple, green apple, brioche, white pepper, white truffle, ~plantain power~. The palate has turned wildly creamy while maintaining a touch of effervescence. More lemon, white flowesr, pear, slate, and white pepper on the palate. 100 more glasses please.
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Served in Zalto universals at home. Crisp lemon and fine mousse. Chalky, finish of lemon and green apple. More chalk on the finish which became less pronounced after an hour or so. A touch austere, a few more years would help. Not much of the Dom beady/oxidative notes just yet, 93-94 for now.
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Wine gathering at RJ's; 4/4/2023-4/7/2023 (South Carolina): Expressive energetic nose displaying pure white and yellow fruit, pear, granny smith, candied lemon, honeysuckle, honey, strong beeswax, brioche, white pepper, smoke, sweet spices and crushed rocks. Excellent concentration, generous pure and fresh white fruit, beautiful balance and detail, very fine generous mousse, creamy, elegant and airy, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a seamless long pure white fruit driven finish. Similar to the last bottle, so elegant, pure and energetic.
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Gorgeous with ripe peach, the delight idrinks crisp yet with touches of soft toast. Rich and layered, this beauty is deliciously full-bodied, the gorgous fruit caresses the palate and all parts with grace.
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Opened/served a bit too cold and rather unyielding at first, but very quickly opened out with some air and as it warmed up nearer cellar temperature. Very much a knockout bottle of Champagne, and an appropriate late night pull to go with the UConn NCAA win.
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Gorgeous with ripe peach, the delight idrinks crisp yet with touches of soft toast. Rich and layered, this beauty is deliciously full-bodied, the gorgous fruit caresses the palate and all parts with grace.
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Holy moly, this is good. My second try and in some ways it was even more impressive than the first. Tasted next to the glorious 08 Cristal, the 08 Dom is explosive, coiled, intense, deep, long and layered, bright, painfully young. There are real fireworks right now (caveat: I like champagne in all it’s stages) as the intensity here goes to 11. Could be a perfect bubbly some day, so hold unless you prefer your fizz on steroids.
semiblind, Tasting of 16 big 2008's Third wine I was sure I would detect it at once. Some nailed it immediately. I missed the oyster scent. Fresh, reductive but I guessed BdB. Missed a bit the depth for DP. 94
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Crispy apple and toast on the nose, perhaps blending into an apple tart. Flower bouquet, white grapefruit zest, and a hint of green tea. Beautiful mousse. Great acidity and balance in the mouth. Much more of the green apple at the front palate but with red apple aftertaste. A little butter feel.
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A deep inhale initially finds beautiful flinty/struck match reduction, then beautiful fruit and complexity. Lime, orange, apple, marzipan... I love this vintage of DP
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Sour and off putting at first, but with air, it became balanced and lovely. Notes of pear, toast, and Jasmine tea. I would like to hold onto my last bottle, as I think it will keep getting better.
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TN: Dinner at Tiny Lou's: Opened 30 minutes prior. Best showing so far of this cuvee; it is really starting to come into the drinking zone. Starting to become less linear and develop those secondary notes. More time in the glass continued to develop layers of flavor and a lovely finish. This is a classic vintage for the ages.
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Served maybe a fee degrees too chilled (8-9 degrees). Very high in acidity and non-revealing and tight on the nose and pallet. Opened up after some air and also with some degrees higher temperature. Good champagne, but not too impressive - at least not this bottle.
This is a more perfumed version of the 2002. Greenish straw color, very active and fine bubbles. The nose wafts with green and red apples, some honeysuckle, brioche, stones, very mineral yet perfumed almost jasminy. On the palate so refined, elegant, with great lift mid palate, finishes fat and long and fresh. Truly a great champagne. Enjoyable now and long life ahead of it.
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It is toasty. There are also mildly exotic things too. It has some candied peel and intense peach. It is rich and fluffy, and cut by the minerallay acidity of the vintage. Length is superb.
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Funny, I opened one of these last week and loved it, as I did this bottle, yet they were very different. Last week's had flinty match stick I typically associate with DP. Tonight's bottle didn't have any signs or scents of reduction. Orange and lemon, honeysuckle, marzipan, apple and brioche. A beautiful drink. When production is in the millions, I guess there will be some variability bottle to bottle.
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Mouton dinner (La Chaumiere in Georgetown): Incredibly elegant and energetic nose displaying fresh white fruit, granny smith, apple soda, lemon curd, honeysuckle, brioche, white chocolate, perfume, spearmint and limestone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered generous but delicate white fruit, very fine generous mousse, elegant and delicate but also precise, energetic and weightless, perfect balance, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a seamless long fresh white fruit driven finish with smoke and spearmint at the end. This is one of the best showings, i.e. elegant and harmonious.
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Excellent bottle with a pronounced orange blossom and honey note. Very concentrated. Bready and light briny notes were lovely too. Much more intense than the 2006. I think this is very close to the 2002 in terms of overall quality and enjoyment.
Paired with charcoal grilled whole snapper and squid with ginger rice and wilted spinach.
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Didn't take detailed notes on this. Lovely fine mousse. Explosion of lemon, smoke, apple, minerals, honey, and brioche. Nicely gauged acidity, long finish. Very concentrated. A "wow" wine. I loved it.
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Expressive nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, lemon curd, apple, candied lemon peel, honeysuckle, honey, smoke, sweet spices and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of decadent yellow citrus fruit, very fine generous mousse, rich but also very precise and beautifully balanced, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish. Another nice showing.
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So delicious. So young, should be cellared for another 10 miniimum. Beautiful toast, with almost sweet fruit. Honeyed citrus notes, slight brioche. Merry Christmas!
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Clearly showing that distinct Dom honey character that rides along the edges of sweetness and class. A very nice bottle that showed far better than my last couple of these. It was served super cold, so it was probably very happy. Based on this, in improvement stage for next 5 years easy...Drink or Hold
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These were so delicious upon release, then shut down suddenly about four years ago. This was my best recent bottle, finally coming out of its cocoon. Lime, orange, apple, and marzipan with that beautiful smoky mineral scent I find in DP. I went deep this vintage. Despite the fact that its best showings are in years to come, I might start opening these with more regularity.
Expressive nose displaying ripe concentrated yellow fruit, lemon curd, baked apple, apple, candied lemon peel, a bit more brioche than usual, honey, lanoline, sweet spices and limestone mineral. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of rich yellow fruit, fine generous mousse, rich and sweet but also showing a good balance, bright acidity, limestone mineral, and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with strong brioche and smoke at the end. This is showing a bit more yeasty quality and makes the fruit expression slightly murky compare to the last bottle. IMO, there is a bit of bottle variations in DP in general. Considering how much DP is made, perhaps not too surprising.
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So young yet vibrant and complex. The glass explodes in a green shimmer of nature and forest. Rich in flavors and aromas. Honey, nature, forest, lemon, mineral, pear, green apples. This vintage 2008 is perhaps the best from the 2000s and will in the future with storage be as good as 1988 or maybe better.
I love the bottle as it is already but I'm saving the rest of my bottles for the future. I am convinced that we will get a fantastically good wine!
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Acker JK 51st birthday in NYC. Very flinty and smokey nose. Flavors are quite complex mixing pear, white fruits, bitter smoke, but also quite sweet, finish is short. This is too smokey for my palate, seems too engineered for my taste. Not at the level of all the other champagnes tasted but way below. (Salon, Montcuit, Billecart Salmon, Comte de Champagne)
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Fabulous as always. Really opened out after an hour. Highly recommended to pour a glass then put it in the fridge and drink the remainder after it’s opened out, then wow what a wine, so expansive and chiselled perfectection, built and beautiful.
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A lost Friday afternoon gathering Cristal, DP, Giacosa, Produttori and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Exquisite nose displaying intense yellow citrus fruit, candied lemon peel, baked apple, brioche, strong smoke, perfume, a hint of burn sugar, honey and crushed rock. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of decadent yellow citrus fruit, very fine generous mousse, incredibly elegant and energetic, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a seamless long decadent yellow citrus fruit driven finish with a hint of smoke and brioche at the end. This particular bottle is incredibly fresh and elegant, also beautifully perfumed. The detail is amazing. Perhaps the best showing of the 08 Dom Perignon. I typically prefer the 08 Cristal slightly but not tonight.
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Ulysse Collin dinner at Shaw's (Chicago, IL): Initially, this bottle seemed to drink a little advanced (especially in comparison to the 2012 alongside), and the colour looked a little darker than I expected. The palate and nose bore that out -- underneath the typical Dom reduction there were a few browned fruit notes. Maybe this was because we were coming off a bunch of Collin. In any case, this was somewhat panned as a mediocre showing, but when I went back to this bottle a few hours later (somewhat disbelieving that a bottle of known and proper provenance would show this poorly), I was surprised how much this had tightened up, yielding more white fruit and that taut acidity that I remember so well from this wine. That all said and done, I wonder if this is starting to shut down some, especially since the 2012 alongside showed so much better.
blind, Magnum nailed it, Sea breeze, oyster shell in the background. This time more toasted toast. But really fresh in the late palate. Will age at least 20 more years. 97
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From memory; It was a few weeks ago. Definitely an impressive Champagne, recognizable as a tête de cuvée. Lots of funk and depth from extended time in lees.
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Sorry for the not-great news (well, for now). As many people already mentioned, this wine is going through bad shut down. I had it in the first month of release, and it was amazing wine, a typical DP plus acidity complexity and depth. Half year later it was turning boring. And at least in 2022, none of the bottles we tried was good. The one I had smelled like DP, but tasted like a very austere wine from a very nerdy grower house. Absolutely no joy; the previous minerality turned into quite pronounced astrigency, together with the originally clean and sharp acidity, now the back palate is to be frank, quite annoying. At the same time there's no obvious fault. It's not oxidised; a bit reduced but within the common DP range. It is just at the moment a very strange wine.
If I am going to say something good, it would be that this wine still has good materials to be potentially great. My biggest worry is that what if it won't be.
For its current form I cannot give it even 90. I still hold some, hoping it will be great one day.
Had this champagne to celebrate the birth of my daughter. Been saving this one for a while. Beautiful toasty crisp notes. Light honey and almond. Medium finish
Came across this while looking for a grower champagne on the excellent wine list of the unassuming gem that is Beria, Madrid . As always what a joy this wine is , served always in big wine glasses and then just let it sing and will continue to do so for many more summers. We said everything before for it. 95 and with future for more.
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Yes, the 2008 is the real deal. It has such excellent midpalate weight of white peach and even a little kiwi, with struck match on the nose. The wine has a huge backstop of supporting acid, but feels perfectly balanced. It’s not hard to predict a long and successful timeline for this one
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Notes of crushed stones, citrus fruits, cut apples and a hint of brioche. Great focus, depth and concentration, with a refreshing finish. The best is yet to come!
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One of my go-to favorites, I think 08’ Dom is just consistently so good! Fresh, precise, with such a crisp and acidic finish, it’s just a nearly perfect champagne for my taste.
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7/6/2022 Double Blind Night at Kevin's: [From magnum] A completely different showing than the bottle I tried last month. This was a different beast, being more delicate and fresh. Still showing strong autolysis notes as before, but with the addition of tropical fruit coming in a hour after opening. Still showing a lot of similar notes as before, but the magnum is definitely in a different spot than a regular bottle right now. Definitely worthy of drinking if you like your Champagne brighter, leaner and fruit forward. I do believe I would want this more aged, despite its brilliant showing right now. It just has so much potential, and I think it can be so much more with more time. 94++ pts
SQ319 - London to Singapore (Singapore Airlines): One of the last few times having DP on Singapore Airlines before they replace it with Taittinger Comtes, and boy was a chuffed to see a 2008 bottle. This was just delicious. I have had good bottles and even better bottles over since release, but the 2008 Dom has been consistently delicious and giving, with plenty of upside to it yet. This bottle had a very attractive nose to it. There as something buttery smelling - not quite as much toasty brioche and nutty notes as the Krug 167 that was served alongside - more like clotted cream maybe, or a delicate butter accent, along with classic DP aromas of sweet apples along with a hint of strawberries, and then little shades of spice and yeast and some mineral just creeping in at the sides. The palate was plain yummy. Round and generous, yet fresh and stylishly sleek and polished, it showed notes of ripe apples seasoned with just a little bit of spice, a shade of buttery toast, and then a bit of mineral and citrus zest as the wine pulled away on a bed of fine mousse and into an elegant and very, very long finish. The fresh, lively character and lovely bright balance I have always enjoyed from previous bottles was here in spades, but there was also a lovely sense of dry extract and a minerally backbone that seems to be emerging nicely. A lovely Champagne, drinking ever so nicely in its relative youth, but with its best years still way ahead of it yet.
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Dom Pérignon 2008 er en utrolig balansert nydelig og delikat champagne med duft av epler, sitron, mandel, lett kaffe og nybakte boller. Fin mousse, flott syrestruktur og mineralsk med sjøaromaer. Fyldig munnfølelse og laaang lengde. Moden men ung, mye å gå på. Dette er vin fra øverste hylle, what is there not to love??
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From Magnum. If you have any DO. NOT. OPEN. I knew this was the case as we flew some bottles to Italy for vacation and popped this with some friends. I knew it wasn't going to be ready and it was thin, linear, super focused, one dimensional and muted. Some lemony citrus body like you would get from a first sip of Cristal. But that was it, not memorable other than pretty much being shut down. Regular bottles of 08 DP were delicious on release. The Mags are unfortunately backwards. Won't open the next Mag for at least 10 years.
Gosh this is ridiculously good. Light yellow with small steady beads. Rich and fruity aromas of yellow citrus, florals, golden apples and honeysuckle on the nose. The palate is awash with sweet-tart yellow citrus poached apples and pears, hint of mint, a beam of acidity and a very long, lip smacking saline and never ending finish. Gorgeous Champagne.
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Mini Dom Perignon study (Chicago, IL): First off, I've had my fair share of this wine, and this bottle is pretty consistent with my experiences with this wine. It's a taut, acid-driven edition, with plenty of concentration and intensity; a little more coiled up than ideal for drinking now, but if you give this a little air, this does loosen up some. The nose shows a good hit of reduction, with some almond notes. The fruit isn't as pronounced now. The palate is where this really shines -- the 2008 acidity is spot on and just really exciting. Of the lineup tonight, I think this is the wine that has the most long-haul potential, despite my preference for the effusive 2012.
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Questionable 2008 vintage? Yes. Can Dom prevail? Yes. As per previous 06.22 comments, I agree on all counts. Drinking fresh & vinbrant now, if you like it in that style. But indeed you need to open & leave on ice for a good hr. As per most, in 10 yrs this will be at its true Dom drinking window. Guess I’ll have wait & see.
This has not moved, basicly, it's firm, tight, precise, citru galore not your usual Dom P, no decadence, the vintage speaks; this is waiting to be released, the concentration is immense, this will merit a much higher score, but wait, wait ... 94+++ #Ib
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Drank this side by side with the 2008 Louis Roederer Cristal, which was an incredible privilege.
The nose was slightly tight in the beginning, but clear notes of yeast, lemon and apple orchard, wet stone and a very fresh impression overall. While full-bodied, it skated lightly over the palate, with incredible juiciness and super fine mousse. The finish wasn't as long as the Cristal though, which showed better length and overall quality.
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Med lemon. Pronounced, notes of citrus and autolysis, lemon peel, lemon curd, pastry, lemon meringue, dried grapefruit, green fruit, apple, pear, quince, cream. Dry, med+ body, delicate mousse, med alcohol, med+/high acid. Still tastes very young and lively, but tastes more developed than the 2012 I had recently. Provenance was a bit questionable on this bottle (might have had heat exposure) but it still was quite tasty and very Dom Perignon flavors of yeast and lemon curd with supporting tree fruit. Overall, a very nice Champagne with good balancing and flavors. 94 pts
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Great effervescence, quite lemony and citrus forward with great verve and length. Got better with time in the glass; maybe a bit fruitier than the last bottle. Absolutely delicious though
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In the bouquet brioche, white fruits and soft citrus. On the palate beautiful freshness, citrus acidity, minerals and soft bitterness. Beautiful and tasty wine. This can probably last for several decades.
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Pausing for the Cause 2022 (Chicago, IL): I've crossed paths with this wine a fair number of times already (lucky me), and tonight's bottle seems consistent with those past experiences. It's a little more structural and showing the acidity far more prominently tonight. Still, the expected concentration and complexity is still on display; but it seems to me that it is less and less worthwhile to open bottles now, especially since I preferred the 2012 alongside.
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Super Tuesday (Chicago, IL): Always a treat to cross paths with this wine and check in on how it's doing. This bottle is doing well. This bottle was showing a little more open than my most recent experiences. The flavour profile is absolutely consistent, with a nice bronzed sweetness to the fruit that I like. Great breadth and well-balanced acidity. Initially this bottle did not show any reduction at all, and it wasn't only until a few hours in that I picked up some reductive notes. But they were not prominent, and they served as accents rather than distractions.
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Popped and poured. Good showing but not as good as a bottle I tasted a few months back nor as good as the 2012 served alongside. Nice freshness and citrus notes on the palate but everything is beginning to integrate or possibly shut down.
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Gala Dinner at La Festa del Piemonte (The Pool Restaurant, NYC): [Brought over by Hristo Zisovski from Wilson-Daniels who was sitting with Valter Fissore.] Funny way to finish the evening, but I have to say this is a beautiful Champagne. Long, complex, and classy AF.
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Brilliant! The bubbles are fine beads and fade relatively quickly. Notes of peach, honey, citrus, toasted almonds, minerality, a hint of truffles, and charcuterie. It’s powerful on the palate with high acidity yet it is balanced. This is absolutely stunning!
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From the list at Le Récamier, Paris. The restaurant specializes in soufflés, savory and sweet, so we ordered this to accompany a classic cheese soufflé (Emmanthaler) and a mushroom soufflé. This isn't a lean, subtle champagne - the aroma explodes from the glass, all baked bread and white flowers. Equally generous on the palate, beautifully rich but balanced, with a lingering finish. Lovely.
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White Burgundy study (2008 and 2014) (Chicago, IL): From a bottle that I'm told sat on a store shelf until recently (from when I don't know). It certainly doesn't seem to me that this was any more mature than it should have been, and in fact there are still some of the white grape flavours you find in very young wines. Another textbook showing, but with the acidity less bright and a little more integrated into the rest of the wine than I remember from a few months ago. A fantastic wine; always a pleasure to drink.
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Classic Dom, slight tuna fish oil, yeasty, bready, tangy, original, excellent lift and acidity with a long finish. Very good stuff, still too young, and to me fell behind the RD and Krug 169 but very tasty. Yamashiro w/ Yarom and gang.
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Pale yellow, plenty of vigour in the bubbles, lemon, white melon and other tart citrus fruits on the nose. Plenty of intensity on the attack, coming over as full bodied, minerally rather than fruity, a bit flabby, too sweet from the dosage, and lacking in precision. Remaining bottle can be forgotten about. Bought and stored on release.
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A nice bottle of champagne from a solid vintage, although the characteristics were not as exciting after having the Soutiran Grand Cru Brut prior. This 2008 seemed smoother and less complex in comparison, but apparently has a very signature Dom Perignon profile. It seemed a bit more mineral, and less fruit, though a bit more bread dough and yeast notes.
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blind I guessed Comes de Champagne 2008 because it was elegant and not so powerful as usually. Very different experience. Till now always very expressive. 95
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First glass out of newly opened bottle. This is just so backward, a little tight, showing lots of dry extract - like a coiled spring. Incredibly pure and focused, and so young. This has tremendous potential and probably will merit a higher score in due course.
Gave it about 45 minutes of air and was singing. Cornucopia of white and citrus fruit with fresh lime, lemon peel, lemon oil, crisp apple, seaside and oyster shell.
Cool, rich and minerally body with citrus forward flavors, multi dimensional, with dense layers of weight and flavors leading into a long finish. Unbelievable length and balance with a firm acidity and huge body
A wee baby but singing already and upside from here. For me the best DP vintage I’ve had. Fantastic!
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2008 champagne tasting of medium quality producers (FOF): The quality level from these medium quality producers is as expected far from the level delivered by producers tasted at my 2008 champagne tastings from top producers. No surprise but good to know.
This wine: This was the only prestige cuvee in this tastning from a top producer. Medium lemon color. Aromas of bread dough, lemon, apricot, High intensity. A little too rich and a little to much sugar like Roger Brun "Cuvee des Sires" 2008. Although I know DP is not cool among many wine lovers I ususally end with excellent-outstanding ratings. 93+
First time trying this vintage after hearing rave reviews. Great orchard fruit intensity mixed with lively acidity. Great stuff. 2008 really is hard to miss in Champagne.
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Popped and poured. This is terrific but it’s a little tightly wound, holding a lot back. Beautiful floral nose. Pure white peach, lemon, a little seashell and brioche come through on the palate. Relatively full bodied, poised and finishing long and satisfying this will have a long life ahead of it.
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Clear pale lemon. An initially somewhat shy and just slightly reductive nose opened up fairly quickly to ripening apples, lemon, youthful peach, white florals, with hints of seashell pebble and toast. Searingly high acidity, full body, medium+ intensity and a long finish. In the mouth this came across as much more elegant rather than opulent. While not closed by any means, the wine wasn't all that giving relative to what its reputation would otherwise suggest. It feels like this might put on more depth later on and could still use a few more years. An easy 93-94 now.
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Lemon curd, fresh apples, lemons, white pepper, flowers, sweet spices, and limestone minerals on the nose and palate. The color is a beautiful straw yellow. This is drinking so beautifully with perfect acidity on the long finish.
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possibly slightly defected by the cork, nose quite dull and mild TCA, palate quite energetic and lovely bubble, but couldn't really enjoy this bottle much, and I hope the issue is the cork
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Opened from ice and let breathe and warm for 45 min. Not extremely open today but not completely shut down either. I think this is in a bit of a transitional state, but still a very enjoyable drink with a touch of brioche and citrus on the nose and grapefruit and lemon curd with a streak of minerality on the palate, enveloped in a silky mouthfeel. The best is ahead.
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Mostly Champagne & Burgs (VVF, Krug, DP, Rousseau, Fourrier, ): I’ve tasted this vintage every year since it hit the market back in 2018 and with every year this gets better and better. This was clearly the best bottle yet which beautifully showcased the immense potential and complexity with a precision and linearity that is stunning (the best in any 08 I’ve had to date). Still, and especially compared to the seductive, round and ready-to-go Krug 169eme in the next glass (rated 96 pts), this will need many more years to open up more, unlock everything it has in store, become rounder and more harmonious. Nevertheless, this is the first bottle of DP 08 that really excites me.
TN: Rather backward nose. On the palate is more giving with hyper pure and precise lime, citrus, apple, peach notes, herbs, lots of minerality. For the first time in a DP 08, some bakery notes add to the complexity. As mentioned, impressive contours, so precise, so linear. High but perfectly round acidity, very light and very fine mousse but in terms of roundness and elegance not yet there but that’s just a matter of time.
Decanting: Not decanted, good from the go (and gone too quickly, so I don’t know if more aeration would have changed things).
Served along side the 2008 Krug, this was excellent and showy. Deep rich full fruit perfectly offset by the acid bright frame. Simply delecisou once again. Showed more pinot character and fuller body vs the also excellent Krug.
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Tasted blind. An even better showing than last time. Amazing Champagne with overt brioche and citrus oil note. Wowed everyone at the table in this 20 bottle line up. Don you hate when everyone brings iconic and rare grower bottles and the 7millon bottle Dom production comes out on top, haha, such is life... I thought it was a Krug Grand Cuvee stylistically. Outstanding.
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Tasted blind as part of a Champagne and Burgundy tasting (plus pirates). Incredibly fresh pear and green apple fruit, very fine brioche and just hints of red berry fruit. After a while this developed a fresh, almost white Burgundy-like touch. The palate is delicate, precise and refined. Perfect harmony with sharp delineation of aromas and plenty of citric freshness. Among the 2008s, this deserves a spot amongst the best of the best. 4th time I’ve had this since release and clearly the best bottle so far, underscoring how a few years of bottle age can already have a big impact. Also along with the 1996 the best DP vintage I’ve tasted to date. In this tasting this was only surpassed by Krug (169).
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After a slight disappointment with the 2004 a few weeks ago (it was kind of in between, lost its original freshness and hasn‘t developped tertiary aromatics yet), I was really stunned by this wine. Also important to mention that we tasted it blind next to the Krug Grand Cuvée 169. And it totally stood up to the big challenge. Amazing aromatics of citrus, lemon oil, brioche, autolytic notes, also some tobacco leaf. It‘s full-bodied and structured, with high acidity and just perfect overall balance at this young stage. Long finish with a slight creaminess that is beautifully balanced by the excellent freshness and the crystalline 2008 character. One of the very best Dom Perignons I can remember and a great wine in the making.
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Still a young and vibrant color starting to show signs of turning a bit golden.
Now the nose... Oh man. First you're met by green and yellow apple smothered in citrus and lemon zest, then it's followed by brioche, salty buttered popcorn, toasted nuts and a sea breeze. Lastly there's a bit vanilla toffee and gunpowder to finish it all off. Literally layer on layer on layer of goodness...
The palate shows apple as well with a strong citrus and acidic backbone. Such a fruitful and creamy feeling with a strong energetic kick to it. Creaminess from butter, autolytic and some pickled lemon. Finish gives caramel and coffee with the most gorgeous saline and salty minerality and a complete cleansing acidity from the absolutely top tier vintage of 2008. The depth, balance and complexity of this wine is just stunning.
I'm giving this a 95 now, but I also think that this wine will go up and beyond over the next decade or two... Possibly 96-97+.
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Dom Perignon P2/P3 Dinner (New York City): (En Jero) Only a single glass. A great way to start the evening. I've had this in 750 on a couple occasions and found it zippy and not as astringent as I find other young, quality champagne. Here I feel the format made a difference - it had good energy like the 750 but a rounder quality making it easier to drink.
DP Extravaganza! (Friend's place): From a jero. Not sure why big bottles formats seem to have such a bigger impact on champagne but they do. This was young and lovely and bright and of course too young but still very sippable.
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Bra och gott (!) men ändå under förväntan jämfört med andra bättre champagner som Cristial och LGA som jag uppskattar mer. Undrar om något sluten? Är det bara mer Pinot Noir vi saknar? Ska vänta ett rejält bra tag till nästa flaska. Mest i förhoppning att den ska bli annorlunda. Ska väl dricka en del BdB också bara för att se vad för stil jag egentligen gillar bäst.
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SLDS Decadence 2021: Fruit forward, dips into orange, apples, peach and pear. Finely balanced, with the sweet fruit cut through but a tense acid line. Excellent, but just beat up a bit by the 2008 Champagne (Taittinger CdC & Krug) either side of it.
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Awesome. Better than the Cristal 2008 I think. Like the body better. And contrary to my guess I prefer the 2010 to this, the 2008. The 2008 vintage has so much acid to offer, a little too much in my opinion. But for the rest, and with time, this will be smashing.
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From magnum, such energy and freshness. A complete and delicious Champagne that’s so good even a magnum could never be enough. I can’t recall liking another youngish vintage of Dom quite this much.
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2012 typical nose after oyster shell, toast, refreshing acidity, citrus, well drinkable at the moment. Dosage between 4-6g/L. I preferred against 2010. 96
2010 more reluctant compared to 2012, some exotic fruits, makes fun to drink it now. Not the potential as 2008. 93
2008 Still great to drink. Lush, exotic fruits, sea breeze, balanced, powerful, still fresh. Roasted almonds, salted caramell. 98
P2 2003 Feels broader than the P2 2002, less acidity, lots of mango and pineapple, less oyster shell than 2002. 94
P2 2002 more acidity than 2003, but my problem with this wine, it has an unnecessary high dosage. 95
P2 1998 More complex and structured than 2002 at the moment, some nice honey notes to give depth and creamieness. 96
Rose 2008 The nose is full of red berries and red apples, some black currant. A sublime champagne which will be released next week. Raspberry sirup but still elegant and powerful. 97
Rose 2006 For a 2006 good but no chance against 2008. Maybe a hint too alcoholic and the finish too short. 94
P2 Rose 1995 PN nose, comparable to a Musigny, smoky, flinty, balanced, at least 10 more years. 97
P3 1992 Unbelievable fresh, toasty, citric and just a touch of rostaed aromas. Nice 1992. 96
This wine had a light yellow center, clear rims, and solid effervescence. The medium intensity nose seemed a bit closed but offered up macaroons, citrus, vanilla, and minerals.
In the mouth, this wine was seamless, just like the nose. It was gorgeously balanced with acidity that was good, and got even stronger, with air.
This is still a bit young but it is gorgeous for the regular cuvee! I would easily bet on a couple more points with 5-10 years in the cellar.
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I’ve always been a fan of Dom, but expected a bit more from the 2008 vintage. It’s a very good champagne, and while I certainly enjoyed it, memories from a 2008 Cristal experience leave me thinking that those wines may very well be similar in price, but aren’t in the same league for 2008.
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Succulent sweet yellow fruit driven nose, lemon curd, fresh apple, candied lemon peel, white pepper, flowers, beeswax, sweet spices and strong limestone mineral. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated sweet yellow fruit, generous fine mousse, rich and sweet but also precise and focused, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with smoke and baked apple at the end. This is a bit more developed example. Although not as elegant as the best examples, this shows impressive concentration.
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blind, Magnum The nose is completely distinctive. So DP, toasted toast and oyster shell. Fresh as a sea breeze. Not too sweet. Will live at least for 2 more decades. 97
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Beautiful and ultra classy Champagne. Celebrating my daughter's 18th birthday in Negril and I thought this would be a perfect pick. Very fine, with lemon, notes of brioche, fresh butter and high minerality...as sharp as a high quality Japanese chef knife. My two remaining bottles will age slowly for at least another 10 years...this is still a baby.
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Sjaak's 40th birthday dinner (Groot-Ammers, Netherlands): Extremely youthful, tight and minerally but already completely harmonious, seamless and with inimitable DP character. Will be great but needs (much) more time, should have 98 point potential.
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This Dom is already drinking great. Still quite primary but drinks so easily. Just delicious stuff. I didn’t really get as much of the yeastiness or smokiness you’d normally expect from a Dom, but this is will likely emerge with further age. My companion, who doesn’t usually care for reduction-oriented champagne, enjoyed this immensely. A real treat.
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The aromas are surprisingly youthful with fresh citrus notes (some of them honeyed) , pear and autolytics (fresh pastry) . In spite of the youthfulness there is some definite ripeness of the nose.
Medium plus in body with high and mouth watering acidity keeping things fresh. Just a gorgeous mouthfeel with lots if citrus, pear and mineral notes (saline). the finish is long and savory.
This stuff is delicious now , will likely gain complexity in the bottle (I have three left) and I suspect will last "indefinitely" in a cold cellar. Very well done!
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Acker Auction BYO (Craft NYC): Magnum. Very impressive with incredible power and decadence. Concentrated palate with toasty fruit and a highly energetic bead.
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Juicy orchard fruits with bits of toasty tones here & there. Great texture, some chalk to the acidity, and a lengthy finish. While this was delicious and in great balance, it felt either too young or starting to shut down. Great, with better days ahead
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I think it best to leave this DP a couple of years before retesting as it has lost a bit of its depth and complexity of a year ago. Straw golden color, vivacious bubbles, nose of perfumed brioche, orchard fruits, lemon zest and chalk. Very fresh on the palate, great minerality and a slightly buttery finish. Needs time. I will attack my 2002 soon!
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These were delicious upon release, then shut down for a while. They seem to be entering another nice drinking window. No harm in opening one now, but they’ll be better in years to come. Lemon and orange cream, the sweet brioche, mineral oyster shells. A nice mouthfeel with a long finish and a perfect bead. We had a ‘96 for our anniversary a couple of weeks ago. It was this, plus coffee and hazelnut notes. I can’t wait to revisit the ‘08 in a decade. I’ve heard good things about the just release 2012. It is remarkable they achieve such quality with such high production.
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(Disgorged in 2018, 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay) Light yellow colour with a wonderful nose showing gunpowder, baked bread and nuts. Opens up with wonderful layers of roasted coffee, seashells and citrus flowers as well in a delicious way. Softened citrus acidity on the very fruitful palate also showing a nice creaminess before a zesty bitterness takes over on the lengthy finish and also showing a lovely saltiness on the lips. Nice and pleasant, still showing its youthful intensity, but with time in the glass it start to show signs of the transformation into the next phase. (Best 2023-2038)
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Euming's 40th Birthday (Kingyo, Telok Ayer): Delicious, even if this felt rather tighter than previous bottles. The nose was more expressive than the 2008 Cristal poured alongside, with baked goods aromas of bread and flour and eggs, then ripe apples and a touch of cherry flesh. With time, a little drift of earthy notes just started creeping in. Nice. The palate somehow felt a little less expressive, less generous than previous bottles though, only slowly opening up over time in the glass. It was still very fine nonetheless, with perfectly judged acidity and an elegant bead framing really pure, quietly assertive flavours of apples and cherry flesh, laced on the midpalate with a lovely spine of stone and lemon pith that then traced its way into a beautifully filigreed finish. A more delicious, slightly richer mouthful than the spare and uber-elegant Cristal at this point, this was a really lovely Champagne.
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not blind, Magnum This is always fun, still very open and not in a closed stage. Seabreeze, oyster shell, toasted toast, lushy. Phantastic. Fun for the next 3 decades. 97(99)
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TS Birthday Gathering (CdC/DP/old Dominus/Latour): It has been almost a year since I’ve tried this the last time and it keeps improving. More open and expressive, softer structure, better balance,... Already today, this is quite impressive as it is so fresh and airy with a superb delineation. It is slowly getting into the zone but it seems still at least 10 years away from reaching a first peak. I will continue to hold on to my bottles for at least a couple of years. 94/95 points today with potential for more. Maybe with a bit of air, this could have reached the 95+ category already today.
TN: Medium+ expressive nose displaying yellow fruit and lemon, minerality and herbs. Not yet super complex on the nose but with a laser sharp precision. The palate is more impressive with an impeccable structure with superb freshness, a light and airy texture, very fine mousse and good aromatic intensity combined with the aforementioned high precision. Lemon, apple, pear, a strong minerality, some first brioche/bakery/honey aromas appearing. Overall very harmonious and balanced - for the first time for me.
Decanting: PnP, got better with air but couldn’t really following it for too long. At this stage, this needs some air, in my opinion.
great bottle, nice color. nose with nuts and citrus. after some time it revealed the toasty structure (decant it?). long finish. great structure to have with nice food.
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Anniversary 2021: Pop and pour. Needed an hour to shine. Citrus zest, vanillin and toast points on the nose. Palate is lemon curd, warm notes and bright acidity. Showing very well, but still so much more room to develop.
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Pale yellow in glass. Yellow citrus (grapefruit, lemon), yeast and minerals. Quite dry with a fine and persistent bead and high acidity. Long finish. Shows young. While tasty, best to hold off for 5-10 years.
Second time with this wine and similar impressions to the first tasting a year ago.
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2008 Dom Perignon This wine never seems to disappoint. Still very youthful but I still say it is offering up a lot now. I'm no expert on Dom Perignon but I've been lucky to have my share over the years, this one was right up there with the stuff that Stuart has brought to various dinners, and the 1996 that Winona Chief brought to the back deck a few years back. We had it with the lobster, wow, it was absolute heaven. The Maine soft shell lobster was in absolute midsummer peak form, so sweet. I got six of them for the three of us and they did not go to waste! Rating: 95 points.
JimHow www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com
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We have sung praises about this superb wine many many times and on this occasion for sundown drinks in beautiful Athens riviera was just the number to set things off. Effortlessly elegant, bright yet subtle, soft yet with so much depth of flavour profile and energy. A superb wine and a great DP. 95 once again
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Melt in the mouth stuff. Wow.. upon popping it, we let it sit for a about 90 minutes to open it up and it certainly paid dividends with the notes evolving nonchalantly throughout that time frame. A beautiful layering of flavors and just pure joy on the palate. A real treat indeed and so much more still to come. Delicious and delightful champagne
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Light yellow with fine beads. Gorgeous nose that shows a lot of flowers, lemon zest, sliced apples and wet rocks. The palate shows tremendous balance to the focused citrus fruit and hint of honeysuckle lushness, great acidity, and a very long finish redolent of florals and minerals. This is superb.
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Tasted with Xavier94, full straw color with lively bead; fairly slow to open up with apple and pear, eventually some lemon citrus notes; more dry and austere on palate, stony salinity; gets ethereal with wafting white floral notes, “lean and clean”, then it hits you with waves of baking spices and richness. Very early in a long life to come. Patience required!
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Took more time, initially, to start singing but the freshness versus the yeasty complexity is stylish and distinctive. This unfolds over several hours like a flower and starts to show an impressive lemon compote base of fruit with green pear and apple. Long, toasty and fresh with plenty of salted minerals and white spring flowers. Needs some time to come together. I would suggest a slow oxidation to allow the aromas to open out. YOUNG. 93-94.
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An impressive showing, with notes of crushed stones, ripe white fruits, spice, brioche; hints of brioche. Medium bodied, with great concentration and richness, fantastic acidity, good precision and grip on the long finish. This will surely continue to age and improve for decades!
Two years since my last tasting of this, and it has really moved up a notch. The youthfulness has evolved into a well-balanced and irresistible package, with same tension and precision, but better rounded fruit. Still orchard fruit-dominated but I got more apple and Meyer lemon than before. Just wonderful.
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A lost Friday afternoon gathering Champagne and Burgundy (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Extremely fresh example showing perfectly pure white fruit with a hint of yellow, fresh lemon, candied lemon peel, pear, granny smith, sweet spice, rain water, honey and crushed rocks. Incredibly elegant, very finely layered pure white fruit, airy and beautifully detailed, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long perfectly ripe white fruit driven finish with honey and white flower at the end. This is the perfect expression of the 08 DP, i.e. so elegant and pure yet with incredibly energy.
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-green apple flesh in color, intense bubbles -some brioche, but lots of green apple off the nose -effervescent, some nutty brioche notes, frothy, medium plus finish. The bottle was great, but seemed a 'hair' off from my last bottle. That being said, delicious juice. Cheers!
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Absolutely beautiful. Fresh and taut, just a hint of the autolytic flavours that will make this a wonderful wine to follow over many years. I love Dom at this stage.
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Cellared since release. Pale yellow/gold. More expressive and open thavthe last bottle 18 months ago. Citrus, apple, spice, floral and yeasty/ready notes on the nose. Great depth and power, ripe yellow fruits, excellent minerally acidty, well balanced. Has developed beautifully in the last couple years but I expect even more complexity over time. Excellent-outstanding.
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Dinner with Charles M - Champagnes and Burgundies (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Expressive nose displaying sweet rich yellow fruit with a hint of white, lemon curd, baked apple, honey, honeysuckle, white pepper and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of sweet yellow fruit, rich and opulent yet beautifully balanced, find generous mousse, bright acidity and strong limestone mineral, and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. It has gained weight and the fruit is more yellow compare to a year ago. This will develop beautifully.
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This is a really excellent Dom. Elegant with lemon lime notes and stone fruit. Simply packed with fruit and very long, yet still maintaining a clear line of acid.
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Full on straw color. Fine slow perlage. Powerful nose, smoky, toasty, green/yellow apple, fresh citrus, and mineral tones. Palate is round and soft on entry, spices come through on the mid palate, and the finish is all mineral. A game between freshness and sapidity. Fresh citrus cleans the palate and then the salinity comes in with oyster shell and seawater, ending in a distinct note of hazelnut. An endless finish, keeps on going for minutes. Layered, complex, energetic wine. Needs no introduction but certainly still a baby in my book. Lay down for a few years.
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Veldig ren og noe trang ved åpning. Ung, fresh, hvit og grønn i frukten. Fokusert. Legger på seg noe kaffe med luft, men forblir på den elegante og transparente siden. Veldig smidig i munn. Nydelig konsentrert hvit frukt og en stram og balansert syre. Sitter som et skudd. Skinke og marsipan i finish. Blir betydelig bedre i glasset. Selvfølgelig ung nå. Fra 2028?
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Ok, last time i was being nice. This time, I will dare say, To me, this Champagne is more hype than anything mind blowing. Yesterday afternoon, this was totally outclassed by a Comtes de Champagne 2006 drank side by side. At the end, the Comtes was dust and there was a 3/4 of a bottle of Dom left between 3 experienced drinkers (me, not being one of them), and we unanimously agreed that while this and the CdC are only 2 years apart and age was not a factor, the cdc kept pulling away. In comparison, this was far more energetic with much acidity and finer bubbles, but shot its load within 75 minutes and totally lost steam. I am not a fan of 2008 Dom, and won't buy any more, but always happy to drink yours! I still own a few, but will hold this and see what happens. HOLD
The Society of St Tryfon Dinner (The RAC, London): Second bottle of the evening and felt like an inferior bottle to the first one ( Papies 95) . Shy-er bottle, less expressive and we discussed if their was a hint of cork that could explain the inferior level. A very good wine but less impressive than the one before so we will avoid rating here. If we would have done so it would have been 92-93. Maybe an onset of cork..
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The Society of St Tryfon Dinner (The RAC, London): Bottle one of two bottles of the day . Signature DP beauty here. Effortless, bright yet balanced , lighter on the nose than we remember but every bit as beautiful like the bottle we had a month or so ago ( Papies 95) . Soft ripe feel, honey, light toasty and just so precise. Superb once again and just thinking this wine is at the start of its journey makes us very happy to own quite a few more. 95
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2008 top champagnes - horisontal wine tasting dinner (Rest PG (kg arr)): For me DP was - together with Comtes de Champagne´and Winston Churchill 08 - the evening's no. 3. My rating is based on performance right now so it can drink now but will undoubtedly develop more complex notes in the coming years. I look forward to following the development in my other btls. - If I only had one btl. I would definitely wait at least 5 years.
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Lemon, lime, green apples, buttermilk, brioche on the nose. Zingy acidity and creaminess on the palate. Will benefit from at least a few more years in the cellar.
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Kleur: Bleekgeel met een verfijnde mousse. Aroma / bouquet: Complex aroma met zowel frisse tonen van limoen en appel als rijpere tonen van gist, versgebakken stokbrood, nougat, amandeltjes en een zachte hint van madeira. Smaak / Afdronk: Aangename frisse zuurgraad met een zachte mousse, filmend mondgevoel, mondvullend en met een briljante complexiteit. Spannend door de combinatie van uitgesproken frisse en even uitgesproken rijke tonen, vitaal en met een serieus lange afdronk. Algemeen / potentieel: Een van mijn beste jaargangen Dom Pérignon ooit! 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 14 + Smaak / Afdronk: 19 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 97/100
Colour: Pale yellow with a refined mousse. Aroma / bouquet: Complex aroma with fresh notes of lime and apple as well as more mature notes of yeast, freshly baked baguette, nougat, almonds and a soft hint of madeira. Taste / Aftertaste: Pleasant fresh acidity with a soft mousse, filmy mouthfeel, mouth-filling and with a brilliant complexity. Exciting due to the combination of distinctly fresh and equally distinctly rich tones, vital and with a seriously long finish. General / potential: One of my best vintages of Dom Pérignon ever! 50 + Colour: 5 + Aroma / Bouquet: 14 + Taste / Aftertaste: 19 + General / Potential: 9 = 97/100
I've had two bottles of this since taking receipt of a case. I can safely say that this champagne is spectacular. A beautiful nose of mineral, earth and fruit. Well-balanced throughout vertical - not too crisp or sweet.
A belated 20th anniversary celebration. Delicate and floral on the nose with sweet citrus and lemon zest, more lemon, green apple and power on the palate than I expected from the nose. Incredible lengthy finish. Mousse was delicate and fine. Overall a wonderful bottle if a bit young.
Expressive nose displaying concentrated sweet yellow citrus, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, baked apple, white peach, honeysuckle, white pepper, flowers, limestone, beeswax and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of ripe yellow fruit, generous very fine mousse, rich and opulent but also precise and nicely balanced, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with honeysuckle and baked apple at the end. This bottle is a bit more developed than the previous.
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While this was excellent, it was also in a phase where it clearly needs time & patience at this stage. I will be waiting at least another 2-3 years before I check back in on this.
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Some pre-wedding wines before a massive steak dinner. 2008 is just a wonderful vintage and am so glad I bought 8-9 bottles of this. Nice toasty, almond notes. Some light cream on the mid-palate. Wonderful!
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Lemon zest, melon, apples, brioche, biscuit (think southern US style), river rocks. Steely and mineral toward the end of the palate. Mousse is pretty soft; but the structure is there for this to keep a long time. Good acidity too. Developing.
Yeast, lemon, grapefruit, mineral. High acidity, unfortunately it was not served cold enough and hence affecting the taste. Using the right glasses is important as well.
3 of 24 Starting to quiet down, still has good lift and volume but seems to be moving into next phase, less explosive mousse, more focused flavors. Still excellent
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Dom Perignon 2008 "Steely" som bare det. Her er vi 20 år unna prime time. Små bobler - flott munnfølelse. Konsentrert og fresh, men veldig knytt i frukten. Enormt potensiale her. Meget lang. 93p med mye å hente.
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Began our first in-person blind tasting of the Xtremo Boyz post-Covid last nite with this beauty. I hadn't yet tasted the 08, tho I'd heard many good things in advance--All True! Nose of toast, brioche and white flowers. Lovely flavors of brioche, toast and smoke on the palate. There's a hint of citrus--lime in particular, and a good dose of minerality. Quite soft and elegant, with sufficient but not overwhelming acidity. Exceedingly long finish exuding minerals and bread. Surprisingly approachable in its infancy. Quite a delicious Dom. Thank you J$ for this treat!
This is terrific. The best post-millennial DP yet, IMO.
Opened, then chilled in ice for an hour. Bubbles geysered at first pour but quickly settled down and become more fine and delicate. Fruitier than most (all?) post-2000 DP but still toasty. Slightly less dry than most other brut champagne, which works very well here.
Absolutely buying more of this.
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burgers in the backyard: Olive golden color with delicate bead. Nose smoky, still some reduction. Palate initial reduction giving away to golden fruits, lemony fruits, stony minerals. Wonderful depth and balance. Starting to open up, I think?
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Blinky golden color with nice fine bubbles. exuberant flavors of roasted almonds pink grapefruit grenadine apple and some caramel fudge. Full bodied with nice acidity and super long vibrant finish.
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A very delicate and finely made champagne. That being said, we found it to be a bit one-note for our personal tastes. I imagine that should change with more time in the cellar.
APPEARANCE: Color & intensity: pale lemon
NOSE: Intensity: medium Aromas: green apple, crushed chalk, lemon, bread dough, toasted almond, white flowers Development: developing
PALATE: Sweetness: dry Acidity: medium (+) Alcohol: medium Body: medium Mousse: delicate Intensity: medium (+) Flavors: green apple, crushed chalk, lemon, lemon zest, bread dough, smoke, hint of salt Finish: medium (+)
CONCLUSIONS: Quality level: very good Potential for ageing: can drink now (although it is still too young for our personal tastes), with good potential for further ageing
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Lunch beyond Superlatives (The RAC, London): Effortless elegance and class here and frankly albeit a youngish wine for DP standards this is truly exquisite and full of promise for the future. Bright and energetic, very polished, soft honey touches, soft toasty feel at times. Really a class act and a reminder of what a great wine this is , as Richard Geoffroy used to say “ I try to make grand cru burgundy and the bubbles come as a bonus” 95-96
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A very nice wine with a fair bit of oyster shell liberality and richness that develops with time in glass we compared to the 08 Cristal and 08 Clos de Goisses and I really didn't see what the fuss is all about with Dom. Further we opened a 2012 Moet Vintage and I became a bit annoyed by how little difference there seemed to be between the much cheaper bottle and the prestige. I'm not as crazy about prestige cuvee and I think growers can walk all over this every day for half the price.
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Spring is upon us- and so time to revisit 2008 Dom Perignon yet again.
bright young champagne color, generous sweet nose, ripe fruit with the classic Dom marshmallow tone now fully showing, white flowers, on the palate ripe and wild orange notes with toasted walnuts leading into a long lime-laden finish that notably less aggressive than in the past- though still quite potent, superb lingering fragrance on the finish, generous and almost overflowing on the palate- the wine is the most approachable it has been yet and so incredibly alluring that one almost fails to notice its impressive mass and scale, still a very long road to maturity but finally reaching a point where it is just as enjoyable as it is impressive.
**(***)+, 2030++
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Was drinking alongside vintage 2010. And the differences was that 2008 was sharper, more mineral, acidity compare to the rounder, more toasty and yeasty. In my opinion, 2010 was more approachable now, but for people who prefer blanc de blanc, they will prefer 2008 more.
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Bright light gold, looks energetic! Lovely mousse, great freshness, loving this fresher more uplifting and citrus style of Dom since the “handover”. The acidity is now more integrated than before is framing the fruit better which is allowed to shine. So energetic and fun and lively. Delicious on the palate, lemon, melon, some light biscuit, wonderful length. Want to drink more of this!
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Pale lemon, with a satiny perlage. Med aromas of green apple, lemon zest, wet stone, brioche, white flowers. Still quite youthful. Dry, with med (+) acidity, med alcohol. Med (+) intensity and a long, chalky, minerally finish. Excellent balance, with amazing freshness, it appears to be a mere fraction of its age and has great potential for increasing complexity. Outstanding quality, but I have to question the QPR.
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Nose lovely complex with flowers and a bit yeast. Taste complex, citrussy, a bit saline. Leaner than I would have thought and very elegant. Drank over two days and it improved with time. Expectations were not quite met. A bit lean so next btl will wait until at least 2023.
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Friday Night at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): From a beautiful magnum and little could have started a celebration as well as this wine. Bright , energetic, supremely elegant and with a round and balanced feel. The acids are bright but polished, the wine has a lovely rich texture and is simply delicious. An easy 95 and maybe a lot more.
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It is always a great pleasure to be able to drink this kind of wines. On the nose: "typical" Dom Perignon nose, gunpowder, mineral, yeast, toast On the palate: Gunpowder, mineral, toast, yellow apple Long finish
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Incredible champagne, which has everything I want. Power, freshness, fruit and nutty, toasty notes - well balanced with a long finish. Drinks very well in my taste right now and is just a pleasure to enjoy.
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Delicious and fresh. Zesty rich orchard fruits, mineral, toast, brioche and very lively on the palate. Finishes long. Great accompaniment to shrimp dishes and sashimi.
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Decided to give this a try to celebrate my youngest sons birthday. Aromas of toast, citrus, flowers, smoke and wet stone. Flavors of mineral, toast, hint of lime, bread dough and touch of yeast. Ends with a mineral driven finish that lasts 35-40 seconds. This is still young but drinking quite well. Still has some baby fat to shed though. Reminds me somewhat of the 2002 although that wine has had a lot of variation for me. Quite enjoyable though.
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A seriously good Dom. We decanted this for 30 min and it sprung to life. Aromas dominated by white flowers, citrus and brioche, almost felt like a BdB from Agrapart, so young and fresh this was. It added more and more complexity as it sat in the glass. A great vintage for Dom.
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Amazing balance and very subtle and complex. Green apples, cream and hand-loation (in a good way), oyster shells, very lightly toasted almonds, a bunch of white flowers, citrus (lemon, orange and pomelo), hint of strawberries. With air it gets even more intens and there is also some brioche showing up. It's a riddle how they can make such a good wine considering the quantity that make.
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Delicious. Had for aprés ski with a selection of French cheeses and a warmed peppers and goat cheese dish on French bread. Willam Kelly's notes hit the spot for us with Meyer lemon, green apple, dried white flowers and oyster shell, with the oyster shell being a bit more subtle. Incredible balance is how I would describe it. Giving this a 97 although I'm not the most experienced Champagne drinker but I do know this is good!
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blind, from Magnum nailed it, typical DP and typical 2008 vintage. Lush, toast and a reluctant oyster shell. The power of Magnum. Fresh and balanced. For the next 30 years. 97+
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A wine of tremendous energy. Much like other Champagnes of this vintage, the acid plays a starring role which, to some palates, may be a bit much at this early stage in its evolution. However, with some air, it relaxes a bit and begins to show off its character…and this is a wine of tremendous character. Lemons, minerals and smoke dominate now but it’s the sheer depth that pulls you in and won’t let you go. My first experience with the 2008 and I have to say that it met my lofty expectations. This is a legend in the making.
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This was very good. Complex with very fine bubbles that dissipated in the glass faster than I would expect. I struggle with the price/value on this, though. Ann liked it, too.
We initially had this paired with a Wagyu steak tartare tonight, and while it went well with that course, it was still a little tight on opening. But I revisited the wine later in the evening and it had really started to blossom - very likable.
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Opened to celebrate today’s inauguration. Lovely nose of lemon oil, steely minerals and just a hint of biscuit. Still very tightly coiled and not giving its full effect yet. The first thing you notice is how deep and expansive the palate is - really big and expressive. Sharp acidity, crisp Granny Smith apples, a hint of strawberry and lovely, lovely mouse that lingers on the tongue. Just a baby, but a beautiful baby with many, many good years ahead ot it.
Nose: complex aromas of creamy biscuits, cocoa beans, burnt hazel nuts, crepe brûlée, honey Mouth: dry, high acid, small and dry bubbles, medium body and alcohol, high fruit concentration and long length with citrus and creaminess. Conclusion: acid, sugar, alcohol, tertiary aromas, everything so well integrated in to a fine ass well matured champagne
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A very impressive show and albeit a young wine for DP standards this shown through and through. Even more impressive is the fact we had this with the 2002 Dom Ruinart ( Papies 94) and even framed against this he 2008 DP was in a class of its own. Fresh yet very polished, round but very focussed with a soft toasty side. Such an elegance as well and reminded us of Richard Geoffroy’s comment about the elegance of a young DP a few years ago. Very good and with lots of life ahead. The hype around this vintage seems well justified.
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Big and powerful. Took about an hours to start opening up but kept evolving over 6 hours. Quite accessible now but with a great future ahead. Tasted from Zalto Bgn which fit the body of the wine quite well.
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Litigators' Wine Dinner (East Treasure, Clarke Quay, Singapore): Delightful as always. This just keeps showing beautifully. The nose was very pretty, with little notes of florals dancing around lemons, apples and a touch of strawberries and cream, all these lined with just a touch of flinty minerality. The palate was absolutely beautiful. Clear, pure, really refined, with the finest mousse and perfectly judged acidity slipping through delicious flavours of crunchy apples, candied lemons, and again, that little touch of strawberry, all gliding away into a nicely mineral finish. Less brioche on both the nose and palate than previous bottles, perhaps a bit more fruit, but altogether very yummy. Perfectly balanced, beautifully integrated, and just absolutely delicious. This was brilliant, and should keep getting better too.
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Opened by LostVerse. 2nd time I have had this wine and it seemed slightly off but I think I liked it better than most of the others. Light yellow color. Creamy texture with notes of lemon zest and sweet cream. Softer bead. This was sweeter than the the 2008 Comtes that we drank next to it. Expected more from an 08. This fell in the middle of the previous vintages I've had (92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 00, 02, 04, 06 and 09). 93 points.
This was very good. Fine mousse, nose of brioche and lemon cake that carried through to the palate. This feels well integrated already (although I admit my experience with this level of champagne is not extensive) and nothing feels out of balance or overbearing. it has vibrant energy and good precision, but enough body and toastiness to carry it without it feeling too linear or bracing. I get the hype here.
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94+ nose of fresh lemon, other citrus(maybe lime) restrained yeast ones too. Palate bursting with acidity, elegance at its finest. A hint of nougat coming through which should blossom with more time in bottle. Magnificent
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Requires 20 min in the glass to open up. I’ve had this several times and it’s very consistent. Big and bright up front with nice balance and finish. Enjoyable now but better in 5 years and will hold for decades. Overall- better then the 08 bollinger grande Anne and 08 Veuve grand dame.
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nose: intensive aromas of brioche, toast, vanilla. fruity aromas such as quince, green apple, with extreme precision. almost like a sniper. on the palate very sophisticated and delicate, fresh, intensive but yet elegant perlage, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium+ body, same aromas as in the nose, but with incredible depth, veryvery long finish. hold for another 5-10 y before opening.
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Against the more expressive 2010, this showed some austerity but that was fleeting, and the brilliance showed through marvelously with muted brioche and yeasty vibrancy.
This nose on this was a little reductive upon opening and the wine remained closed throughout dinner. Might have been a combination of the Gabriel Glas that it was served in and too high a serving temperature, but this was entirely unlike the bottle we had last Christmas. Not scoring this one - will wait till Christmas 2021 to sample again.
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- Nose: For me a somewhat restrained nose at the beginning, youthful to first ripe notes of green apple, grapes, quince and wrapped in yeast, brioche, toast and vanilla. This is very filigree. Nuances of mushroom and forest floor can be detected, but all very polished and filigree. With time, the DP 08 opens up: medium + intense on the nose. - Mouth: dry, a little more agressive perlage than Giulio Ferrari 2007, but also here medium + acidity, a little lighter in body (medium). In the mouth, the DP is marked by fresh Chardonnay Taste . The length is totally there, direct and yet very long lasting. The complexity is somewhat lacking (compared to the Giulio Ferrari tasted at the same time). - 94 P
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Gorgeous youthful nose displaying fresh yellow citrus fruit with a hint of white, candied lemon peel, fresh lemon, pear, white peach, honeysuckle, white pepper, limestone, beeswax and limestone. Excellent concentration, very finely layered subtle pure white fruit, incredibly fine abundant mousse, creamy and weightless, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a seamless long pure white fruit driven finish with lemon and honeysuckle at the end. This remains expressive and elegant. By far, the best young Dom Perignon going back to 1990, my first young DP.
Alex and William's Birthday Dinner (Tonny Restaurant, Geylang Lor 3, Singapore): Not many notes this time, as I was still struggling to get into the groove of dinner with a Zoom call. This continues to really impress me though - it is a very complete Champagne - pleasing and generous with its fine mouse, gently juicy acidity and open-knit structure framing lovely round flavours of apples and lemons; yet also also on-point in its balance and verve, with a nice touch of extract and minerality that kept it ever so interesting to drink. Still a baby, but this will grow up to be beautiful Champagne. So delicious even now though!
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Fresh, lifted, energetic -- stone fruit and citrus and acid lead the way, with bread and yeast playing a very minor background role. This is a matter of taste preference, but this vintage of Dom really speaks to what we like. More energy than heft. It's lithe, but with great balance. Very enjoyable.
I should say, this is far more citrusy and energetic than the first bottle we tasted a few months ago (and scored a 94). Quote from that earlier note: "more brioche than citrus." This bottle was the EXACT opposite. Which means, either the four months made a huge difference, or there is significant bottle variation with this vintage. The latter would not surprise me. Dom is a massive production.
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Stunning, focused, linear, driving but elegant. Minerals, flowers, citrus pith, nuts, vanilla. So long and piercing. Memorable. Great now but will live for years.
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1 of 24. This has calmed down quite a bit since I last had it in May. Still has an energetic mousse, lovely tension, packed with white fruits, minerals and floral notes. After two hours some of the DP creaminess started to show. A very pleasing young DP with the stuffing to bring years of drinking pleasure
This is such a powerhouse. But in contrast to some of the other notes, I think it's a bit of a shame to open these so young. It's nice for sure, but it's so dense and coiled now that the overall impression veers towards monolithic. I find that DP really needs 15-20 years from vintage and this one may need more than that. I have no doubts about the future of this wine--it's concentrated and detailed and impeccably balanced--but I'll be holding the rest of mine for at least several more years and I'm not sure this will really come into its own until the 2030s.
Incidentally, while this is quite a bargain for the less-than-$150 it can occasionally be found for, I think it's notably inferior to '08 Cristal--which is worthy of all the hype--and also Krug 164eme, which I *love*.
Consuming as our Thanksgiving wine. I suspect it will go great with turkey (champagne goes with everything). Consistent with prior tasting note, this is an excellent wine.
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Prövades blint med 14 andra 08. Doften skriker reduktiv stil och dompa. Väldigt bra flight som inkluderade denna, Comtes och Paul Bara Comtesse bland andra. Känns som att den här fortsätter utvecklas relativt fort. Prövat ca 10 gånger nu och varje flaska blir bättre och bättre. De flesta gissade rätt på den här och man kan bara säga grattis till alla so har bunkrat med denna i källaren. Överlägsen vinnare på hela provning overall och även min nr 1 med Comtes nr 2.
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Tasted vis-avis the 2009 Churchill, this wins - just. My impressions are the same as earlier, this is more 2008 than Dom P, gone are the usual notes of boudoir, in exhange we find a very vertical wine with a well defined fruit and good acidity. Quite firm, still, and too young, yet extremely enjoyable. Grand Vin indeed. #Møntergade#JUJ-OT
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White Truffles & Nebbiolo: Such a terrific vintage that continues to drink well young. Rich, chalky, toasty, powerful orchard fruit with terrific precision and length.
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Nebbiolos, white truffles, Volume V (Chicago, IL): Having had this in close proximity to the 2008 Comtes, it's very stark how different these wines are. The Comtes is an excellent wine, to be sure and tastes very Comtes, but somehow the Dom has a bit more freshness from its acidity. If forced to choose, I would probably give a slight nod to the Dom, but it's a pretty marginal one and probably more dependent on my mood that day. The actual tasting notes are consistent with my previous experiences, so I'll skip them here.
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Provades halvblint på en stor 2008-provning med 15 flaskor
Ännu ett vin som är ljust till färgen och med små långsamma bubblor. Doftar och pang, det är krut. En helt underbar krutdoft som bara blir bättre och bättre. Helt fantastiskt! Var helt säker på att detta var Dompa. Syran är inte alls hög, det har hänt massor sedan jag provade den senast för 1 1/2 år sedan. Den har fått en härlig fyllighet och är riktigt riktigt bra!
Omdömen som kom upp från andra: doft av krut, svavel, jäst och rostat. Smak av svamp, jord och skog.
Min favorit i denna flight och hela provningen. Överlägsen vinnare i totalrankingen efter att alla nio deltagare hade röstat!
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Heck yeah, this is just outstanding stuff. Not as bright/sharp as my first tasting over a year and half ago, but the depth is coming on, especially as it opens up. This is a complete wine that will continue to grow.
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Not blind Again sublime, so juicy, so fresh without being cheap and ordinary. Some tropical fruits, less oyster and toasty notes. Great acidity and length. Wine for now and in the future. 97
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Better than ‘90, ‘96, ‘99 and ‘09, this is legendary. There’s yeasty notes, with golden apple, lemon meringue, pain grille, sweet cream, lilies and fresh orange zest. So much lovely beading and a rich, yet lively body. Just starting to open, this will last many, many years. With all of its wonderful focus, the middle is very panoramic. Drink 2022 -.
Still young but no longer disparate. Tight, fresh, tangy citrus with some apple and pear. Floral notes with a hint of nuttiness. Creamy. There's a lot here but it needs some years to flesh out. Still enjoyable now.
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Wow. Amazing now and very complete, but I feel like it's still a little tight. It's very chiseled and pure, without being harsh in any way, like a column of smooth marble.
Glad I have a bunch.
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Fabulous wine that is just too young but that's to be expected as it is relatively close to release. A bit tight and tangy. I wish I could say we really gave it time to open and express itself, but there was a lot of wine that evening and so I just had a glass. Enjoyable and worth getting and sitting down for many years.
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yellow apple pear quince more citrus flavours on palate prune full of autolysis character especially on palate bread brioche cheese very creamy buttery tertiary notes are honey nutty toffee caramel lovely wine
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Drank with my wife at bar Pigalle to celibrate life. First time ever I drink Dom Perignon and it's funny because the wine was exactly the way I thought it would be according to all the good tasting notes here. Here are some notes from my blurry memory.
Very elegant, muted upon opening with clean and stylistically pure character. Fresh pears, almond icing and white flowers on the nose. With some time in the glass a more complex body started to emerge. Sweet liquorice, vanilla ice cream, lemon sorbet and viols.
Creamy, smooth on the palate with no signs of that razor sharp -08 acid some wines have. Yes vanilla ice cream and fresh pears here as well but but a slight hint of that sweet liquorice. Empowered body with huge complexity and I was surprised that this was drinking so well at this early stage.
Was even better than I would expected. We had the best night together in many years and this bottle really pushed us up there! Like someone said before "any comparison to Moet & Chandon is laughable". I agree.
Haven’t had Dom Perignon since a few unimpressive bottles over 10 years ago, but bought some of the lauded 2008 to give it another try.
The 2008 shows that its reputation is deserved. Toast and lemon custard on the nose, with a wonderful balance between bright fruit (citrus and poached pear) and rich hazelnut pastry notes. A real delight. Should age beautifully.
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Creamy fine mouse, the total package tête de cuvée! So well balanced and profile melds together so well. Vanillin, nougat, biscuit and lemon on the nose. Wonderful texture on the palate.
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Amazing bubbly! This is Dom as good as it gets and will go down as one of the best. So much going on, fruit and acidity in perfect harmony. Powerful yet elegant, don’t be afraid to pop one if you have a few bottles. It will most certainly reward patience but delivers a fantastic drinking experience already.
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Pale yellow in glass. Yeast, yellow citrus (grapefruit, lemon), and minerals. Very fine and persistent bead and excellent acidity. Finishes long. Unquestionably will improve with time, but still very good now.
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Had this six times from two different sources and i must say the better one is utterly perfect, the lesser is a (very) good champagne. The perfect one combines archetypical Dom nose and hazelnut with ideal acidity and refreshing length. Even non addicted members of my family went back to refill their glasses. The other one had less from all. it has to be noted, that results were consistent with the two variants, the better came from a cardboard 6pack, the lesser was sold in luxury boxes. 98 for the star 94 the second.
The 2008 is more open and softer than a bottle 12+ months ago, still, it will need considerable more time to become fully round and more expressive and layered. The minerality and freshness are still dominating, the overall feel is still a bit on the restrained side. The potential is quite obvious (many layers plus high precision) but I would wait another 2 years before checking-in on this vintage again (the peak will likely not been reached for another 10 or 20 years). Tasted twice in a week. 93/94 points with more upside.
TN: Medium expressive nose with minerality, citrus fruit at the core. On the nose and palate some fine bakery, brioche, toast aromas are slowly appearing but everything is still dominated by the citrus aromas and the minerality. Medium intensity, very high precision. The texture is good but misses the luxurious feel of the best Champagnes, partly due to the high but fairly round acidity. Overall not yet perfectly harmonious but slowly getting there.
Decanting: Not decanted but it would for sure benefit from an hour or two of air.
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Two recent bottles seemed more open than this one. I'm going to put the brakes on opening these for a bit. This had the nice DP toast, but was otherwise shut down.
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Wow! Hitting all the right notes of a legacy vintage this vintage has notes of light creme, lemon, apple and the scent of summer going into fall. Wonderful!
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"You only turn 40 once tasting" (At home): From the Luminous bottle. Great and dense bubble structure with a good amount of freshness, but came across a little restrained. Otherwise full of mineral notes, a bit of toast and brioche and a fruit of freshly pressed lemon juice with just a hint of tropical banana. Worth storing longer, but no doubt very promising – even though lacking the linear precision of the Roederer Cristal 2008.
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(Disgorged in 2019) Still feeling crispy and citrus acidity driven with a lovely creaminess and a very nice and lengthy finish. Gentle nose of lime flowers and opens and still feeling very youthful and no rush to open any bottles.. (Best 2023-2043)
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Straw gold color and very active bubbles. Right now it's all about the nose and the potential of the palate. Nose of brioche, green apples, pineapples, marzipan and chalk. On the palate extreme precision and an amazingly well crafted champagne. Reminiscent of DP's top vintages of 1990, 1996 and 2002 but requires time to develop complexity. Very long finish. Quite pretty!
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I had drunk a lot of these upon release, then felt they shut down a year or two ago. My last bottle in November, while fantastic, was still somewhat reticent. Not so this bottle. The verve, the creamy lemon and orange, the sweet brioche, the mineral oyster shells, the beautiful mouthfeel, the long finish and the perfect bead; yes!!! How do they do this with such high production volumes? I’m not sure what to make of the run of bottles a couple of years ago whose opening in youth seemed wasteful. I don’t think a wine can shut down then blossom over a 24 month period. While this is no where near my preferred point in its maturity curve, that fact won’t stop me from opening some of my stash with some regularity.
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From the same batch and consistent with the previous night’s bottle. The fruit is white, very pure and elegant. Extremely fine generous mousse, energetic, precise and pure, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, a seamless incredibly long finish with honey and lanoline at the end. As mentioned previous, it is difficult to “understand/appreciate” young Dom Perignon in most of the vintages, except the 96 perhaps. Although concentrated, young DPs can be a bit dull and heavy. Not in 2008, it is like drinking a young airy Chevalier Montrachet!
2 bottles were popped, 1 regular label and 1 Lenny Kravitz designed label. These bottles were opened to celebrate my newborn son's discharge home after delivery on 9/2/20 and were enjoyed with immediate family!
The Lenny Kravitz was earmarked for this day but the wine was drinking so well and was so well received by all that I decided to pop the cork on a second bottle instead of choosing a different champagne!
I used a Grassl Liberte wine glass, which is my new go to glass for champagne! 1st impression was WOW this wine is fantastic! The aromas were pronounced in the wine glass and were representative of flowers, apples and toasted notes. However, I'm not sure how the nose shows in a flute. The wine displayed lazer-like precision. It was fresh with great acidity. The flavors were of citrus fruits and some stone fruits with a toasted undertone. The chardonnay grape is front and center. The mouth feel was creamy with great length to the finish. This bottle emulates excellence!
Both bottles drank exactly the same and the note above apply to both bottles.
My score: 96+
These bottles drank better than the one I drank on 5/29/19, which was purchased from an airport duty-free shop and drank in Cancun Mexico. It also drank better than the Krug 164eme (2008 base vintage) I drank on 8/9/19. (Only private notes on these bottles, no public notes).
I'm glad I have 7 more bottles in my cellar. I may have to purchase a few more, as I'm really excited to follow how this bottle evolves over time! I will purchase more of the 2008 before I purchase the newly released 2010 as long as the price is comparable.
Definitely the best champagne I've had in 2020 and one of the best wines I've had in 2020.
BBQ @ Arcadia!: After some chilling, this was really quite amazing and on point tonight. The group enjoyed it thoroughly, and it went well with green grapes cream tart and cheeses. Bravo!
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A lost Friday afternoon gathering 06 CDC, 02 Cristal, 08 DP, Aubert, 99 Lambreys and etc. (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Delicate yet expressive nose displaying fresh pure white fruit with a hint of yellow, pear, granny smith, lemon zest, white flower and crushed rock. Perfectly harmonious palate, finely layered pure white fruit, very fine generous mousse, elegant, refreshing and energetic, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a seamless long pure white fruit driven finish with lemon curd at the end. This particular example is very fresh and elegant. There seem to be a slight variation in the fruit expression, i.e. pure fresh white vs fresh yellow citrus. Drinking incredibly well.
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Smakt mot DP82. DP08 var lukket og ga lite ved åpning - 2 t i dekanter hjalp. Det er lett å kjenne hva den har i seg, med flott struktur, vanvittig energi og såvidt begynnende kompleksitet som trakk noen linjer i retning av smaksbildet i 82. Men for meg var dette likevel en klar hold og vent i 10 år, og en vin det er liten vits i å åpne i dag. .
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not blind Delicious, juicy, oyster Shell, reductive but with a generous fruit. Much better than the a closed Cristal Rose 2008 we had one day later. 97+
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Second time I had this vintage now and it cements its spot as a great champagne. Makes me want to dip into the 2002 for comparison. It’s full of youthful energy, flint, gun powder minerality with an explosive bouquet. A raveneau with bubbles! Last time i had it made me purchased some. I see no reason to exercise restrain given its consistent performance on this afternoon showing.
nose - smoke, lemon. DC thought it smelled like a red wine mouth - minerally, spearmint/herbal, very clean. Nice but i think the bottle has last year was better.
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Prövade blint Mycket kakao och lite blyerts? Initialt relativt svag doft. Väldigt fina bubblor, mörkrostat kaffe, kakao, komplex och djup som precis börjat öppna upp sig försiktigt. Gissade Dom Perignon 08, har prövat den här ett antal gånger senaste året och det här var absolut den bästa flaskan.
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Very tight, as others have mentioned better to hold at this time. Started out with reduction notes but underneath some very clean crisp yellow fruit/lemon and a pretty finish.
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The nose was reticent on the first pour, with little more than lemon initially. The quality was evident on the palate, with its poise and depth, and on the very long finish. The second pour, maybe half an hour later, showed much more expression on the nose, with delightful white floral notes dominating. Overall, this manages to be full and light simultaneously, powerful and elegant.
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Drank this at my wedding, so obviously did not take detailed notes, but presented with the same vanilla bakery and green apples I remembered from previous bottles.
Wine Cellar & Al Fresco Dinner Party (La Jolla, CA): The 2008 iteration of Dom Pérignon is truly a tour de force, with precision and depth that is in the league of its 1996 sibling. Light golden and impressively vibrant, it has a vigorous tiny bead that creates such a stir on the palate. Loaded with lemon, white peaches, green apples, bread dough, marzipan and crushed rocks on both the nose and palate, it stays mouthwatering and delicious throughout a solid mid-palate and a finish that lingers on and on. This should have substantial longevity...all of the building blocks are in place! Drink now-2040.
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Pleasant floral and citrus notes and a hint of toast, but I think this is still years away from maturing into its potential.
I hope to have the discipline to leave my other few bottles of this alone for at least 3-5years. Given this is how the wine looks at 12 years I'm more interested in how it will look at 20 than at 15.
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Fascinating wine - how do you not get intimadated by the label and the price, golden color, good bouquet although we tried a glass in a wine glass and preferred the wine in a flute, strong bubbles with a slight head, lots of complex flavor, great balance, acid and oak blended well, without a direct comparision with other Champagnes hard to fully appreciate, drank with roasted lobster, might drink again but ....
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First time drinking a Dom Perignon out of a paper cup. The wine tasted flat and uninspiring. I must say that the vessel does make a big difference. Will post a real review with a real glass.
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Another bottle of this.Very pale colour.Started off with a very mineral and lime driven nose.On the palate,oyster shells,crisp lemon and lemon peel with bracing acidity and chalky minerality.But much less energy,intensity and depth than a year ago.I would even say a little bit disappointing compared to my last bottle.A production of around five to six million bottles.It's hard to imagine that every single batch could be identical.
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A brilliant, young Dom Perignon. Lots of energy on the palate with the signature toasty/yeasty notes that I love. Balance is on point and the depth of the palate is noticeable. Should be fun to watch this mature over time.
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Very pale yellow. Fine bead with lemon sherbet and bread dough on the nose. Light and fresh on the palate with a slightly creamy mouthfeel and a pin point prickly mousse that seems to fill every corner of the palate. So clean! The antithesis of that oxidative Bolly style that I just can't bear. As a tete de cuvee, not bad value either at £129 per bottle on the table. Excellent
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5 hr in bottle decant with a stopper. Upon opening this was not showing much. But 5 hrs later, this was definitely strutting its stuff whilse served at the right temperature — around 50 degrees F. On the nose it smells like canned tuna to me — i also noticed this with ‘06 — but the palate is fine-boned style and is not funky at all. Lemon, fresh bartlett pear, fine minerality and fine mousse. Much different style from cristal 08 which is the common comparison here. My preference is w 08 cristal, but they are different styles. I see this as more of an appertif, party champagne while the cristal with its ripping acidity and minerality begs for food at this stage.
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This wine has impressed me every time I've had it...sometimes more shrill than others, but this is the first time I've had it with time to really reflect on it. On the nose, fantastically elegant: lemon oil, vanilla, hazelnut, so rich, but so expressive. On the palate, fantastic acidity, lovely mousse. This is solid and fantastic...but is it SO different from other Dom Vntg Brut?
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Wow! Just great now which may make it hard to keep for the decade or so it really deserves. If there is a bargain in top tier champagne this could be it- this from a case I bought at $140/btl or so- not hard to find near $145- Cracked this for my grandson’s first birthday! - we had the ‘85 (his dad’s birth year) the nite he was born a year ago!
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The ticket! Easily a top ten 'blanc' Champagne for me, likely a top five.
Elegant mousse, incessant bubbles. Drinking this too cold will not allow it to reveal its depth. It shines, even radiates, between 48 and 53 degrees (9 to 11c). Lovely, seemingly all encompassing maritime salinity, including seabed, flint, and shale, with a gunpowder kiss at the back. The wine also features piercing vivacity and impeccable precision. Every small sip...and I did drink the glass this way over an hour or two...proved wondrously satisfying. By preference, I would give the same vintage Cristal a marginal nod...but that is no knock on this wine.
High acid, and noteworthy grip will likely keep it evolving for another decade+. High QPR!
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Still young. Light on its feet, but tight persistent bubbles. Light mousse. Dominated by hints of citrus and Apple. Great precision. Still tightly coiled and gathering itself for a long life ahead. 94-96+
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One of the best readily available wines made in my wine-consuming life so far. This is a yardstick by which I measure all other champagne; I ask myself, would I rather buy this, or an equivalent dollar value of Dom Perignon 2008? Usually, the answer is the latter. A little reductive as Dom can be sometimes, but that is shed with a few hours of air. This is the first bottle with which I've been able to truly sit down and drink, and it's no exaggeration to say that the last glass was best. Obviously youthful and fresh now, with brilliant verve and acidity, but this does not become shrill as some other 2008s can get. There is breadth to the fruit here, and it becomes all the more apparent as this warms up. What a brilliant sendoff for Richard Geoffroy.
Un nez fin et subtil de zeste de citron avec une touche d’amandes et de menthe. Les bulles sont serrées avec beaucoup de classe et d’élégance, tout comme le vin d’ailleurs qui est frais, très pur, droit, beaucoup d’énergie et avec une superbe longueur, pas le plus riche et le plus ample, un style droit et fin mais vraiment excellent. Se boit bien maintenant et sera assurément encore meilleur avec un peu de cave. 95-96
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Was drinking side by side with 2006 Krug. 2006 Krug was having a better nose, more pronounced but the 2008 Dom was having a better taste. Both champagne evolved in the glass after an hour. Hazelnut, slightly caramel, yeast, bread, pronounced nose.
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Drank this after my wife's successful dissertation defense. It had the finest bubbles that we've tasted for a champagne. The color was a beautiful gold and the smell was so fresh. Would drink it every day, if we could!
Considerably more muted than when tasted half a year ago. Whether going into hibernation or just a less than stellar bottle. More subdued acidity and a more dominant creaminess pointed to imbalance where I was needing more freshness.
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Side by side with the '02, both in LSA champagne tulips and then a Zalto Denk'Art. Pale lemon colour. Rich, crisp aroma; quite toasty, lots of apple, salinity, and with a little air, sweet roasted nuts; rather savoury overall. Lovely soft mousse but it flattens fairly quickly. Clean and linear taste, good acidity but it doesn't linger. Juicy, young.
Returning after a couple of hours, it's integrated, quite laid back. Still bright acidity, lemon and orange, self assured but a bit simple.
To be honest, I'm not sure about either of these. While I have no strong preference in general between Dom P and Cristal, the latter's 2008 lived up to the hype, whereas I'm not sure this does. It's cheaper than many of its peers but doesn't provide enough extra for me over the next rung down, and I don't think it's a stylistic issue, as it's not all that distinctive. It's not bad, but for value I'd choose a vintage Bollinger or Pol Roger, and if money were no object I'd go for something like vintage Krug. Sorry!
Incidentally, the label is paler, rougher, and some minor elements have been rearranged since the older vintage. [Cork + cage; 12.5% abv; Woodwinters, £140].
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The wine looks light gold colored. It smells like peach and pear. Agree with hints of iodine as some pro tasting notes.It's a full bodied champagne. The wine has a balanced, linear texture. Quite a long finish. solid acidity for a champagne wine that still is "lifting weights"! Not touching the next bottle for a few years.
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Excellent vintage Champagne. Fragrant nose and very fruity on the palate. Little yeast noted. Subdued bubbles. Lip smacking lemony acidity and a long pleasant finish. Wonderful experience, but would I rather have a case of Prosecco for the same $$$ ?
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Full of energy and life. Lots of acidity and plenty of yellow apple to go around. Definitely needs an hour of decanting to open up. Still a baby at this point and has the potential to age much longer in the cellar if you have the patients.
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I totally don't get the hype here. Slight reduction, but not overwhelmingly so like some young Dom I've had before. Pretty and complex, with good acid, but where's the depth and intensity? A perfectly nice bottle out of context, but in context it left me very confused.
Poured into a Grassl Mineralite glass and followed over the afternoon. Celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary :)
The champagne is a little austere, with mostly some lemon peel and toast on the nose. The palate on the other hand has an exuberant mouthfeel with a mousse that’s powerful yet elegant at the same time, showing notes of orchard fruits, toast, and chalky minerality. The potential is all there, and while it was fun to drink a bottle now I’ll let my others sleep for awhile.
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BYO (MichaelsPlace): Stunning performance. Creamy and full-bodied. Sexy wine and with loads of butter notes. Still, it is packed with acidity creating a lovely balance.
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Expressive energetic nose displaying pure sweet citrus, lemon, candied lemon peel, apple, brioche, honey, beeswax, honey, sweet spice and limestone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered citrus and apple, rich yet pure, elegant and precise, very fine abundant mousse, bright acidity and strong mineral, and a long sweet citrus fruit driven finish with limestone and brioche at the end. This bottle is showing a bit more brioche. Another excellent showing.
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Tasted blind together with 2011 Exton Park Britagne Blanc de Blancs, 2008 Dom Pérignon Champagne and NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Réserve with friends. The English sparkling Exton had the sharpest taste, very acidity, but the nose was pronounced with bread, chalk, grapefruit, lemon. It was better compared to Prosecco and price-wise relatively cheaper than Champagne. It was ranked last of the 3 which was expected. The Billecart had a more diluted nose compared to Exton, its taste is rounded and less acidity. There's also bread, chalk, grapefruit but less pronounced. Most had guess Billecart was the DOM which leaves them surprised. The DOM was the wine for me for the night. The nose was pronounced, with grapefruit, mineral, chalk, apple, fresh. High acidity. This 2008 DOM has the potential to match up with 1996 DOM if given more time to evolve.
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The vintage speaks louder than Dom P here, it is young, tight with a prunounced and precise acidity and a vertical structure. Great, great Champagne, should be kept. 95+ #Ib
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Cellar tasting (Cologne): Glass: Gabriel Standard *** brief notes for my memory, no official CT rating *** Popped and poured. After the amazing 2002 Clos Du Mesnil from last Sunday it was kind of raw and edgy. Still very young, great potential, lots of citrus, very good pressure and tension. This evening around 92-93+
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Dense, taut nose full of pear, lemon, and salt. Rich, long, and resonant. This will be very good indeed, but it’s so primal now that admittedly it seems a bit hard to sort out *exactly* how good.
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Distancing on the Deck (Craig & Nita's Place): Light gold color. Drank two glasses over 2 hours. This is much tighter tonight; bicuit, pear, lemon, yeasty, hints of fennel and opens to show modest toast. The palate is creamy, more medium plus bodied, elegant and cris, orchard fruits. Poised and more linear now, and builds over an hour plus. This is so good, but when you drink it next to the ready to go '06 right now you truly sense its youth. 93+ to 94pts.
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Served alongside the 06 this was less giving, more taunt but so pure, energetic and crystalline. A great wine in its youth. Tonight Kevin's 06 was a bit easier to fall for.
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Smells buttery, like brioche. Hints of candied almonds on the nose. Yeasty scents.
Tastes yeasty, nutty, creamy, and utterly refreshing. Tried it side by side with a 2002 Billecart that was much sweeter, and the Dom was our favorite because of its dry and crisp showing. Tart green apples, especially lingering on the finish.
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2 bottles on the day and albeit we argued somewhat whether to open this vs other vintages, but from the pop this reminded us why it is considered one of the best ever and why this will evolve to challenge great vintages of the past . Elegant and focussed ( outclasses the 2008 Winston Churchill , Papies 92, in all domains) not a screamer and obvious at all but also so good to drink now and with that effortless quality only DP can deliver. Superb 94 drink from now till eternity.
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Wonderfully rich and fabulous concentration with all you can crave - Juicy citrus fruit, nut, nut peel, butter, smoke, wet rock and salty sea air. These are refined aromas!
Pretty full-bodied, fresh and voluminous Champagne with fabulous little fresh bubbles. What an energy! Juicy citrus, some green fruit edge, roasted coffee bean, light wood and butter. Powerful finish with some grapefruit feeling. Fabulous acidity structure keeps this little beast in balance. Especially at the end, Champagne is a little aggressive. Need at least a decade to hit the best spot. But that said - what a Champagne year this is! Brilliant thing! 95 points.
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This was just as lovely as I recalled. Having said that, the remaining bottles need to be left along until 2028+. This is a wine that will really show it's best with some age...as right now, there's not much to differentiate it from others bottles of Dom in their youth.
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Notes of brioche, almond paste, stone fruit. I just love this so much. I thought I had enough of this but now will have to add even more. For such a young wine to be this good at this age is just scary, to be honest. I have 16 bottles and never thought I could use more.
This particular bottle shows a bit more weight and slightly less finesse. Expressive nose displaying succulent sweet yellow fruit, lemon curd, granny smith, candied lemon peel, strong beeswax, white flowers, ginger candy and strong limestone mineral. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered rich yellow citrus, rich and sweet, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet yellow citrus fruit driven finish with beeswax and honey at the end. There is a slight hint of bitterness at the end that I associate with the beginning of the second stage of development. Not as elegant and pure, but richer and slightly denser. Nevertheless, it shows a beautiful balance.
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Hay green in color, tiny fizzy, persistent bubbles. Baking spice. Green apple, Vanilla, harmonious nuttiness Tons of mousse. Taste follows the nose. Very young but approachable now. Astringent, tight, steely, medium plus finish. Excellent bubble! Will age well.
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- aristocratic mousse - broad, rich brioche, richer than '04 and '06 at this stage - perky acid, a bit unintegrated at first, more harmonious >2 hours - unripe strawberries, apples, white flowers - chalky minerals - more complex and regal than the ‘06 but missing a bit of ‘06’s coiled energy at this stage... - tiger, king of the jungle, rather than tiger, ready to pounce - finish for days, with a hint of reduction. 95++
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Pop and pour. Initial blast of vanillin, fresh apple, yeast on the nose. Well balanced, complex palate that hits different sensations simultaneously around different parts of the tongue. Good acidity, minerality, nice pop of bubbles. Long, warm finish. Nearly perfect.
After an hour, more brioche toast emerges, less bubbles. Still good mineral-driven palate, but the acid kind of takes over, the finish shortens a bit and the palate is more single noted, strong grapefruit. This is where the flaws are exposed, albeit small. Interested to see if this comes together with more age, but seems right now to have more short term pleasure and less upside than other similar selections.
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Delicate refined bubbles, so pleasant in the mouth. A very balanced champagne. Citrus and brioche on nose and in the mouth. Such a pity it is this expensive. Enjoyed it to the last drop.
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This was actually a bit closed upon opening.. around 91 points then steadily increasing the next 1+ hours. Nose was quite muted and one dimensional on opening. Gained quickly depth and energy in the glass (air and temperature). Ended at 94-95 points, and with potential upside.
The nose presents green apple, gunflint and citrus fruit (mainly dominated by lemon and a bit of grapefruit). I don’t find much brioche in this one. It’s clearly a youthful nose, but I was very surprised how approachable this wine was if given some time to open up. It has a mineral core and shows a nose of crushed rocks (and a touch of smoke) in almost steely fashion. With time this engaging floral character appear, almost like a touch of litchi. Quite classic Dom Pérignon with slightly reductive character.
The palate is certainly not shy showing tremendous power, but with terrific balance and purity. So bright and elegant. Lovely concentration and very good complexity. Classic 2008 acidity, but lovely balanced by the amazing fruit. I find this is not always the case when approaching some ’08 now and in fact, DP 08 required more time on the lees to balance the bright acidity (and was the reason why 09 vintage was released prior to 08). Very delicate and refined bubbles. Lovely texture and really pleasant in the mouth. Very very long and slightly saline finish.
Lovely! Will try to give this another 3 years before I approach it again. Scored 95 points, with potential upside.
*Dosage 4 g/l *Aged for approx. nine years on the lees *50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
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Glass: Unknown, inappropriate Chamapagne Glass Clear, pale golden color, fine and long lasting mousseux. Clean, medium intense, youthful nose with fine fruit, some brioche elegant. Very fresh and mineral. On the palate very elegant and balanced, with a wonderful pressure and tension. Wonderful, ripe acidity, fine fruit, some nice bitter notes (zests). Interestingly, this time I thought, that it was not that long… But that might be due to the fact that it was so dominant on the palate and so fine and elegant on the finish. Still very young with great potential. 94+
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Hay green in color, tiny fizzy, persistent bubbles. Baking spice. Green apple, Vanilla, harmonious nuttiness Tons of mousse. Taste follows the nose. Very young but approachable now. Astringent, tight, steely, medium plus finish. Excellent bubble! Will age well.
Tremendous young champagne. Vibrant, energetic and mineral with great acidity. Notes of flowers and lemon peel. Cannot wait to follow this wine's evolution over time.
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Drunk at Jack's in Hong Kong - Although I'm no champagne expert this made me come back for more than my obligatory first glass. A lovely fresh fizz and controlled acidity makes this extremely easy to drink now and I suspect it will continue to deliver this for quite sometime before it enters that 'old wine' phase that all the champagneophiles love!
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Drinks with Allen and Shin @ Home (Casa Esperanza): At home with Allen and Shin, this was as lovely as always - the 2008 DP will be a legend. The nose had a beautiful brioche, almond and apple fruit character, with a little twist of chalky mineral and just a kiss of florals trailing behind. Lovely, and surprisingly giving for such a young champagne. The palate, while youthful, was both generous and controlled, with full flavours of apples, white strawberries and fresh lemons, lined with a lovely robe of bright acidity and a creamy mousse. This was so very drinkable even now. Lovely finish too, with a long trail of apple fruit riding on a bed of mineral with a pinch of citrus zest. Such a lovely wine - I cannot wait to see how this develops over the next couple of decades.
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Oh my! This was my first dom, and it was quite the experience. Loved it. The smell is very strong, Like walking through a forest, wet rocks stones, cobble stone road and white flowers. Amazing! I actually enjoyed the wine more while it warmed up to room temperature. Kept changing and developing with time. Very creamy with a bit of smoke. so well balanced. One of the best champagnes i've had.
Nose makes me think of a puligny montrachet with some reduction. Seldom I find that *the wine" stands out like this. Super lithe, mousse almost like foam, sea breeze, clean and pure. Long aftertaste.
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Pale yellow and fairly translucent. On the nose there was scents of baked apple pie and vanilla cupcakes, with a little fresh baked bread after awhile. Rich mouthfeel, with a medium body. Green apples was the most dominant flavor, but also a hint of brioche. Smooth drinker but a little bit acidic I felt. Tasted fresh and full of bubbles. This was enjoyable but did not have the same transcendency I felt from the last bottle I opened. Granted I opened that last bottle to celebrate my engagement, so my memory may be overly rosy.
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Coronavirus Denial; 3/1/2020-5/31/2020: Bottle variation continues, but this one, like another earlier this week, is excellent, probably the best I've had. Youthful, bright yellow gold, fine bubbles. Bright and cheerful chalky, citrus, very faintly reductive nose. Terrific balance, fresh, no oxidative heaviness, nice acidity for drinking right now or holding, with pleasing lipsmacking sea-spray through the long finish. The complexity is there if you go looking (tart green apple, tropical notes...), but for my palate, this is just refreshing and delicious, for sipping, as aperitif, or with great food.
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Tried a bottle to see if it lives up to the hype — this is fantastic! Pale color, deceptively light in weight but packed with sappy mineral extract. This will age brilliantly. Extremely well balanced. I did not find the dosage to be notably high, unlike some other tasting notes have mentioned. The hype is real!
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Light, super young and tart nose with only light fruit. Racey, a lot of potential powerful fruit, but very young. will need lots of time. Probably like 10+ years.
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At Operakällaren. Nose oozes liberality, slight reductive gun smoke, apples and butter. Mousse is high class - those bubbles! Just gorgeous. And really rather refined palate with a well judged acidity. Not for ultra-brut diehards. Lovely all the same.
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as dramatically as this is evolving in youth- we had to have a peek, wide open on the nose, walnuts, blazing Chardonnay fruit, limes, on the palate this is now behaving a lot like the 1990 did in its early days- showing a lot of leg and covering the full spectrum of what Dom can offer ranging from roasted walnuts to hints of almost-tropical fruits, the massive structure that has been evident in the past is temporarily in the background and barely visible for all the decadent fruit tones on display, marshmallow tones with time and firm lemon acids though the wine did not shut down this time during the 2 hours we enjoyed, still every bit the potential legend I thought at release- if you have enough bottles and curiosity, this is really worth tasting every 6 months right now as it goes through so many dramatic changes before it shuts down.
(*****)+, showy today and still enjoyable, but a very long wait for the full effect- 2035+
HDH auction at Spiaggia (Chicago, IL): What more need be said? This is probably the best edition of young Dom I've had in my life. Juicy and powerful, with a lovely dose of fruit and minerality. Sweet and rich, this is still drinking quite deliciously now, though I'm certain at some point this will shut down (just not yet).
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Gareth's blind 2008 Grand Marques (Chez Bruce): Tasted blind. Didn't make as much of an impact as the bottle I drank last October, perhaps because we weren't drinking the label, perhaps because it followed some lower-dosage Champagnes. Very reduced on the nose, like a white Burgundy, and savoury. Palate sweeter and flabbier than expected, and overall the wine came across slightly simple and too friendly. Strange given this has previously seemed so tightly wound.
Jamming with Stu (Dune, Fort Lauderdale): This needed to warm to a little below room temp after coming out of its ice bath before it started to show well. Citrus, spice, floral notes, not as much yeast/brioche as the last bottle, good depth and power, excellent balance. This Dom had a little more going on than the 2008 Cristal but most of it was under wraps. Could it be shutting down? The Cristal was more exciting and fun to drink now, and the 1996 Krug was more in the drink now zone. Like most Doms, this needs time to really show its stuff. A decade or two.
A wine of precision, purity, and energy, surprisingly accessible for a young Dom Pérignon. Rich orchard fruit, florals, mixed patisserie. Just killer, even today.
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I love this everytime I try it. It's so well balanced and sharing its fruit. Not at all tight or linear like 2008 Crystal I only wish I had more room in the cellar to add more.
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Although this wine is tasty and elegant, I felt it lacks depth and profundity. I discerned notes of chocolate (cocoa), graham cracker, orange zest, and grapefruit. I think this wine would benefit from extended aging to develop more complexity.
I do not have a well-developed palate for champagne, so I give limited weight to my own assessment. If I had to give a rating, I would rate it 91.
Popped and poured. This is a light-yellow Champs with a tight, fine bead. On the nose, I get apple flesh, bread, sea breeze, and a nice flower mixture. In the mouth, this is fresh and focused, with a lingering finish that is marked by zip and freshness. Overall, this is a focused Champagne, but one with latent power and evident class. It lives up to the hype. 94 points.
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Winespecials Wine Evening (Restaurant Waldhorn, Kirchheim, Germany): Glass: Gabriel Standard Clear, pale golden color. Clean, medium intense, youthful nose with fine fruit, some brioche elegant. Quite like the 2009. On the palate 2009 on steroids. More pressure and tension, deeper and more juicy. Still very young, but already drinking very nicely. Long and fine finish. 93-94++
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Lemony/ herby nose Lean, creamy bubbles, lemon sherbert. Taut and precise, Chablis-like. And then very long and toasty. Very gastronomic. This will last for years.
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Took a test drive with one of these ITNOS. Scents of musk flowers, lime and ginger, quite fresh without any yeast or brioche. The palate is extra zesty and coiled, with layers and layers extract and a super long, mouth-coating finish. Quite dry. When you take a sip, this bubbly has a real impact on the taste buds, weighty and profound with a real presence, yet somehow it’s light and bright all the same. There’s also a flavor here akin to umami or maybe something like a caraway seed (from Pinot?), to go with all the kaffir lime. In many ways, this reminds me of a great Muscadet as much as a champagne. I’m really enjoying this tonight but this is way too young. Wonderful potential. Probably 93 pts today, but 95+ when at peak.
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Bordeaux 1982: not quite 40 years on (Chez Konstantina): Toasted brioche, lemon peel aromatics precede a brisk, taut and thoroughly drinkable Champagne that has the energy to age. A fine start to an evening that featured 1982 Bordeaux. Prices higher for this compared to previous vintages as it has that 2008 caché. Worth it? I guess so. It is darn good!
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Another stunning bottle of this. This one needed a bit of air to fully emerge - somewhat tight and acidic at first, but the fruit and yeasty/bready richness came out with about half an hour. Amazing depth, power, balance. As good a young Champagne as I've had in a long time.
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Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with racy, high acidity. The feel is extremely poised and elegant with quince, red apples, pears, yellow flowers, vanilla, brioche, bread, and fresh pastry tones.
Overall: This is clearly young, but it is also extremely good. This has an expressive and balanced side already that will only increase and get better with age.
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Consumed at restaurant, recalled from memory the following day. Early in its drinking window, but i would say it is approachable now. Evolved with time in the glass and after the bottle was opened. pours light straw colour with fine mouse. On the nose the chardonnay lends a nice minerality and freshness to the character as well as slight pasty note. on the palate it is full of creamy fruit, peaches, red apples and some biscuits with a very rounded and balanced taste. a very nice vein of minerality runs through. Lovely crisp and balanced finish. complex aromatics as it sits in the glass and the bubbles fades, it was very interesting even as a "still" wine. Lovely glass and i believe it will evolve more with a few years in bottle but already now shows extraordinairy richness, creamyness and balance.
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This did not give me multiple orgasms as was promised, but I'll admit it was tied for the best champagne I've ever had. Still so young too. It is that pure and clean and flawless I guess. So much lemon and vanilla, almost like a full chablis with tiny little bubbles. I liked this as much as the 2004 bolli I had recently. It will be twice as expensive in 5 years or so. I could only buy 2 tho. Amazing bubbly.
Drank over two nights. Absolutely gorgeous nose displaying pure yet rich yellow fruit, lemon curd, granny smith, lemon, candied lemon peel, lanoline, white flowers, candied ginger, honey and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of generous pure white fruit, fine abundant mousse, rich yet pure and elegant, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long sweet white fruit driven finish. The 08 Dom consistently displays incredible purity and energy. Consistent showing over two nights. I doubt this will shutdown hard.
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An awesome expample of one of the great Champagnes. I echo many of the notes I have read. Look for reading some of the tasting experiences reflected in the better written flavor notes in these tastings, as they are there. Some of them are negative based on cost.
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My first taste of the 2008. The nose was rich with citrus, white raspberry, lemon pith and floral notes, while the palate was singing with hints of brioche, cream, and lemon. I was a little turned off by the bubbles are first opening, as they were more bold than I prefer. However, as the wine further developed they really smoothed out and became rich and creamy. If this is starting to close down, as others have commented, then I am excited to see what this becomes. Right now, I would score this as a 93, but I anticipate this reaching 95-97 with time.
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Easily the best Dom I’ve have. Sweetness up front (honey soaked stone fruit) with fresh bread on the finish. All the elements are seamlessly tied together without interruption. The freshness of the fruit more so than the bread lingers a minute plus on the finish. Still a baby but drinking near perfection now.
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Manages to somehow provide laser acidity, decadent creaminess, and a meltaway mouthfeel on the seriously long finish. Lemon cream, honeysuckle, toasted sourdough baguette, and ginger root commingle, with minerality to spare. Oustanding.
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The quality and balance between yeast/minerality/fruit/richness/acidity is undeniable here but the power of each element is almost too much at this stage. I think this is really very young and ought to rest in the cellar for a few years so it all can come together.
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not blind Beautiful lush and opulent. Makes fun from the first minute. Maybe a hint too sweet but I guess it is from the ripe fruit and not mainly from the dosage. Will be develop over the next 30 years. 96(98)
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Light golden color with very delicate bead. Nose slightly waxy, slightly reduced. Palate supremely well balanced, some creaminess. Faint smoke. Bright citrus, mineral.
Wonderful; WOTN. at least for this bottle, open for business, a great showing. Obvious potential for the future but a very nice drink tonight. 95 pts
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It looks beautiful in the glass with a swirl. Nose hits you like a ton of bricks. Baked bread and toast. Lemon. Sesame. It was shut down at first on the palate, though, but opens in the glass actually quite quickly as it warmed to the right temperature.
The nose gets near intoxicating (and would be a near perfect nose score for me if it displayed more complexity which I'm sure will come in time). Orchard fruit coming through on the palate after it's wamed up a bit in the glass. Very long creamy finish which is a very promient feature of this wine right now.
Feels like a 93 at this moment with upside potential so I'll peg it 94 for now. Delicious.
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A better wine compared to the Winston Churchill 2008 beside. More depth and complexity, with lemon, orchard fruit, yeast, honey, and smoke. Smoother and sexier on the palate. I can see this aging well though it is enjoyable now.
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Crisp and focused with excellent intensity and delicious flavors of yeasty bread and lemon fruits. Perfectly poised for the cellar but a bit of a waste to drink now given the weight, depth and complexity it should develop in time. 93+
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Minerality and salinity, good acid drive, Great balance. Cashew nut forenote, mineral chardonnay notes drive the midpalate. Have had Dom 08 a few times now, need to give it 5 years or so to develop some autolytic and tertiary notes.
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Very light and bright golden color. Not very petillant.
On nose, bright yellow fruits - lemon, quince - plus toasted pain de mie.
On palate, wine is sound. Refreshing acidity, no tannin. More brioche toasty notes on palate. Kind of a caramelized thing going on too.
This is my first time with Dom Perignon. I have always wanted to try it. I have to admit that it really meets expectations. And at this price, it's not even a bad deal.
This is truly great. Quite the Christmas wine!
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Obviously too early, but it’s Christmas. Drank in flutes, again because it’s Christmas. So much tightly coiled energy, verve and precision in a bottle. Yeasty/toast/brioche notes less prominent, sparkly white flowers, honeysuckle at the fore - this tasted of spring. 94pts on this showing and without rating this on future potential, who knows where this will end up in 10 years? The only way is up.
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Bue avec un carpaccio de st jacques, vodka-citron, creme fraiche à la coriandre et piment d'espelette, et caviar oscietre. Champagne très agréable a boire, avec une attaque franche et nette, medium body et une finale complexe qui s'étire agréablement. Je ne suis pas un connaisseur de Champagne, mais beaucoup de plaisir. A suivre dans le temps pour voir si le vin "se densifie".
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A friend of mine opened this bottle even though we knew it was way too early. But since we bought a few cases we just wanted to see whats happening.
Indeed this is a stunning champagne. It reminds me a lot of the 1996 vintage which is driving supremely well now. That why I really think anyone who has bought this, please keep your patience until 2030 if you can. This will be a beyond belief champagne by then.
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Pales in comparison to Krug 06/04, Deutz 08 and of course Cristal 08. How do you expect to keep quality comparable to other great houses when you produce 8.5 million bottles a year? Worth a fraction of its price
Consistent with my last note. Energetic vintage characteristics provide an interesting foil for the house style. Very nice young champagne indeed. Corked half of the bottle and had it the next night alongside the 2008 Cristal. I was pleasantly surprised how well it drank the next night, retaining quite a bit of energy and opening up to reveal richer tones. That being said and taking nothing away from this delicious young DP the 2008 Cristal was a full step up in every way, it is an extraordinary champagne.
A small impromptu dinner - 08 Champagne and Chateau Margaux (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Incredibly expressive and energetic nose displaying sumptuous pure white and yellow fruit, granny smith, pear, meyer lemon, candied lemon peel, white flower and limestone. So serious yet so friendly palate, very finely layered sweet yet pure white fruit with a hint of yellow, very fine abundant mousse, rich yet energetic, elegant and fluid, bright acidity, strong mineral and a seamless long sweet white fruit driven finish with limestone and honey at the end. The 08 Dom has been drinking incredibly well, atypical for a young DOM, i.e. so elegant, energetic and delicious. I typically prefer the 08 Cristal slightly but I find them equally great in this occassion.
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Tasted together with Krug (edition 166) and Cristal 2008. This was better that the last time I tasted it when I found it to "chubby" (ie somewhat too sweet and flabby). Now the nose has cleaned up, showing those wonderful aromas of lime and citrus, with tones of green apples and that hint of honey and vanilla. As alway, the mouthfeel of DP is in place: silky bubbles, sweet and almost caressing acidity, and some quite sweet tones reminding me of canned tropical fruit. The somewhat sweet mouthfeel is nicely balanced by fine acidity, but the aftertaste is still a bit too sweet, almost a bot cloying. Still, I believe that this DP will become something great when age pulls the elements together, but still this is below what we expected from the great 2008.
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Clearly, this is in contention as one of the best vintages of DP ever produced. The power, levels of concentration, balance, freshness, purity and complexity are off the hook. The yellow citrus, green apple, honeysuckle and brioche are backed up with the perfect amount of refined effervescence, providing lift, energy and elegance. Texturally this is beautiful on your palate This is a high-end Champagne worth laying down a case for the future.
Poured from magnum and I just don't understand it but it's always the case that wine tastes better out of magnum. This is WAY too young, but also going to be a really special wine. I would love to see it again in 20-30 years. It's got some great nuance to it, just also a bit tight.
Honey and white flowers, touch of toast in background. Becomes much more expressive with air and time in glass to warm up. Lovely balance, good fruit with an underlying richness but lots of acidic cut to create a long rich finish. This gets better and better with air, that finish lengthens out significantly.
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On opening, closed, acidic, gunflint, grapefruit, lemon, with a bitter finish. I was bummed. Then I gave it some time.. The reviews starting to make sense. This is big and young, so its hard to say anything bad about it, and although I'm a big dp fan, I still think the '06 is better at this stage. Needs time.
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Light bubbles and greenish yellow in appearance. Bright undertones on the nose with an overtone of yeast, Granny Smith apple skins and a hint savory. Medium acidity (6/10) with a medium body. Good salinity on the palate with green apples, stone fruits and minerality. Long finish. Still quite young. Drink till 2030.
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Stunning. Bready, citrus notes, mellow apple; very precise, caramel and apple on the palate, great acidity and balance. A long and expanding wine, but light and elegant.
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Very surprised how approachable this was. Brought this to a friends house as an opener for a Cali cab dinner. One of best Dom's I have had in a long time. Still very young, but incredibly complex from "front to back". Young Dom's can sometimes be one dimensional, but not this one. When people catch on, I believe this vintage will disappear quickly. This was the first vintage ever that Dom released later vintage (2009) before a prior vintage year (2008) and I can understand why. The 2009 was very much a "forward" vintage, rich and gratifying as a young wine. This wine, very gratifying now, will become legendary as it ages. It is going to hard to keep my hands off of these bottles in the long run. They only solution is to buy a lot of it; enough so I can continue to drink as much as I want and know that I will have a supply for years to come.
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Classic dom style with structure for days, still needs time imo. Have had this multiple times in the past year or so, while I believe this is an amazing Dom I think patience will be rewarded and I will refrain from popping the few bottles I have.
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Warren's. Taut and somewhat reserved at this point, but the refinement is obvious. I need to buy some. Also need to urge Warren to buy the Lenny Kravitz Special Edition. :)
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Well it's Dom after all, and who would forgo a sample at a tasting even if it meant navigating a tight scrum for the privilege? The patina of age alone separates it from the crowd, and I just wish I had more to be able to form a considered opinion. I have to ask though, is it worth the extra compared with many other fine champagnes out there at much lower cost?
Sweet wine tasting (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Popped and poured. Clear, pale golden yellow color. Nose a bit closed, smoke, yeast, fine fruit, very fresh and complex. On the palate also very elegant and balanced, with a wonderful pressure and tension. Wonderful, ripe acidity, fine fruit, some nice bitter notes (zests). Very long and lingering. Still very young with great potential. 94
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tried this beast again. Its packed with fruit, lemon zest, wet chalk, coffee... Its young, and vibrant and will only get better and better. like it a lot and have high hops this wine will be as good as the 2002
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I always feel bad drinking these this young since I know how much age helps, but it's still quite tasty. Bit spicy. A bit toasty. Very young but also very good.
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Hints of buiscuit, lemon, tropical fruits. Great acidity and so well balanced. It’s definitey the best young champagne I’ve had. Would love to try this in 20 years.
Nose of brioche, lemon, yeast, slate, shale, and spring flowers, same on the palate, tasted before the NV Krug and twice more this day, big body, very tasty, subtle, complex, needs 5 years to peak, sip, savor, and wait for the future, mouth filling fruit, intense fruit, delicious fruit, almost elegant, and a long, flavorful, promising finish, but hardly bad today.
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Better than the lofty expectations. Tons of citrus and cream coupled with beautiful acidity and minerals. Went back to store and bought an extra case for future enjoyment.
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A Small Fraction of the Wines at K&L's Champagne Tent Tasting (San Francisco): Well, what can I say? It's Dom Perignon, and despite being an easy target, it stole the show. Fantastically taut, fresh, bright, and bursting with energy because of the huge but ripe acidity. At the beginning of the road, but wow, should have decades of evolution in front of it. Reminiscent of the young 1996.
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In the glass it is a medium+ straw color. The bubbles are excitable and large, but then slowly twist down into a more measured dance of sparkles to the surface. In the nose it has the subtle, but unmistakable, aroma of pear and toasted cream. It smells like comfort, in a way. In the mouth, this dry delicious wine greets you with a blend of toasted almonds and vanilla, all cast in front of a slight mineral taste that was hard to pinpoint. Motria also said that it tasted refreshing - as in it tastes as though your thirst is being quenched. Bright, Beautiful, and young - this will drink for ages, and be a good one for years to come.
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Annual Pilgrimage to Piedmont - 2019 Edition; 10/17/2019-10/20/2019 (Piedmont, Italy): The most focussed of DPs albeit is one to have now if one looks for the precision and laser like focus of DP. Ironically was eclipsed on this occasion by the 2007 we had before which is at peak and more round ( Papies 95). 93-94 but really at the start of its journey.
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Straw color in the glass, clear looking throughout with steady, medium beading. Nose of biscuit, ginger and yellow pear. Flavors of cherry, lemon and a hint of sherry. Medium to bright acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold. I'd hold.
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Well that smells amazing. And tastes amazing too. With a touch of earth and then very mineral. Tight right now. Very long. And this is the transition from Geoffory to Vincent. THis does not suck. Apparently its close to 50/50. Smoke and salinity and really tasting great.
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Wine dinner with hedonists (Metropolitan Grill, Seattle): Superbly balanced Dom with many subtle notes, none shouting for attention, and very long finish, also balanced. I'm not a big Champagne drinker but it's hard to imagine anyone wouldn't like this.
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So much energy here, coiled like a spring. Doesn't impress immediately but with ~30 minutes of air, and a little warmth, it starts to strut its stuff more compellingly. Nose is consistently chalky and pleasant, with some reduction, but palate has real interest, with minerals, lime, vanilla and toast weaving in and out, and an overall feeling of compelling freshness and drinkability. Very long. Overall, didn't completely wow me, but showed enough complexity to make me keen to try more.
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A Survey of Allemand (Chicago, IL): Twice in a fortnight (and from the same supermarket chain)? Lucky me. What's more to say about this wine? It's the greatest Dom made in my lifetime, and easily one of the greatest champagne values imaginable. This does show a little white grapey right now, but all the expected material is here. It's a dense, powerful wine with just a hint of the Dom reduction. One for the ages, no doubt.
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Parents 60th Anniversay Shindig (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Light gold color. Drank 2 glasses over an hour. Opened this to toast my Mom and Dad on their 60th Anniversary. A very worthy wine to celebrate the occasion. I think my parents were thoroughly enamoured by this wine. Another brilliant bottle that singing from the start. Very toasty, oodles of ocean air, almond paste, pear, brioche, medium full bodied, feels so airy, brisk minerality and very long. Geez I love all that fresh ocean air on the palate too. Love it.
Always fascinating to try this wine at this youthful and bright stage and just monitoring along the way. Very elegant, bright and although young one cannot admire the quality. This time we had it a bit too fast so we will refrain from rating but for sure up there with our previous ratings ( Papies 95)
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Light gold, fine mousse. Deep toasty nose, notes of lemon peel, almonds and a touch of smoke; energy and tension on the palate, rich and mineral with great draw, citrus on entry with minerality on the midpalate.
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Late night MingHin (Chicago, IL): I think this is the best Dom made in my lifetime so far. It certainly wipes the floor with the 2002, and I think this also just has more material and stuffing than the 1996. 1990 would be the only other possibility, but I personally prefer the zesty nature of the high-acid vintage over the riper one here. Going back to the bottle in question, this is just an exercise in raw potential -- so much white fruit and minerality coiled up in a mouthwatering package of acids. The requisite hit of reduction is here too, so giving this wine some air helps to loosen up that tight ball of stuff. There's easily room for improvement with aging here, and I very much look forward to drinking lots of this in the coming years.
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Much better than my first encounter with this a year ago was disappointing (rated 88). The wine was austere and harsh at that time. Although this bottle still needed time to open up and reveal some of what it has in store, the wine was soft and inviting right from the start. No overbearing acidity or too much austerity anymore. It got better by the minute but it’s definitely not as luxurious as the Cristal 08. Anway, quite promising. 91 first steadly increasing over 2+ hours in the glass. 95-97 potential.
TN: Slight brioche, fresh herbs, lots of minerality, fine citrus, green apple, some strawberry scents, some buttery notes. More expressive on the palate than the nose, quite well defined with a fairly soft structure (but not the finest bubbles out there) and medium length.
Decanting: It needs some air, got better in the glass. A solid decant will do good things here.
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Yeasty nose displaying a cascade of citrus fruit along with toast and brioche. Youthful and long lasting with arresting purity and vibrancy across the palate.
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By far the most remarkable Dom Perignon I have tasted. Nose is expressive and elegant - brioche, apple, candied melon. Palate: perfect balance between acidic freshness and depth. Just right - complex structure, nervous and pure. A delight for a special occasion.
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(Disgorged in 2018, 50% PN and 50% CH, dosage 5 gr/l) Light yellow colour with a greenish hue and a multitude of streams of bubbles that lead way to an explosion on the nose showing oysters, seashells, lime and yellow apples. With some time in the glass it reveals some roasted notes and the potential of what will come. Youthful and smooth at the same time. Lovely fruitful acidity in a smooth way on the palate, creamy on the mid and with a delicious and lengthy finish showing a distinct kaffir lime bitterness and saltiness on the lips. I’m surprised to see how much this has opened up compared with last bottle I had before the summer. But don’t be fooled, this still need more time to show its full potential... (Best 2023-2038)
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First bottle of 2008 Dom and it lived up to the hype. Just a beautiful young Dom with amazing citrus fruit and laser like precision. No doubt this will become a legend. Cant wait to drink these over the next 25+ years.
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Our last of six, all too quick, nights in the Tetons and a fitting way to celebrate an awesome late fall week in our, hands down, favorite national park! Had with Thai take out in our cabin. Today was beautiful but tonight is gusty and may rain? So a perfect night in the cabin, with the DP. Toasty aromas. Gorgeous, rich but energetic palate with superb minerality, citrus, brioche, toast and spice. Tremendous depth, concentration and drive. Love this vintage!!! 97pts wine / 110pts Grand Teton National Park.
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Kuki'o Wine Trip 2019; 9/22/2019-9/28/2019 (Champagne & Bordeaux): Great precision and tension although overall I would describe it as open and inviting. Amazingly accessible at this young age, pretty comparable to the balance and harmony that the ‘02s are achieving right now. Fruits on the nose are more apple and pear with only a spritz of citrus. Mild toast and brioche that I imagine will grow deeper shortly. Have realistically drank a case of these over the past week...
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TNs: Female Burgundy Winemakers Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): Absolutely lovely. This is just beginning to open up. The nose, which was tight and citrusy a couple of bottles back, has now taken on more expressive tones of apples, strawberries and buttery brioche, with a little touch of mineral and lemon zest in there. Lovely stuff. The palate was just delicious. The balance was absolutely spot-on, with precise focus and definition, yet a lovely soft freshness and transparency to it, all this framing beautifully detailed flavours of red apples, lemons, and gentle spice, with a touch of sweeter strawberry at the edge. All very subtle and unfailingly charming, but there was clearly quality and depth to go around here. Effortless and elegant, this was beautiful stuff, all the way into a long minerally tail. Yummy. I loved this.
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Fourth time tasting this, and there has been definite bottle variation. This bottle, like a previous bottle several weeks ago, was excellent, very fresh, light on the palate, lively and clean; very different from my first couple encounters, where volatile chemical notes were quite off-putting. This bottle was pale in color, showing light notes of pleasant reduction that blew off in time, very youthful and almost Blanc de Blancs in profile, less expansive than a couple previous bottles, with vibrant but not unpleasant acidity; this may age well enough, but philistines like me will enjoy bottles like this one now without apology. This bottle made the 2006 tasted alongside seem almost advanced in comparison.
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Heidi's Redux Group (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass plus over 45 minutes. This was a transcendent bottle. Stunningly more open and giving than a bottle a few weeks ago. The nose is already showing a lot of toasted goodness, bright fruit, pear and melon, with almond. The palate is riveting, the acid is spot on and this really was harmonious tonight. Pear, nuts, toast and brioche with crystalline minerality; very, long, such lift and tension with a combination of grace and power. Superb bottle. 97(+)pts.
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Dave D's btl tonight. All I can say is, Dave thanks for your ongoing generosity and sharing!!! This btl was otherworldly, transcendent and just plain amazing. Went out and bought my 1st 2 today and really had previously decided to lay off the 08 Dom thinking it a but overpriced. I was wrong wrong, wrong if sourced well. Taking one with me to the Tetons soon.
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This champagne is spectacular. Everything is in the right balance and has the backbone to improve for a decade and keep for ages. More closed than Cristal 2008 and maybe with more aging potential. I can’t wait to taste both side by side in 10 years.
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Slightly citric fruit flavours and some white fruit, fresh green herbacious notes. Very few oxidative notes at first and not very expressive although clearly fine and delicate. Over time, the aroma profile expands adding butterscotch and almond. Good balance with fine acidity. Among the 2008 Champagnes, Rouis Roederer Cristal remains my top pick. But let's see what happens as the bottles age...
Clear pale lemon; clean medium nose of lemon, strawberry, cherry and biscuit; dry; high acidity; medium alcohol; medium plus body; medium plus flavour intensity; pfn with lemon and biscuit dominating; long finish; outstanding quality; drink now or age another 20 years
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A bottle picked up at airport checking in again on this as it showed very well at our 2008 blind vertical (back then was legacy edition which has a slightly earlier disgorgement date). Still a lovely bottle this time it came across as a bit "harmless" for top vintage Dom. It was decidedly white fruit with a bit a lack of depth and oomph. I must admit that for me Dom sweet spot tends to be 30 years + so I will be letting my bottles slumber in bond for a very long time.
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Bu au chalet de Bulle (René) avec la gang des Fouduvin pour ce beau souper weekend Annuel. Très belles bulles même si elles ont été bues en fin de soirée (minuit) autour du feu. Beaucoup de bulles très fines. Nez un peu muet. Bouche sallivante, levuré et bien minéral. Bien aimé! La dernière des 13 bouteilles bues en moins de 12 heures...et OUI on les a TOUS goutés, n'en déplaise ;-)
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I gotta say, for drinking now, this is no match for a Comtes de Champagne 2006. Of course its not a Blanc de Blanc, but, who gives a shit. The most remarkable component of this at the moment is the intense acidity, which makes everything under it seem a bit hollow at the moment. Definitely felt like it was fighting with one hand tied behind its back, and got better as it warmed in the glass, which means that the future is good! For now, its just here to serve your sense of curiosity. Good things to come in about 10 years...HOLD
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Show classic DP developed aromas of ripe citrus, dried apricots, sweet white flowers and slightly oxidised Chardonnay notes of dry hay. The palate is really fresh and lively with a fat backbone structure. Green apple, minerals and sweet spicy flavours.
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Drank immediately following Krug 159eme and while I usually find the Krug leaner in style than the DP - today it was the opposite. This DP is still a baby and showing more in a racy style - clearly built for aging - if you own these hold onto them for another decade and let them develop. Still enjoyable but quite spooled up for now.
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Really special vintage champagne here. On the nose this has lots of citrus fruits, notes of dried apricot, and a ever so slight vanilla presence. The palate is rich, velvety, the bubbles are very well integrated and just coat your palate with elegance and enhance the flavor profile even more. Good finish with lingering toasted wheat.
Really excited to have tried this vintage of Dom. While it may get better over the coming years - it is incredibly approachable and very enjoyable now. If you have some of these in your cellar I would have one now and see just how good it is.
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A coiled beast that gives divine hints of what is hiding underneath. This is a classic Champagne. Thank you Scott, a great way of seeing the new house!
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Oyster shells, lemon, yellow apples. Only very slight hints of butter/croissants and nuts. Not as exciting as I'd expected given the existing TNs, as this is still shy to me. It's nicely balanced, with quite a bit of acidity, and a long finish. Looking forward to revisit in a few years. But, to be clear, this is a pleasure to drink right now.
Bouquet: Med intens and reductive nose (which is surprising giving my last tasting produced a more oxidized profile), pineapple, flowrs, apples. Somewhat shut down.
Palate: Dry, med acid, med+ body. A bit burned/grilled w. butter, nuts and some liquorice-like bitterness. The bubbles are more pronounced than last time but the afteraste is still fine.
Overall: Not entirely balanced. And still too young.
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Lovely nose of lemon, yeast, green apples, and a hint of chamomile. Great acidity and very fine bubbles on the palate with flavors of lemon, tart cantaloupe, and apples. Long finish. Outstanding Champagne, although very young. Try again in 5 years... 96++
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God, this is gorgeous. So fresh and subtle, absolutely effortless on the tongue. Salty and mineral with a cleansing acidity that will structure this to age for years to come. For such a light Champaign this is surprisingly fruity and accessible and will drink beautifully both now and decades down the road.
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Educating the Youngsters (67 Pall Mall, London): Very fresh, pale, light, grippy, mineral and citrus. I can well believe this will turn out to be fantastic, but it's quite simple at the moment.
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Killer nose - vanilla creme some mint and green peas. Minerals and rocks. Squirt of lemon. Delicious and young on the palate with vanilla, sweet creme lemon malt just delicious. Long beautiful malt and vanilla finish. This is super elegant and very perfumed and will have a long life. This didn't have the burning intensity of the Krug 164 but it has more perfume and complexity. 08 brings a certain focus and urgency that is potent and wonderful. Right now, I don't think it is a persuasive and the 164, but I expect with time this could overtake it. Nose - 5-5.5+/6, Palate - 5.5+?/6, Finish - 5.5+?/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/+?2 = 17.5-18+/20. (with 18-19/20 potential.)
Yeah I think this is probably as good as it’s cracked up to be. Pretty nose, white peaches, flowers, whiff of smoke. Palate fine bubbles, rich but poised, touch of bread with the fruit. Cleansing. Long. The future is surely bright.
Day 2: opened up a touch more. Apricot on the nose, saline slight bitter edge on the palate, like apricot skin. It’s delicious now but I imagine there is more to come.
Beautiful yellow-gold; nose of perfectly mature stone fruit, subtle baking spice, yeast, wild flowers, yellow apple; such purity and balance. sits elegantly on the palate, seamless, pure flavors, long, and just feels like home to me. So nice. Okamura for Hiro's b-day.
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A stellar showing. Youthful and tight, with compact effervescence and a restrained bouquet. White stone fruit and saline dominate the palate. Great tension. A real pleasure, and even more to which to look forward.
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The stuff of champions. Balanced, flavourful. Despite its young age it was fantastic. Can't wait to see what the future has in store for this champagne.
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Chez Dalluge Celebrates The 25th Anniversary of The French Laundry (Chez Dalluge, MN): Light gold color. Small glass. Very promising, has all the components of a great vintage of Dom. Some of the '08's will be better in a couple years, while others are open and so giving already like the '08 Veuve Cliquot. This is going to be better so I think patience in in order. Drinking next to the '06 and '02 portends what is to come from the '08 with time. Currently 94(++)pts.
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A small gathering of friends - 71 Cristal, 08 Dom, 90 DRC GE, 01 Rayas, 90 Monfortino and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Obviously primary yet beautifully balanced nose displaying fresh white and yellow fruit, fresh lemon, lemon curd, pear, granny smith, white flower, honeysuckle, smoke, sea breeze and limestone. Perfectly harmonious palate, very finely layered fresh pure white fruit, incredibly elegant and detailed, abundant very fine mousse, perfect amount of acidity, strong limestone mineral and a seamless long sweet pure white fruit driven finish. I am drinking a lot of the 08 Doms lately and it is amazingly consistent. Another excellent example.
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I was shocked at well this bottle showed! Notes of crushed stones, orange zest, cut apples, and toast. Medium bodied, with great depth, focus and delineation; a long and refreshing finish.
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Incredibly energetic and perfectly precise nose displaying white fruit, pear, granny smith, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, light honey, honeysuckle, light smoke and wet stone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered fresh white fruit, abundant very fine mousse, rich and concentrated yet beautifully balanced and detailed, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet white fruit driven finish with smoke and limestone at the end. Observed over two days and it gets slightly richer. I have no doubt that this will be the greatest Dom.
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Yes I opened this for 4th of July but you're doing yourself a disservice opening this now.
Incredibly delineated with sharp acidity, preserved lemon and hints of castelvetrano olives. Despite this the finish is still creamy with a almond, flinty finish with hints of gun powder.
Give it at least 5 years or even better 10 before another bottle or just get champagne that's in a better state right now. 06 Dom and SWC Pol Roger are doing pretty great right now.
Finished it the next day with some Church's Chicken. I described the nutty note as almond but it's more walnut/sherry like.
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WX Dinner: This 2008 Dom really stood out among a sea of Champagnes. Unbelievably ready to drink, yet so complex and nuanced to where you're taken aback by its brilliance. The only thing better was the 2008 Cristal, but at that price, I'd rather buy more Dom.
Smoke and mineral complexity on the nose, complex nuttiness. Reminiscent of fine burgundy; incredible poise and tightly coiled energy, a very fine mousse. Delicious, great potential. Incredible freshness from the acidity here. Really has extraordinary refreshment, not harsh at all. Epitome of refinement. Very long. Complex flavours spreads like a peacocks tail, builds in intensity on the palate. Totally convincing.
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A tiny amount of reduction on the nose but not in a way that detracts; pretty glorious on the palate, alive with energy and vibrancy, beautifully balanced and with so much to give. The finish is superb, dry and complex, leaving lots to contemplate on as the flavours remain for a considerable amount of time. I don’t remember ever liking a young DP as much as this. Great potential but hard not to want to drink it now, it’s that good.
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The potential is great but already a very good wine today. Yellow apples, citrus and a touch of coffee both in mouth and on the nose. When as a still wine after a few hours it's really oily and burgundy like with a little spice, fanntastic. 90-91p
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This is now in full blossom and albeit has a long way to go it is simply stunning. Rounder wine, polished, focused and precise but the acidity is very polished and does not attack the palate in a way older DPs used to do in there use. A lot more impressive than about 6 months that we tried this last ( Papies 93) albeit that was at the last DP tasting with Richard Geoffroy. This is elegance in a "young DP" and stunning. 94-95 and full of potential.
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Dinner at Kazu (Kazu. Cuppage Plaza, Singapore): Way too young, but very lovely indeed - this will be a legend of a Dom Perignon. Quite an achievement given the millions of bottles produced. A bit too tight and unyielding when first opened and too chilled, this really came into its own after a few hours in an opened bottle and served at a cool room temperature. The nose was lovely by then. More biscuity and brioche-y than a usual young Dom, there was a nice toasty, bready aroma alongside more typical scents of red apples, hint of strawberries and a nice almond and macadamia nuttiness at the sides. Really nice, mealy stuff. It was really impressive on the palate. It showed lovely breadth and depth, and impeccable balance, with wonderfully judged acidity and a firm but fine mousse wrapped around a strong, but very pure core of red apples and berry flavours lined with little bit of citrus, some spice, and again that mealy, yeasty, brioche character. There was a really nice sense of completeness and balance to this, from the round attack, through the full mid-palate, and into a long, satisfying finish that had more than a hint of saline minerality to it. A lovely wine, that had surprising depth and seriousness for a young DP. Very harmonious too. Still too young of course, but I do not think this will take forever to come around. It should be lovely in 6-8 years’ time. Bravo.
There is a delicacy and depth to this on the palate that reminds me of the 1996 back in the summer of ‘07. Both the nose and palate offer a depth that is rarely seen in young Champagnes I’ve had in the past. These will reward a long nap sideways.
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Nutty, stoney aromas. Full, robust, fruity, packed mid-palate. A little funkiness and I u understand the concern of our group with a slightly off putting chemical component. Very fine mousse, creamy, and high acid. Long, saline finish with shellfish character. sensational balance and mouthfeel.
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Wine Group Dinner #169 - 2005 Bordeaux Part 2 (Urbane Restaurant, Brisbane): Wine Group Dinner #169, Urbane Restaurant. This is a fine albeit very young Dom with a very fine mousse and pale colour and a nose of lemon, apple, pear, brioche and limestone. The palate is quite dense and reserved with plenty of matiere and grip balanced by an expanding gossamer web of flavour and minerals on the back palate that is very refined. The dosage seemed a little prominent to me but it perhaps balances the razor sharp acidity of the finish.
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Champagne tasting. No scores but ranked from best to worst. 1. 2000 Dom Perignon P2 - blind. classic big house prestige cuvee style. High class, but a bit generic - didnt guess Dom P. 2. Selosse Initial (deg09) - another beautiful initial, this time with almost 10 years post-deg aging which it carries effortlessly. However, some thinning in flavour. Maybe not one to save much longer. 3. 2004 Cristal - still very youthful, but has substance. 4. 2008 Dom Perignon - surprisingly accessible already! 4. 1998 Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame - deliciously mature, but on the downslope - DRINK NOW 2008 Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame - very young, but accessible to some degree. 7. 2006 Taittinger Comtes - much too young, should be stored. 7. 2011 Pierre Peters Chetillons - young and rather anonymous 9. Krug Grande Cuvee (deg2003) - poorly stored 10. Ulysse Collin Rose (12 base. 18deg) - very young and complete lack of complexity. 11. 2009 Pierre Paillard Les Mottelletes - easy drinking and good value, but a tad too sweet. 12. Grande Siecle (fra start 2000'er) - Cork tainted
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Five winos excellent adventure , mostly in Burgundy; 6/7/2019-6/15/2019 (Beaune, France): Typically, it takes twenty years for Dom Perignon to shine. The 08 is an exception. Perfectly harmonious nose displaying fresh white fruit, pear, lemon, honeysuckle, cool mountain stream and limestone. Perfectly harmonious palate, very finely layered pure white fruit, incredibly fine abundant mousse, elegant, harmonious and energetic, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a seamless long white fruit and mineral driven finish. The 08 has to be the best young Dom Perignon of my life, epitome of elegance and refinement.
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2008 Champagne horizontal (Medlar (London)): Clearly the best wine in this flight and besting the Winston Churchill pretty much unanimously for the table. Lots going on, great deep nose, flinty, mineral powder, sweetness of high quality ripe fruit. This is going to be tremendous Dom in time surely. Glad to have a few cases. This was the Legacy edition btw (which was disgorged a few weeks earlier than the regular label).
First taste and the buzz is warranted here, an excellent wine, certainly the best since ‘02. White Burgundy with bubbles, good tension, cut, and minerality. I like this now and will like it even more in a few years.
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Fantastic, super fresh and young, but already giving lots of pleasure. Nose of limes, toasty brioche, crisp apples and a nice mineral kick. Palate is so crisp and clear but quite tight. Lovely mousse, extremely refined and looonnngg. Great
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Lost Friday afternoon gathering 08 Cristal and Dom, Raveneau, Rayas, Chevillon, Gouges and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Expressive yet surprisingly elegant nose displaying fresh white fruit, granny smith per RJ, pear, fresh lemon juice, a hint of white flower, rain water and limestone. Just like the 08 Cristal, already showing exceptional balance and harmony, very finely layered elegant white fruit, incredible focus and perfect precision, very fine mousse, bright acidity, strong mineral and a long seamless fresh white fruit driven finish with limestone at the end. Although quite rich, not as rich as the 08 Cristal. This is surprisingly elegant and has no bitter end which I often get in young Doms. It has to be the most refined young Dom Perignon going back to the 90 vintage.
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1989 Bordeaux Dinner (Joseph's Place, Wong Chung Hang, Hong Kong): My first time with the 2008 and didn't pay it enough attention as we were quite a big crowd getting to know each other. Fresh, vibrant and not too different to the 2005 on first impressions.....until I paired it with Chinese 'Thousand Year' Egg...then it took off to a higher plane. This has greatness hidden away somewhere and I suspect will become an outstanding food Champagne. Must revisit....
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Another showstopper. Very much along the lines of my last bottle, except this one went with fried chicken and a hot honey sauce. This absolutely lives up to the hype.
First reg 08 DP, as the last two bottles of Legacy I've had have been brilliant! No down shift here...amazing out of the gate balance...pure crystalline freshness of citrus, orchard fruits...just a tad under picked pucker...energized bubbles exploding on the palate, then falling back to the finish on a snowflake. Everything set up for some aged complexities in the coming decades...subtle vanilla and caramel creme, smokey/chalky minerality, salt stone, ginger mint tea...pretty lemon blossom florals...so precise and engaging. If you're ever going to go deep on a Champer...it's THIS one!
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En intensiv inledning tydligt driven av citrusfrukt, diskret marsipan och drivande äppletoner, i den ordningen. Elegansen är imponerande och smakspektrat smakfullt integrerat. Avslutningen är lång och intensiv med en tuff syra som ändå balanseras av en subtil sötma som knappt ens märks men skapar ballans.
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Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. Rather closed nose, broad fruity & nutty attaque with a long and crisp aftertaste! Very refreshing and salty.
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As much as I would like to believe 2008 Dom Perignon lives up to the hype (since I bought many cases), I feel these few bottles of 2008 (came directly from the estate) did not live up to its hype, and certainly not as good as the 2008 Cristal. Young and focused with bright acidity and rounded tree fruits. Surprisingly simple for a 2008 and seem to be missing that special oomph. Uncomplicated at this stage and definitely needs another decade of cellaring.(93?/100)
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Very pale colour.Started off with a very mineral and lime driven nose.On the palate,oyster shells,crisp lemon and lemon peel with bracing acidity and chalky minerality.Great energy and lenght.This wine has it all.It has an incredible combination of ripeness and freshness.It's so delicious even now,one can't be blamed for opening a bottle.This wine has so much potential.Everything is in place for a long and great life.
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Opened to toast our arrival in wine country on a family vacation. Light color with notes of apple, pear and almond. Subtle ginger and honeysuckle as well. Fine bead. Balancing acidity.
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Forse un po' troppo presto per berlo. Giovanissimo, con una bolla fine, rispetto all'aspettativa ha un profumo meno "Dompè" di quanto atteso. E' comunque un vino equilibrato, ma l'imponente acidità credo saprà farlo maturare a meglio. Da aspettare.
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Very pale yellow, with small bubbles; almost seemed like a still white. Lovely nose showing lime, mineral dust and brioche. Extremely lifted and crisp, very balanced and long finish. Delicious, elegant champagne.
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So different than the '09 and I like them both. The '08 is so powerful, precise and has darker berry notes both on the nose and through the early signs of a mousse-like finish. Should age well, but hard to keep these in the cellar!
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Loved it. First Dom I’ve ever had and it was one of the finest champagnes I’ve ever had. Really intriguing nose, there was a beguiling spice/floral note. Upon opening it was quite acidic and linear, opened up over the course of the bottle. Really fine mousse, great texture, no nuttiness or mushroom which I’m not a fan of, lots of lemon brûlée. Will improve with age, certainly, but so enjoyable now.
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nose - honey, jasmine, peach, toast, touch caramel, and as pointed out by others a whiff of petrol/Riesling character. intriguing nose. mouth - pit fruit, quince, superbly elegant, delicious, drinks great. tasted blind sided by side with the 08 Cristal and this was the clear winner.
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Made from the three main grapes: pinot noir, chardonnay and meunier. NB: Red and Black has noted to me that it is 50/50 PN/CH and I'm inclined to belive him/her as I am not particularily well-informed on the grapes.
Colour: Very transparent and clear. A bit yellowish.
Bouquet: Slightly perfumed, very clean and med intense w. apples, liquorice root, nuts, flowers, hay and green pears.
Palate: Fine bubbles. Dry, med acid, med(+) body. Creamy texture w. mushrooms, apples, liquorice, pears and nuts. Oxidized profile. More bisquit than toast but still noticeable. autolysis. Wonderful finish.
Very excited to try this, but the enthusiasm was tempered by how all the comments on CT and IRW were that this is super young and not ready. Perhaps I like young DP, but I thought it was amazing - and enjoyable now, with the understanding that it will be even better with time. It sports the usual descriptors that you find with DP but what I found so impressive was its combination of power, grace and integration. This is a seamless wine! Its intense but in a marvelously sophisticated way. Stock up....
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Wow talk about explosive bubbles. Bright, super lively, very linear, delicious and compelling. After a few hours this started to reveal some of the creaminess I expect from DP.
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I’m not a big fan of Dom Perignon, but this 2008 is undoubtedly a very well structured and robust wine with great potential. Unlike the 2009 which is already quite approachable on release, this is quite muted at first, and starts to reveal more (but not everything, yet) after 2 hrs. Very fresh white fruits, an elegant and lingering nose. On palate it is very dry, with more yeasty aromas and refreshing acidity. At this moment I’d say it’s too early to have it, and half day breathing is recommended. The score will go further up as it becomes more drinkable with more depth from ageing.
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Nose is most reminiscent of a great white burgundy, big nose, violent wine without becoming vulgar. Wonderful balance between moderate dosage and acidity. Long, big bodied.
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pale champagne color, magnificent nose of roasted nuts, mousse and hints of rose petal, tart apples and almost zesty citrus, the sort of marshmallow feel and scent to which I am accustomed is there- but compressed and reserved despite its intensity, on the palate this behaves like no Dom Perignon I have ever tasted at release- a massive impact that lands with a certain grace, a tidal wave of lime acids cushioned by layer upon layer of bright and as yet undeveloped cream, tightly wound and tense with evident fruit- but for now the smoky and nutty textures are in command, persistent, intense, lavishly layered, after two hours the "lemon wall" (as I have come to call it when speaking of this vintage) comes on with blistering intensity as this shuts down harder than any other 2008 I have tried to date, comparisons are very difficult as there are none for the vintages I have sampled in their youth, looking back further the best comparison I see at present is the 1966, but however the details fall into place in the years to come- it is clear this is going to be a truly legendary vintage for Dom Perignon and a singular one as well. The only downside is that for we who love Dom in its full creamy maturity there is a very, very long wait ahead.
(*****)+! 2035++
(Note- the exclamation point is for the fact I have- for now- given this 5+ stars. The scale goes to 5, but as does Broadbent in his use of the 5 star scale, I permit myself the very occasional 6th star or potential for such. In nearly 25 years of tasting and thousands of tasting notes, this is perhaps the 4th or 5th time I have taken the liberty.)
belated bday dinner for ESTEELE90 (Kali Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA): Legacy edition. Stone fruit flavors, very high acidity, with some waxy/honey notes with time. some saline hints towards the finish. textured in the mouth. overall seems coiled and very young, pleasurable now but I feel like the glories of a vintage Dom are more evident with age and this isn't there yet. 94 pts with upside
Delightful. Loads of white fruit with piercing acidity - incredibly more-ish. Feels very, very young. Stands out from other DP vintages I've had recently as being a little bit special ....
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Judgement of Bishan night. Popped by birthday boy to give us an inkling of what all the hype about this vintage release Dom is about. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Fine bubbles. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of toasty brioche, delicate nectared flowers, stony minerality, lemon drops and rinds, white peaches, nuts with more air. Developing. On the palate, dry, very high saliva-inducing acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet honeyed nuts, ?macadamia, lemon drops, brioche, honey nectar. Long finish. Very good quality. Young and embryonic, though it does flirt intermittently with you at the moment. Don't be deceived and don't give in. Please let this rest another 4-5 years at least. Conservative score for now.
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Brilliant showing. Drank this over a couple of hours and it only got better with air. First impressions were all about rich white fruit and lots of doughy, biscuity goodness. Air brings out more minerally and chalky flavours, and after this was open an hour or so, the fragrance brought JLL's "soil to glass transfer" phrase to mind. All the while, there's fantastic power and balance with bright acids matching the richness perfectly, and an immensely long finish. One of the best young Champagnes I've tasted, and I'm wondering if I own enough of this.
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Not blind The best young DP I've had in my glas. Very similar to the Cristal 2008 which we had side by side. Oyster shell, lime, biscuit, discreet, elegant, precise, accessible. 97(99) I can't say which one I prefer. This is a porn star, Cristal Kate Moss. A monster forthe next 30 years
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DFS annual event (Singapore): Fairly rich white fruit, round with great balance already. Very enjoyable to drink - still I slightly preferred the minerality and clarity of the 2002 Piper Heidsieck Cuvee Rare served next to it.
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4th Saturday Group dinner bottle. Allred brought this along - we had just consumed a Legacy Label bottling the week prior. No discernible difference to my palate. Ginger and cashew notes. Still very young, but drinking well already.
4th Saturday group uptown tasting (R&D's): A nonblind transition before we started on the dinner wines. Orchard fruit, ginger, roasted almond and dough notes. Fine bead; lingering mousse. Good backbone.
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Laced with various citruses and gorgeous texture while remaining light on its feet - an immaculate pairing with cheese. Extremely effervescent. Served after being open a couple hours. Given the hype I would say it has tremendous potential but today is "quite nice". A bit tight today.
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This is a gorgeous champagne. Had it twice this week and on each occasion it shone. Really nice mature flavors with bread and yeast notes giving complexity to the great acidic backbone and apple and lemon flavors.
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Sheldon's 60th Birthday (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Small glass, brief note. Complex array of apple and lemon aromas and flavors, with both ripe and lean character throughout. Very bright and brilliantly textured.
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Had my first taste of this beast yesterday. It’s heavy and very young, concentrated with bisquit, lemons, green apples, smokiness,, flint. Will Wait many testa before I open up any of my own bottles. 93 for today’s performance, pretty sure it will grow with some cellaring.
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So much mousse upon pouring. Pale straw. Crisp acitiy. Very balanced. Yeast, biscuits and savory flavours. This is tighter than the Cristal 2008. Served blind, but two guest it. This champagne has decades left. This was the legacy edition bottle.
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A bit reductive (not as much as '06), but with ripe, juicy fruits already. Doesn't have that typical DP green. Lovely and tasty, but where's the reductive Dom character gone?
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Giallo paglierino scarico, bolla abb fine, naso fresco, frutti gialli poi vira su note di caffè e cioccolato bianco leggero, tostato, bocca un pò slegata l'acidità verde, frutti gialli e verdi, bolla precisa, ma da sistemarsi. Molto giovane.
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Really enjoyed this. It was tight at first with a scent of a sports soda locally known as "Faxe Kondi" (Sorry, you need to be from Denmark to understand this reference). Thought it was Comtes de Champagne 2002, which for me is an absolute top champagne. I thought that I didn't like young Dom Perignon, but now I do!
Braxton Cellars Cellar Raid (Libertyville, IL): Wow. Definitely the best young Dom that I've had. So much energy. ENERGY. That's what kept coming to mind. Aromatic nose of only slightly toasty pears and apples with some serious funk. Palate is gorgeous with tons of fine bubbles. So much length. So awesome. Laser like focus on the back end. Can't wait to grab some of these and cellar for the long term.
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Dracks under en halvblind provning av Dom Pérignon 00, 02, 03, 06, 08 och 09.
Ljus i färgen med väldigt intensiva bubblor väldigt länge, som ett smatterband. För mig var doften svag och sade inte så mycket. Väldigt hög syra som förstärktes efter lite tid. Det kändes som att den verkligen behöver lagringstid. Från de andra kom det omdömen som mycket syra, tyngd, mineral och citrus. Jag gissade på 08 eller 09. En person hade denna flaska som sin favorit.
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This has to be one of the best young Dom’s ever. Zesty lemon with a toasty backend. Color is bright almost green Chablis super elegant and long. Great wine consumed in both the legacy and regular label identical wines.
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T's 40th Birthday (Søllerød Kro): Very impressive and young wine. Slightly toasted oak but very subtle. Nice flavors of green apples and grapefruit. Piercing acidity and most impressively an impeccable balance. Very lovely and nice to drink. 96-97p
Drank side by side with Cristal 08. Both are equally fine structured,creamy, concentrated and layered. Dom has more minerality, pungent spice and green citrus fruits together with exotic fruits while Cristal express a slightly more complex arrays of ripe fruits from red apple, apricot, peach to BBQ pineapple. Cristal 08 is slightly more approachable now.
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(Blind tasting) Extremely youthful and very fruity nose. Yellow orchard fruit. Yeast and biscuit provides shy autolytic character. White flowers, hints of nuts, butter and oyster minerality. Full, complex, dense and closed palate. Very youthful. High, high acidity. Minerally. Pure and long. But apparently too young. Very hard to rate this very un-developed version, but the basic material, the length and power is evidently there.
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Served in Riedel white wine stem. Flower / 1019 hPa.
Pale yellow with watery rim. Nose is a incredible rush of chalk, white flowers, and clean brioche. Fairly reduced, though not as much as other vintages of DP. The palate follows suit with bracing acidity and minerality. Lemon, lime, chamomile, brioche, Incredibly long, the acidity and fruit here and really in exceptional balance. My only knock, if at all, is just how primary this wine is. As an acid freak, I love how bracing this wine is, but recognize how good this will get in a few year. Superb.
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Served blind. Light straw colour with hints of green, plenty of small, persistent bubbles. Intense nose of citrus, lime, some orange peel, as well as an undertow of minerals/chalk. Almost no sign of autolysis. quite full bodied with extremely nice and caressing bubbles. High acidity combined with a - for me - somewhat disturbing sweetness. Long and fresh aftertaste dominated by citrus and lime, and some green apples and a bit unripe pears, but also almost a bit cloying. At first I placed it as a blanc des blancs, but when I was informed that it was an "assemblage" I went straight for DP. No other Champagne matches the bubbles of DP! This wine is probably much too young, and it will probably absorb the sweetness over five to ten years' time. Amazing that this wine holds no more than 6.5 grams of sugar. I guess that the wine will score higher in the future.
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My 2nd bottle. Trying to re-taste again without reading my previous notes. Burg glass. Pnp chilled it was totally close. Air for 20-30mins and warm then it revealed its charm. Smell of while flower, lime, lemon zest, autolytic, hint of pungent star anise, some smokiness and minerals. Big and focus on palate, layered flavours of apricots, exotic fruit juice, lactic acid, yeast and toasty hazelnut. The refreshing acidity glide thru the palate leading to the long finish while the intense flavours keep hanging on the mid palate. 97+
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This is incredibly backward and it’s now plain to see why the ‘09 was released first. I made the mistake of trying to drink a glass straight from the fridge. No dice...I could barely detect anything but minerals and light reduction on the nose, and the palate was closed, acidic and austere. But as it aerated and warmed to just shy of room temperature, the pleasure-giving potential of this Dom began to reveal itself in aromas of almond paste, white flowers and freshly-sliced apples. The palate shows higher acidity and a more structured, muscular style than I recall in the ‘06 and the ‘09, both of which offer a better drinking experience right now. This ‘08 is built for the long haul and offers precious little in the way of instant gratification. Excellent, but unscored for now.
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Started off a bit sweet, my main issue with Dom and why I prefer others to this wine. But after 20 minutes or so, wow! Bread box, apple, citrus and a mild bead that makes this approachable even young. This will be incredible in a few years and best Dom I have had in a long time
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A Good Tuesday, Vol II: This so good already. First whiff, smells like great white Burgundy at its core, and it's takeoff from there. Tropical fruit, tangerine, green apple, it's already giving the goods. There is some structure, but so pure and precise. Creamy mousse and acidity for days. It sails on. Powerful. Already more than the '09 and '06 from my recent memory.
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(Burg glass, let it air in glass for 30min slightly lower than room temperature) Pale gold. Moderately concentrated yet enticing nose of honeysuckle, melon, apricot intermixing with just enough yeasty and bready autolytic characters and then subtle mineral and peach aroma at the background. However on palate it is so intensive and expansive with a long refreshing acid line while having extraordinary focus with complex flavours of ripe red apple, exotic fruits, mineral, yeast, hints of nut and lactic acids. It is open already with tremendous potential. It is clearly better than the 06 DP I just retasted 2 days ago. The energy, tension and readiness reminds me of Cristal 08. 98+
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Chalky vitamin minerality. A soft understated cream. Lemon citrus but the fruit is already a green and yellow apple. Not the ripeness of the ‘09 but far more precision and tension, think ‘06 in terms of acidity and citrus but I find more approachable fruit here. Tight knit and sharp but balanced. Sharing this with some non-wine friends over a cheese plate so no serious notes, but very excited by this.
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tanta acidità, naso fiori e vaniglia, poi leggero caffè, ostrica dopo 2 ore. Bocca bella, tanta acidità, non larghissimo e non elegante come cristal. Deve affinarsi.
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I’ve heard some friends saying the 08 Dom is starting to shut down and my experience mirrors that. My bottle last night was simple and precise with great acidity, but lacked the broad scope of flavors/aromas I enjoyed in my previous bottles. All I got was some white fruit and a hint of smokiness, as it was pretty muted.
It just tastes (to me) like missed potential if it’s not being stored longer. I'm sure I'll have more data points when others bring them out, but I don't anticipate popping my next bottle for at least another 4-5 years.
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Super wound up, full of tension and verve. This needs some time to really develop into a classic dom. The acid on this hints to a very long life. I never had the 96 young but imagine it would have been similar to the 08. Hope to have many more of these over the years.
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Tight at first. After 3+ hours it finally opened up and last glass was the best. Powerful and balanced. Seems to be a great wine that will only improve with age. I'll wait a few years before opening another.
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I was anxious to open this second bottle after a disappointing tasting a month ago, this bottle coming from a different source. This time we tasted blind alongside 2004 and 2006 vintages. Generally brighter and more Dom Pérignon in profile this time, with very ample acidity, yet already showing a certain pleasant fullness and complexity; but there is once again that occasional nasty note of raw alcohol, especially as this warms to room temperature (something I also find in the 2009 vintage). Not a great wine for my tastes, though I could see the style appealing to other palates more than mine. Three of four drinkers at the table preferred the 2006.
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Nice aromatics of x-mas spices, vinous, tunafish oil; Nice contrast/darker color after the Dom Ruinart BdB '06; rich, caramel, bread crust yeastiness; nearly evaporates in the mouth, super fine bubbles, very long, powerful, showing very well even now. Mission tasting
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Merchant Tasting. No formal notes. I specifically visited this merchant tasting to see if I should stock up the great 2008 vintage of DP but I left with the feeling that I should sell the 6 bottles I have in my cellar. Not because it lacks focus, intensity or length (it might lack balance a bit today as the acidity will need some time to better integrate) but just because I don’t overly like the style and aromatic profile (too herbal and austere). I guess storing my bottles away for 5 or better 10 years is the best thing to do with a two paths to happiness: either the wine gets much better and/or my taste evolves to make me like it. If neither happens, I guess I will be able to sell it at a premium, hence a low risk call.
A Legacy bottle. This started out quite tight but breathed up to show notes of spiced pear, citrus, brioche, toast and flint. It has great richness and intensity and is cut by the vintage's line of precise acidity. The finish is chalky and has preserved lemon tang. Without doubt the best Dom since the '02.
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Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy/Champagne Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. So much here. Lemon, ripe apple, candied lemon peel, gingerbread and an intense minerality. Great length. Easily 95+ point potential, I will need to try this again soon in a setting with more than a small pour and a few minutes.
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Tasted non-blind alongside the 06 and 09. Identical color to the 09, clear and medium-deep yellow-green, but with a more clingy, glycerine look in the glass. Immediately generous nose of citrus, peppery mango, ripe apple, bread, bit of alcohol. Showing a less smoky, musky, reductive profile than 06 or 09, yet also showing less freshness and energy on the palate, this is more savory in character, darker nuanced and a shade more toasty, though very certainly complex and of some intellectual interest. Lots of acidity through the long finish, with alcohol notes re-remerging. The non-Champagne fanatics liked this least of the three vintages, commenting on a bit of alcohol burn, heaviness, and lack of brightness despite its acidity. Even allowing for its youth, I agreed. This bottle clearly showed quality in bits and pieces and would have undoubtedly knit together with further aging, but overall it disappointed, given the hype. Certainly others will enjoy this more than I, but for me, this lacked something of the traditional Dom Perignon style.
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Finesse and lots of depth on the nose with notes of red apples, brioche, crushed stones. Intense and mineral on the palate, fresh, tight. Very very long. Keep. 95-96+
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Dom Perignon Masterclass, " Les Plenitudes of Dom Perignon " with Richard Geoffroy (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Light in color, golden/green tint but really a light glossy and sparkly color. Soft on the nose, no need to shout here but definitely gives enough to make a great intro to the palate feel which makes up for all. Very pressie and focused wine, still young and on the start of its drinking window but definitely one to look forward to. We definitely understand why they switched the order of release of 09 & 08 ( Richard Geoffroy called this the miracle year and that it was picked over 4 weeks). One for future drinking and patience. Nicol 94 / Andreas 92 > 93
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IMW 2018 Champagne - Prestige Tasting (Hyatt, San Francisco): Usually about 2/3 pinot, 1/3 chardonnay. Probably have a little meunier. Never oak (since 1973 - the vintage when they stopped cask ferments and went to stainless steel). They've been lowering the dosage and increasing time on lees. 9 years on lees, 5g/L. Charles Curtis, MW: preferred drinking window is 20-30 years out, best 30-40 years out. $176
Pale straw color. Lovely matchstick noble reduction verging on skunk (in a good way - I love skunk) and of course sandalwood/truffle/coffee grounds. Powerful palate, feels 6g dosage (actually 5g) - well integrated with the sweetness coming mostly from ripe fruit. High acid (softened by malo and balanced by autolyis, development, and fruit). Texturally it's satiny and lithe. Superb yellow apple, raw hazelnut, pastry dough - iced and toasted. Long finish.
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Yeah, this is a killer Dom. It's classic young Dom... reductive, smoke, saline, and lots of minerals, but there's a weight I don't normally find and crazy acidity. The nearest comparison is probably the '02. It's got that darker, fatter quality, but this has more focus and intensity. Overall I like this more and it's got better acid. Wow.
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HDH auction at Spiaggia (ft. Maison Leroy); 9/13/2018-9/15/2018 (Chicago, IL): One of the best young Doms ever? The nose is moderately reductive, and shows quite a bit of minerality (one of the first times I've picked that up). There's lean white fruit here, as well as some very pleasant floral tones. The palate is long and intense, with powerful, linear acids that drive the sweet and sour fruit to a long finish. This is not as broad and rounded as the 2002, but far more complete than the 2004. The vintage character shows fairly prominently here, as it does with the Krug 164. Fortunately, it's a good character, so no complaints here.
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Lovely golden color with tiny lingering bubbles and with a bouquet and flavor of bread and some dilute balsamic vinegar in keeping with its age. Good balance and intensity with a long finish. This is a wow!
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Interesting notes of mushroom and earth on the nose with the fruit, biscuit and rich floral tones. Bold, and juicy but nice precision. Not super expressive at this point - but it may have a lot more to show with time in the cellar.
5/12/2024 - rlove wrote: 96 Points
Dom did something special this vintage, balancing a minerally profile with intense power, and there's just something thrilling texturally about this wine. Excellent already.
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5/1/2024 - ricknat1 wrote:
This will develop into a beautiful wine. Should be ready in 5 years or do
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4/28/2024 - BradleyL Likes this wine: 93 Points
I think the bottle had some time to breathe before drinking it, but this feels like this is in a great spot already. The brioche notes particularly stood out for me but really quite open at this point and delicious (but that should hardly be a surprise).
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4/25/2024 - Juliansi Likes this wine: 91 Points
When any evening presents a second apertif, and it is a Dom.. its gonna be a good.. good night!
Served unblinded, when this came after the Comtes 2006 which was bloody exceptional, I found the nose of this DP 2008 to be muted. Very muted in fact.
Interestingly this did not translate to the precise and full bodied palate, with developing light brioche notes as well. Even at this very early age, this Dom shows a good length to the finish and well developed M+ acidity.
Blend of 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay grape varietals, and whilst still too young, it showcases depth as well as great balance.
This vintage marks the first time the estate has released a wine out of order (the 2009 was released before the 2008). Seems DP loved the wine so much they felt it warranted additional aging.
This is a very iconic cuvee for many reasons, besides its age-worthiness.
It is described as the mark Of a new era...
Richard Geoffrey was behind the creative ambitions of Dom Perignon for over 28 years. He shaped the Dom Perignon project in his style and was the driving force.
Vincent Chaperon worked alongside Geoffrey for 13 years. During this time, he took part in 13 harvests and declared four vintages.
This 2008 Dom Perignon vintage was the best way for Geoffrey to end his career as Chef de Cave, and for Chaperon to start his.
Thanks to bro RN for sharing this at his Bref TTDI get-together as a thanksgiving dinner and celebrating his birthday too.
With this 2008, I have now covered the 2006, 2010 as well as 2012 DP vintages. Somehow the 2006 and 2010, perhaps as they were off-vintages, fared the best for me and were the most open Doms!
Bref, Taman Tun, KL, Malaysia
25th Apr 2024
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4/19/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Developing well but short of the defining Dom Pérignon character. Even fairly simple at this stage. Youthfully energetic. Surprisingly large bubbles and short lived foam. Give Dom Pérignon from a great vintage at least 20 years to see what it has.
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4/6/2024 - Semperchi Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wonderful 2008, second time having it and it is now in a very good drinking spot, having moderated the excess acidity of its youth. Will keep getting better for 10-15+ years would be my guess
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3/23/2024 - D!n@sh Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very fresh. Looking forward to seeing how it evolves over time.
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3/19/2024 - PANYC Likes this wine: 95 Points
So good but just needs more time to reveal it’s beauty.
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3/10/2024 - hajoha wrote: 95 Points
Dom Perignon 2008.
Nydelig.
Stålet slipper taket og Wendelboe kaffe står på trappene.
Nydelig intensitet og dybde.
Sexy mousse av en uendelig strøm av små bobler.
Høy konsentrasjon og skikkelig fresh.
Ingen skam å drikke nå - nyter stort.
Vil dog kunne ligge lenge lenge.
Meget lang og stram finish med pen bredde.
Intens mineralitet.
Strålende. 95p
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3/3/2024 - Discobiscuits42 wrote: 93 Points
A very nice champagne with near perfect bubbles and incredible balance. Certainly, the elegance is there. Ultimately, it is missing charm for me. A very good champagne without the X factor that I would expect at this price point. Perhaps it comes with time. Hold.
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2/29/2024 - wineton.mee wrote: 94 Points
Blinded. Very DP, that much is obvious. Has that trademark gunflint reduction and lemon curd. The profile is rather elegant and lean, with a good amount of green apple, lemon fruits, plenty of brioche and yeast. It needed plenty of air and temperature before starting to show, but even then, there is a certain level of restrain to it. Very youthful with only the slightest hint of development of honey and sweet toast. Based on today's showing, I'd be more inclined to cellar the rest of bottles for quite a while yet.
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2/25/2024 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points
This wine was still rather tight and not showing as well as the '02. I suspect this needs another 5-10 years in the cellar and should improve by a point or two.
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2/17/2024 - shifter Likes this wine: 94 Points
Jon's 50th Birthday Party: PnP. From mag. Such great balance and purity. This is starting to show so beautifully over the past few months.
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2/10/2024 - wihong wrote: 92 Points
Straw yellow. Aroma of citrus, sweet blood orange, lemon tart, a bit muted compared to another bottle 3 months ago. Palate entry of chalky lemon drops, with same floral and slate mid-palate. Medium long jasmine, creamy lemon tart finish. A full bodied, high acid, balanced with intense brioche and minerality.
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2/10/2024 - cephomer Likes this wine: 94 Points
Walnuts supplied for our CKH french wine dinner. I've had this wine a few times now over the past few years and, while it doesn't knock your socks off, it's always shown to be a delicious wine. Lovely nose of brioche and white flowers, with lovely flavors of toast, lemon zest, apples, pears and some smoke on the palate. Soft and elegant, with tiny bubbles and just the right amount of acidity. Lots of minerality on the long finish. Very enjoyable.
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2/8/2024 - jmoon Likes this wine: 97 Points
Stunningly good from first pour. Tightened up and even more chalky and mineral after half an hour or so. Brilliant now, with no signs of slowing down.
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2/7/2024 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Bordeaux night (Glass Brasserie, Sydney): {cork} [Gordon] Seductively developing nose of yeast and bakery aromas. Perfectly pitched. The palate is fairly developed, gentle with tiny delicate but persistent bubbles supporting a spectrum of flavours across mead, cheese biscuits and yellow fruits. Medium weight, with an even subtle palate and a medium/long finish. Very impressive without blowing your socks off. I thought this might be around peak development to be honest; the contrast with the more overtly aged following 2003 was instructive.
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2/3/2024 - SH Wu Likes this wine: 95 Points
A big, decadent wine. Fruit richness is backed by vibrant richness that is almost a bit too much at this stage of its life. A textural richness on the palate keeps the party going in your mouth long after you have swallowed. The 08 is also supported by lemon zest, nuttiness, menthol that add visceral intensity to the experience.
A little bit of air and a few pieces of fried chicken helped soften the acidity and the crystalline fruit shine.
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1/30/2024 - tdiehn Likes this wine: 98 Points
Just Great. Perfect champagne. Crisp. Structured. Full of flavours.
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1/28/2024 - Hugo Hilde wrote: 95 Points
High class from the first whiff, very much towards yeast and bread, then a growing intensity from peaches and pears. Harmonious and classy.
The palate has gorgeous textures, fine tannins through the curve and a long, long finish with smoke and cardamom pods.
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1/26/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Complex aromatics of white peach, lemon, chalk and aniseed. The palate is full and creamy, with a light toastiness. It is cut by a line of the vintage's minerally acidity and finishes with power and authority. Starting to drink really well.
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1/19/2024 - RAC14 wrote:
Congratulations Daddy!
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1/14/2024 - Adrian Chmielarz Likes this wine: 93 Points
58% C / 42% PN, 9 years on lees, dosage 5 g/l. A world class champagne that leaves me a bit cold. It's rich, full, with Chardonnay mellowing out and ripening/drying the fruit. Good background minerality, generous bubbles. Drinks well, you feel the seriousness of it, and paired with caviar with crème fraiche and potato chips it offered moments of pure bliss. However, as it happened a few times already, a day after drinking it I struggle recalling the nose/mouth and finding that one special thing about it. I guess "hedonistic" is the keyword I'd associate with this wine but I expect a champagne to be more memorable at this price. I guess I like my champagnes a bit more twisted. But don't get me wrong: when you're drinking it, it does offer the pleasure.
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1/3/2024 - bthatton wrote: 95 Points
Just starting to show beautifully
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1/1/2024 - berlinhotel Likes this wine: 93 Points
93+
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1/1/2024 - Matt T wrote: 96 Points
This continues to show well. More mineral and linear profile than the 2012, and ever so slightly more finesse. Showing slightly more closed than the 2012 right now, but both are brilliant wines.
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1/1/2024 - BradE wrote:
Really an exceptional vintage for DP. Love it.
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12/31/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 96 Points
18th bottle tasting.
Pronounced nose intensity of toast, yeasty, lemon, pear, apple, bread. High acidity.
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12/30/2023 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened in HK. P&P but allowed to breathe in the bottle for quite a while.
Not bad, and surprisingly not too young. Don't usually have standard Dom as I don't seek it out, but this performed very nicely. With a bit of air, good yeasty brioche notes started coming through. Good finish.
I think this is very good QPR for what you're getting - the strength of the vintage really comes through, and the extra ageing given to this bottle in Dom's cellars clearly helped. Would be very happy to revisit and may seek out myself if I need a decent bubbly for a dinner.
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12/29/2023 - AllRed wrote: 95 Points
Medium yellow color with a lingering mousse. Red apple, cashew, marshmallow creme and wet dough notes. Fine bead with lively acidity. The apple follows on the palate, along with dried honey, brioche and lemon rind. Lovely.
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12/27/2023 - Frank Schneider wrote: 96 Points
Best Dompi imve ever had! Brilliant
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12/25/2023 - Isaac L wrote: 92 Points
Another Christmas Day bottle, first one in 3 years. The coiled tension from my first bottle in 2019 appears to have dissipated, but the wine was still primary with toffee apple and brioche notes dominant. Bittersweet, medium intensity. Perhaps this lacked the wow factor, but enjoyed it nonetheless with Chinese cuisine at Jiang-Nan Chun.
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12/25/2023 - GrayPhoenix Likes this wine: 100 Points
Perfect.
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12/24/2023 - MWiking wrote: 94 Points
Allt finns där men det behövs tid 94-96
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12/22/2023 - Ltim BE Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinks beautifully today but you feel the aging potential. Hard to resist today. Sensual.
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12/21/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Holiday Champagne Gala (Wilmette Harbor Club): Walkaround gala tasting. Lots of power and ripe orchard fruit throughout, but more bready than I recall from many previous bottles, and seemingly less energy. This is a wine that has almost always thrilled me, but tonight's bottle seemed less fresh, particularly in contrast to the special "Chef de Cave" edition tasted next.
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12/21/2023 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 94 Points
crisp clean delicious in a good drinking spot
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12/16/2023 - DWStyle Likes this wine: 94 Points
Good now but needs bottle age. Drank a magnum with friends.
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12/10/2023 - zimmy07 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is showing really well, if you can hold for 5 more years, do it. But this has opened nicely, the most approachable of the big houses. crisp apple, melon, and the touch of Dom sweetness on the mid palate, no real secondary flavors, but drinking well!!!
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12/7/2023 - Raage Likes this wine: 94 Points
(CDV)
Un très beau Champagne à la hauteur du pédigrée.
Buvant rarement du Dom Pé, j'ai trouvé là la race des grands Champagnes élégants et classiques, élaborés dans la recherche d'un style aristocratique, ciselé et harmonieux.
J'avais clairement le chardonnay brioché, des nuances boisées intégrées (me rappelant le style Comte de C.), flanqué d'une bulle majestueuse de délicatesse, avec une pointe citronnée en finale qui réveillait les papilles.
Excellent, encore bien jeune, peut-être pas très identitaire à mon sens quand on voit la production actuelle champenoise, mais indéniablement savoureux.
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11/30/2023 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 98 Points
The 2008 vintage of Dom Pérignon ranks with the best. Light golden, vibrant and with a brisk tiny bead, it remains aromatically flush with citrus, white peaches, green apples, brioche, marzipan and crushed rocks. With bright flavors that mirror the nose, a mouthwatering mid-palate and a lingering finish, this is everything that a tête de cuvée should offer. Last tasted 8/14/2020, it is aging at a snail's pace. If your bottles are maintained in a good cellar environment, they should have substantial longevity. Drink now-2043.
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11/23/2023 - Cburke99 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Perfection
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11/19/2023 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 91 Points
Überraschend schwache Flasche, wenig Druck und Soannung, dünn und wenig trinkfreudig
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11/18/2023 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 94 Points
I held out opening as long as I could but couldn't resist the temptation any longer. Short note: best young Dom I have ever had.
Opened one over the weekend and it was gorgeous (lineup Krug GC 169, Cristal ‘07, 2007 Tat Comtes, Krug Rose & 208 Dom). The Dom was the hands down crowd favorite. What it lacked in the laser acidity of the 2008 Krug tasted earlier this year, it blossomed in a welcoming bouquet. Will the ‘08 Krug ever show it true self? Will the Dom ‘08 drastically improve or fall off the cliff, not one to say but it was delicious and giving tonight!
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11/18/2023 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 91 Points
Krug tasting (Freiheit Vinothek, Ulm, Germany): Glass: Riedel Superleggero Champagne
From Magnum, tasted blind - Pirate. Clear, pale golden color. Very spicy, yeasty nose, a bit reductive, deep.
On the palate creamy, fresh, very young and juicy and deep. But also very sweet and simple. Lacks energy and tension.
We discussed, if this is even Champagne... Such a surprise to see what it actually was. I love DomPi 08, especially from Mag, but in this lineup I found it really, really weak. 90-91
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11/4/2023 - WST Likes this wine:
Wine dinner for a great charity (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): A beautiful but still young DP. This bottle showed less of the flinty reduction I associate with this cuvée, although some previous bottles had generous matchstick aromas. Pretty orange and lemon, honeysuckle, marzipan...
2008 Dom was outstanding on release, then shut down tightly. They're starting to come back around, and while they're a pleasure to drink, the three bottles I've opened this year suggest waiting at least a few years will be beneficial.
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10/29/2023 - wihong wrote: 92 Points
Straw gold. Aroma of intense doughy brioche, lime, caramel and honey. Palate entry of rich sweet lemonade with fine mousse. Mid-palate of creamy sweet caramel and chalky slate. Medium long finish of vanilla, honey and wax. A full bodied, high acid and rich voluptuous champagne, but expected a bit more complexity, maybe wait a few more years.
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10/21/2023 - KendraPM wrote: 99 Points
Drank at NYWS paired beside a 1996 Dom. Pretty amazing to taste the evolution, but I prefer the 08. Not sure I would age it longer than 5 more years.
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10/20/2023 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points
Lunch at Bacata. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Fine bubbles.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of toasty brioche, nectared yellow flowers, chalky stony minerality, citrus lemon drops, white peaches, nuts with more air. Developing.
On the palate, dry, very high good acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet honeyed nuts, citrus lemon drops, brioche, honey nectar, chalkiness, seashell saline minerality. Long finish.
Very good quality. Ageing along fine.
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10/19/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 98 Points
blind, Magnum
The freshest DP 2008 Mg I had so far. First I thought about Cristal 2008. At leats 20 more years. 98
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10/17/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 97 Points
Pretty much perfect champagne. Fine bead. Lots of beans… energetic yet deep. Gorgeous, and shifted from electric to fat and enveloping over an hour so worth a time study.
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10/14/2023 - denisontb Likes this wine: 94 Points
Enjoyed with Yun and friends. Simply fantastic!
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10/12/2023 - MWiking wrote: 93 Points
Champagne 2008 tasting at the office (sweden): behöver mer tid. är i en tunnel just nu
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10/5/2023 - Kim Gerner wrote: 96 Points
2008 top champagnes - horisontal wine tasting dinner (Rest MG (kg arr)): Second 2008 horisontal champagne half blind tasting dinner. First time June 2021. Back then the vintage was extremely youthful. How is it now? An almost unbelievable development in just 2 years. As a wine enthusiast I must simply surrender. I was skeptical about the drinkability at this point for this extreme vintage. That skepticism was proven wrong. 2008 can definitely be enjoyed now. For me, it's one of my really great tasting experiences. And there has certainly been many... Add to that, the vintage is only in its initial stage of maturation and therefore still youthful but extremely charming and open. I really look forward to tasting the 2008 vintage once a year in the coming many years experiencing the tertiary notes develop.
DP is in my opinion often underrated because of it's image and the number of btls. Long finish. Aromas of ripe apple and dried fruit. Not that ripe notes. Rating based on performance right now 96+
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10/1/2023 - Chomsky wrote:
Courtesy of Neil and Leslie. Just a lovely bottle of champagne, steely and taut with fantastic acidity. This took some time in the glass to open, suggesting a long life ahead. Pure class.
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9/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
2008 Champagne - 25 top names tasted blind: Expressive nose with citrus, lots of brioche, toasty elements. The palate was lighter, more elegant compared to the Taittinger CdC. Very precise and in a good place to drink now as well as further cellaring. Excellent stuff.
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9/27/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 97 Points
A private tasting and dinner (Restaurant Fitzgerald *, Rotterdam, NL): Very rich nose, clearly Dom Pérignon in style, huge minerally energy, tightly coiled palate, very tight finish, wonderfully complete and impressive finish. Not completely harmonious right now, score based on potential, needs time.
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9/9/2023 - Bolognese Diner Likes this wine: 94 Points
Magnificent champagne, perfect freshness and bubbles, silky and creamy on the palate. Butter, citrus, and even dried fruits like hazelnuts.
Magnifico champagne, freschezza e bolla perfette, setoso e cremoso al palato. Burro, agrumi e anche frutti secchi quali le nocciole
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9/8/2023 - Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 95 Points
The Arbour with Your Highness: I hadn't had the 08 Dom since having a few muted bottles just a year after its release. Tonight's revisit was a total shock, as it picked up so much incredible weight and richness in just four years. Deep notes of yellow fruit, honey, wax, brioche, white pepper, and intense minerals. Amazing complexity, lengthy finish. As much as I loved this on release, I somehow love it more today. Maybe I need to revisit the 08 Cristal, too. Ha!
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8/31/2023 - tcarter Likes this wine: 97 Points
Still in its infancy, but this is just a spectacular showing for Dom P.
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8/19/2023 - BradE wrote:
From mag. Excellent bottle.
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8/17/2023 - soyhead wrote:
limited notes. vinous and springbrook fresh. still very young. perhaps this has closed down since tasted a few years back.
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8/16/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 96 Points
My 17th bottle since 2019 and still the notes are similar and 2008 is still in infant stage. Still too young to be drunk and will improve with ageing.
Pronounced nose intensity of toast, yeasty, lemon, bread. High acidity.
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8/14/2023 - hajoha wrote: 95 Points
Dom Perignon 2008.
Var redd denne var blodtight, men her har det skjedd litt siden sist flaske for noen år siden.
Ingen modningstoner, men relativt åpent og digg.
Stålet har sluppet.
Klokkeren og elegant.
Perfekt mousse.
Konsentrert og stram.
Heftig nerve og spenst.
Har alt for et langt liv i kjelleren.
Kommer til å bli helt banger om 20 år.
Dupper aldri i kurven.
Finishen sitter som et skudd.
Meget lang med nydelig mineralitet. 95p
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8/13/2023 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 95 Points
Best bottle (Weindorf Kirchheim): Glass: Gabriel Standard
Popped and poured from Magnum. Clear, pale yellow color. Very youthful, not yet fully developed nose. On the palate very consistent with my previous notes. The magnum will most likely need 5-10 years to develop and unfold its full complexity. Nevertheless a wonderful Champagne, very fresh, lots of energy and tension, precise, lots of lime and zests, long, mineral and yeasty finish. 95++
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7/23/2023 - rob63 wrote: 90 Points
When a friend needed more space in his wine cellar, we took this bottle, which we usually wouldn’t think of buying. This is a perfectly made champagne but for our taste too creamy, not fresh enough.
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7/16/2023 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Champagne Cornucopia - DP vs Krug MV (Chez D): An extra kindly brought along by a fellow diner when we had an unfortunate dropout. Better than 08s I’ve had in the past 2-3 years - getting better behaved. Still has that energetic spikiness, and ends with a deceptive sweetness.
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7/13/2023 - Alykhan V Likes this wine: 93 Points
1st of 6 bottles
PnP
It was drinking extremely well right from the get go. The autolytic notes were prominent - you could really smell the extended time on lees - but not obstrusive. The fruits were of dried rather than fresh red apples, and were mellow rather than fresh. A great deal of intensity on the palate, in the sense that it was concentrated but not heavy. As a champagne, it was very wine-like. I drank it in a white wine glass which helped reduce the intensity of the bubbles and magnify the vineous character which is how I like my champagne.
This paired extremely well, initially, with nothing but delightful conversation, but also as the evening went on with several pasta courses. Just an excellent and food friendly champagne opened early in its life but not too early.
Will try to open up my remaining 5 bottles every 2-3 years going forward. Potential 94-95.
(Two years ago I opened a DP 2010 which I found to be highly reduced, austere, and ungiving over the 6 hours it was open. The 2008 I drank today was totally unlike that previous miserable experience).
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6/28/2023 - melzar wrote: 94 Points
Fine Bubbly; Perhaps not worth the price. Yeast and fresh bread on the nose and a well balanced, fruity palate. Lemony acidity stands out facilitating a long pleasant finish.
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6/27/2023 - dlduchon Likes this wine:
A bit agressive at this point. Lots of tension. I have drank bottles back to 1964, and I know these always come around and improve. I am going to hold back drinking my other bottles for several more years and drink different vintages I have. This believe this will be a fantastic wine in another 10+ years.
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6/23/2023 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 96 Points
Burgundy Tasting (Restaurant Schweizer's, Stuttgart): Glass: Spiegelau Burgundy
Clear, medium golden color. Holy cow! What a nose! Never had that before in a Dompi 08. So smoky, deep and complex. Simply wow and beautiful.
On the palate of course with the usual bit of sweetness, but what a tension and pressure! Creamy, wonderful balance, fine mousseux and an enormous length and great complexity! This bottle was in a wonderful spot right now. My WOTN. 96-97
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6/21/2023 - DrZett wrote: 95 Points
Still my favorite vintage. So much freshness and power, paired with great yellow and green fruit notes. Very precise acidity. Fantastic balance, very long finish. (IG)
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6/18/2023 - wmccone54 wrote: 95 Points
Enjoyed as part of a Father’s Day celebration…a gathering of old fathers and new ones. Quite impressive showing richness, complexity, balance, and verve. Finishes long and strong. This label seldom, if ever, disappoints.
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6/1/2023 - FredericoWines Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still young but has everything to be great
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5/19/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Also amazing right now. Totally scrumptious and showing so open and expressive.
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5/2/2023 - salil wrote: 95 Points
Needed a couple of hours to really open out and impress; it was tightly coiled fruit at first with not a lot going out. Air brought out an array of toasty, mineral, and other savoury notes, but the overall impression is of a wine that really needs to be left alone for a long time at this point.
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5/1/2023 - zachb1125 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decant decant decant. Bright lemon and white flowers and a slight bit of pear on open. Bracing acidity and minerality on the palate, with more citrus.
After several hours open and decanted: rich notes start appearing. Honey, hay, red apple, green apple, brioche, white pepper, white truffle, ~plantain power~. The palate has turned wildly creamy while maintaining a touch of effervescence. More lemon, white flowesr, pear, slate, and white pepper on the palate. 100 more glasses please.
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4/23/2023 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Served in Zalto universals at home. Crisp lemon and fine mousse. Chalky, finish of lemon and green apple. More chalk on the finish which became less pronounced after an hour or so. A touch austere, a few more years would help. Not much of the Dom beady/oxidative notes just yet, 93-94 for now.
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4/5/2023 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Wine gathering at RJ's; 4/4/2023-4/7/2023 (South Carolina): Expressive energetic nose displaying pure white and yellow fruit, pear, granny smith, candied lemon, honeysuckle, honey, strong beeswax, brioche, white pepper, smoke, sweet spices and crushed rocks. Excellent concentration, generous pure and fresh white fruit, beautiful balance and detail, very fine generous mousse, creamy, elegant and airy, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a seamless long pure white fruit driven finish. Similar to the last bottle, so elegant, pure and energetic.
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4/4/2023 - gsquireh Likes this wine:
Gorgeous with ripe peach, the delight idrinks crisp yet with touches of soft toast. Rich and layered, this beauty is deliciously full-bodied, the gorgous fruit caresses the palate and all parts with grace.
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4/3/2023 - salil wrote: 95 Points
Opened/served a bit too cold and rather unyielding at first, but very quickly opened out with some air and as it warmed up nearer cellar temperature. Very much a knockout bottle of Champagne, and an appropriate late night pull to go with the UConn NCAA win.
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4/3/2023 - gsquireh Likes this wine:
Gorgeous with ripe peach, the delight idrinks crisp yet with touches of soft toast. Rich and layered, this beauty is deliciously full-bodied, the gorgous fruit caresses the palate and all parts with grace.
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3/29/2023 - blanquito wrote: 96 Points
Holy moly, this is good. My second try and in some ways it was even more impressive than the first. Tasted next to the glorious 08 Cristal, the 08 Dom is explosive, coiled, intense, deep, long and layered, bright, painfully young. There are real fireworks right now (caveat: I like champagne in all it’s stages) as the intensity here goes to 11. Could be a perfect bubbly some day, so hold unless you prefer your fizz on steroids.
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3/17/2023 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
semiblind, Tasting of 16 big 2008's
Third wine
I was sure I would detect it at once. Some nailed it immediately. I missed the oyster scent. Fresh, reductive but I guessed BdB. Missed a bit the depth for DP. 94
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3/10/2023 - AD_jutant wrote: 93 Points
Crispy apple and toast on the nose, perhaps blending into an apple tart. Flower bouquet, white grapefruit zest, and a hint of green tea. Beautiful mousse. Great acidity and balance in the mouth. Much more of the green apple at the front palate but with red apple aftertaste. A little butter feel.
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3/7/2023 - WST Likes this wine:
A deep inhale initially finds beautiful flinty/struck match reduction, then beautiful fruit and complexity. Lime, orange, apple, marzipan... I love this vintage of DP
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3/3/2023 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
More resolved and acidity-driven, delicious as always. 93-94
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3/3/2023 - Pontus Palmenäs Likes this wine: 95 Points
With plenty of time in the glass, this bottle was amazing, full of gun powder, cream, nuts, and a super long finish.
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3/3/2023 - Srenix Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wonderful and complex, quite high acidity that perhaps signals the vintage but it's a wonderful composition.
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3/1/2023 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
Pre La Paulée Dinner with friends (Home): Still a youthful powerhouse of a wine. Pleasure-packed and should hold at this level for a decade+
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3/1/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Pre-Paulee Warm-up Dinner (House of Nanda - Chicago IL): Ripe apple and baked apple with good richness start-to-finish, despite a faint reticence on its long finish. Upside from here.
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2/25/2023 - Diane (LI) wrote:
Sour and off putting at first, but with air, it became balanced and lovely. Notes of pear, toast, and Jasmine tea. I would like to hold onto my last bottle, as I think it will keep getting better.
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2/22/2023 - shifter wrote:
TN: Dinner at Tiny Lou's: Opened 30 minutes prior. Best showing so far of this cuvee; it is really starting to come into the drinking zone. Starting to become less linear and develop those secondary notes. More time in the glass continued to develop layers of flavor and a lovely finish. This is a classic vintage for the ages.
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2/20/2023 - EM_MB Likes this wine: 94 Points
My familiar “this smells like Dom Perignon” on the bouquet. Still a bit tight and restrained but lots of upside. Hold
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2/11/2023 - erwing Likes this wine: 91 Points
Served maybe a fee degrees too chilled (8-9 degrees). Very high in acidity and non-revealing and tight on the nose and pallet. Opened up after some air and also with some degrees higher temperature. Good champagne, but not too impressive - at least not this bottle.
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2/11/2023 - cristalmania0813 Does not like this wine: 83 Points
단단해서인가? 바틀 컨디션인가?
좋아하지 않는 향이 많다.
커피향이라고 하던데,나랑은 맞지 않는 이 향이 마시는 내내 지속...
직구해놓은 병들도 살짝 걱정이 된다.
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2/7/2023 - Pontus Palmenäs wrote: 92 Points
Currently in a pretty closed stage of its development.
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2/2/2023 - T.E.D. wrote: 93 Points
Not as over the top as typical Doms. More refined with linear citrus undertone, touches of yeast and white bread. Seashell peaking through
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2/1/2023 - the player Likes this wine: 96 Points
This is a more perfumed version of the 2002. Greenish straw color, very active and fine bubbles. The nose wafts with green and red apples, some honeysuckle, brioche, stones, very mineral yet perfumed almost jasminy. On the palate so refined, elegant, with great lift mid palate, finishes fat and long and fresh. Truly a great champagne. Enjoyable now and long life ahead of it.
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1/30/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
It is toasty. There are also mildly exotic things too. It has some candied peel and intense peach. It is rich and fluffy, and cut by the minerallay acidity of the vintage. Length is superb.
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1/28/2023 - WST Likes this wine:
Funny, I opened one of these last week and loved it, as I did this bottle, yet they were very different. Last week's had flinty match stick I typically associate with DP. Tonight's bottle didn't have any signs or scents of reduction. Orange and lemon, honeysuckle, marzipan, apple and brioche. A beautiful drink. When production is in the millions, I guess there will be some variability bottle to bottle.
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1/25/2023 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Mouton dinner (La Chaumiere in Georgetown): Incredibly elegant and energetic nose displaying fresh white fruit, granny smith, apple soda, lemon curd, honeysuckle, brioche, white chocolate, perfume, spearmint and limestone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered generous but delicate white fruit, very fine generous mousse, elegant and delicate but also precise, energetic and weightless, perfect balance, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a seamless long fresh white fruit driven finish with smoke and spearmint at the end. This is one of the best showings, i.e. elegant and harmonious.
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1/22/2023 - WST Likes this wine:
Charity Wine Tasting benefitting Brigid Collins Family Support Center: This has entered a beautiful drinking window. Opens with a flinty struck match reduction. Long and complex. It boggles the mind they can produce millions of bottles wine at this level quality annually.
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1/20/2023 - Whisky&Wine Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent bottle with a pronounced orange blossom and honey note. Very concentrated. Bready and light briny notes were lovely too. Much more intense than the 2006. I think this is very close to the 2002 in terms of overall quality and enjoyment.
Paired with charcoal grilled whole snapper and squid with ginger rice and wilted spinach.
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1/7/2023 - rmh66 wrote: 96 Points
Didn't take detailed notes on this. Lovely fine mousse. Explosion of lemon, smoke, apple, minerals, honey, and brioche. Nicely gauged acidity, long finish. Very concentrated. A "wow" wine. I loved it.
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12/31/2022 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Expressive nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, lemon curd, apple, candied lemon peel, honeysuckle, honey, smoke, sweet spices and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of decadent yellow citrus fruit, very fine generous mousse, rich but also very precise and beautifully balanced, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish. Another nice showing.
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12/25/2022 - murray57 Likes this wine: 95 Points
So delicious. So young, should be cellared for another 10 miniimum. Beautiful toast, with almost sweet fruit. Honeyed citrus notes, slight brioche. Merry Christmas!
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12/19/2022 - Purple Tooth wrote: 95 Points
Clearly showing that distinct Dom honey character that rides along the edges of sweetness and class. A very nice bottle that showed far better than my last couple of these. It was served super cold, so it was probably very happy. Based on this, in improvement stage for next 5 years easy...Drink or Hold
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12/17/2022 - WST Likes this wine:
These were so delicious upon release, then shut down suddenly about four years ago. This was my best recent bottle, finally coming out of its cocoon. Lime, orange, apple, and marzipan with that beautiful smoky mineral scent I find in DP. I went deep this vintage. Despite the fact that its best showings are in years to come, I might start opening these with more regularity.
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12/14/2022 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Expressive nose displaying ripe concentrated yellow fruit, lemon curd, baked apple, apple, candied lemon peel, a bit more brioche than usual, honey, lanoline, sweet spices and limestone mineral. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of rich yellow fruit, fine generous mousse, rich and sweet but also showing a good balance, bright acidity, limestone mineral, and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with strong brioche and smoke at the end. This is showing a bit more yeasty quality and makes the fruit expression slightly murky compare to the last bottle. IMO, there is a bit of bottle variations in DP in general. Considering how much DP is made, perhaps not too surprising.
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12/3/2022 - aquacongas wrote: 98 Points
not blind, Magnum
Oyster shell meets toasted toast. Neat combination. 97-98
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11/26/2022 - Rbhan12 wrote:
So so tight and unyielding. For me, this needs years to come around. The last few sips were just starting to open.
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11/20/2022 - StiGGe wrote: 95 Points
such an amazing bottle!
First time I drank this bottle was 2019.
So young yet vibrant and complex. The glass explodes in a green shimmer of nature and forest. Rich in flavors and aromas. Honey, nature, forest, lemon, mineral, pear, green apples. This vintage 2008 is perhaps the best from the 2000s and will in the future with storage be as good as 1988 or maybe better.
I love the bottle as it is already but I'm saving the rest of my bottles for the future. I am convinced that we will get a fantastically good wine!
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11/19/2022 - Mag357 wrote:
Acker JK 51st birthday in NYC. Very flinty and smokey nose. Flavors are quite complex mixing pear, white fruits, bitter smoke, but also quite sweet, finish is short. This is too smokey for my palate, seems too engineered for my taste. Not at the level of all the other champagnes tasted but way below. (Salon, Montcuit, Billecart Salmon, Comte de Champagne)
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11/19/2022 - aquacongas wrote: 97 Points
blind
nailed it. Delivers and delivers. 97
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11/19/2022 - jmoon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fabulous as always. Really opened out after an hour. Highly recommended to pour a glass then put it in the fridge and drink the remainder after it’s opened out, then wow what a wine, so expansive and chiselled perfectection, built and beautiful.
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11/18/2022 - dcwino wrote: 99 Points
A lost Friday afternoon gathering Cristal, DP, Giacosa, Produttori and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Exquisite nose displaying intense yellow citrus fruit, candied lemon peel, baked apple, brioche, strong smoke, perfume, a hint of burn sugar, honey and crushed rock. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of decadent yellow citrus fruit, very fine generous mousse, incredibly elegant and energetic, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a seamless long decadent yellow citrus fruit driven finish with a hint of smoke and brioche at the end. This particular bottle is incredibly fresh and elegant, also beautifully perfumed. The detail is amazing. Perhaps the best showing of the 08 Dom Perignon. I typically prefer the 08 Cristal slightly but not tonight.
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11/8/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Ulysse Collin dinner at Shaw's (Chicago, IL): Initially, this bottle seemed to drink a little advanced (especially in comparison to the 2012 alongside), and the colour looked a little darker than I expected. The palate and nose bore that out -- underneath the typical Dom reduction there were a few browned fruit notes. Maybe this was because we were coming off a bunch of Collin. In any case, this was somewhat panned as a mediocre showing, but when I went back to this bottle a few hours later (somewhat disbelieving that a bottle of known and proper provenance would show this poorly), I was surprised how much this had tightened up, yielding more white fruit and that taut acidity that I remember so well from this wine. That all said and done, I wonder if this is starting to shut down some, especially since the 2012 alongside showed so much better.
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10/27/2022 - aquacongas wrote: 97 Points
blind, Magnum
nailed it, Sea breeze, oyster shell in the background. This time more toasted toast. But really fresh in the late palate. Will age at least 20 more years. 97
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10/16/2022 - Momus99 Likes this wine: 93 Points
From memory; It was a few weeks ago. Definitely an impressive Champagne, recognizable as a tête de cuvée. Lots of funk and depth from extended time in lees.
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10/8/2022 - dsimmons Likes this wine:
Very enjoyable. Fresh and bright. I believe it will improve with more cellar time. Hold if you can.
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10/8/2022 - ccn wrote: 91 Points
From magnum
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10/7/2022 - narraboth wrote: 89 Points
Sorry for the not-great news (well, for now). As many people already mentioned, this wine is going through bad shut down.
I had it in the first month of release, and it was amazing wine, a typical DP plus acidity complexity and depth. Half year later it was turning boring. And at least in 2022, none of the bottles we tried was good. The one I had smelled like DP, but tasted like a very austere wine from a very nerdy grower house. Absolutely no joy; the previous minerality turned into quite pronounced astrigency, together with the originally clean and sharp acidity, now the back palate is to be frank, quite annoying. At the same time there's no obvious fault. It's not oxidised; a bit reduced but within the common DP range. It is just at the moment a very strange wine.
If I am going to say something good, it would be that this wine still has good materials to be potentially great. My biggest worry is that what if it won't be.
For its current form I cannot give it even 90. I still hold some, hoping it will be great one day.
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10/6/2022 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 96 Points
Had this champagne to celebrate the birth of my daughter. Been saving this one for a while. Beautiful toasty crisp notes. Light honey and almond. Medium finish
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10/5/2022 - Simoneats wrote: 92 Points
Honeyed finish that I still remember the next day. I have a feeling it will be even greater in 10 years.
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10/1/2022 - Matata Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lagret på kjøkkenbenk.
Røyk, krutt, kiwi, salt, sitrus. Kiwifrø på smak. Høy syre, over middels konsentrasjon. Undervelmende lengde, litt limestone munnfølelse.
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10/1/2022 - Danneskjöld wrote: 93 Points
Røyk, flint og krutt. Rik frukt og god konsentrasjon. I overkant heftig syre nå. Tørr utgang med god lengde.
Konsentrasjon og lengde litt skuffende sett i forhold pris og hype.
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9/30/2022 - MWiking wrote: 94 Points
Väldigt ung och sluten denna flaska
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9/8/2022 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
Came across this while looking for a grower champagne on the excellent wine list of the unassuming gem that is Beria, Madrid . As always what a joy this wine is , served always in big wine glasses and then just let it sing and will continue to do so for many more summers. We said everything before for it. 95 and with future for more.
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8/8/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Smokey and intense and reductive right now. Bold, but not as well liked by Sophia and friends over the Pol Roger BdB.
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8/6/2022 - jviz wrote: 96 Points
Yes, the 2008 is the real deal. It has such excellent midpalate weight of white peach and even a little kiwi, with struck match on the nose. The wine has a huge backstop of supporting acid, but feels perfectly balanced. It’s not hard to predict a long and successful timeline for this one
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7/21/2022 - GeirArneLangkas wrote: flawed
Oksidert. Trist at det måtte være akk den flasken
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7/18/2022 - tbabes wrote: 96 Points
Notes of crushed stones, citrus fruits, cut apples and a hint of brioche. Great focus, depth and concentration, with a refreshing finish. The best is yet to come!
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7/18/2022 - Pontus Palmenäs Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich, deep, elegant. Tasted side by side with Cristal 2002 which stole the show.
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7/8/2022 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 97 Points
One of my go-to favorites, I think 08’ Dom is just consistently so good! Fresh, precise, with such a crisp and acidic finish, it’s just a nearly perfect champagne for my taste.
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7/8/2022 - Kaldera wrote:
For Holly’s wedding reception
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7/7/2022 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
not blind
From the beginning a legend and still is. Lush "fruits", toasty and particularly oyster shell. 96
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7/6/2022 - Michael Hung Likes this wine: 94 Points
7/6/2022 Double Blind Night at Kevin's: [From magnum]
A completely different showing than the bottle I tried last month. This was a different beast, being more delicate and fresh. Still showing strong autolysis notes as before, but with the addition of tropical fruit coming in a hour after opening. Still showing a lot of similar notes as before, but the magnum is definitely in a different spot than a regular bottle right now. Definitely worthy of drinking if you like your Champagne brighter, leaner and fruit forward. I do believe I would want this more aged, despite its brilliant showing right now. It just has so much potential, and I think it can be so much more with more time. 94++ pts
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7/6/2022 - kstoddard Likes this wine: 94 Points
From magnum
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7/4/2022 - JSLevine05 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Lemon peel, stone fruit, crushed wet rocks, chalk. Remarkable purity and focus.
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7/1/2022 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
SQ319 - London to Singapore (Singapore Airlines): One of the last few times having DP on Singapore Airlines before they replace it with Taittinger Comtes, and boy was a chuffed to see a 2008 bottle. This was just delicious. I have had good bottles and even better bottles over since release, but the 2008 Dom has been consistently delicious and giving, with plenty of upside to it yet. This bottle had a very attractive nose to it. There as something buttery smelling - not quite as much toasty brioche and nutty notes as the Krug 167 that was served alongside - more like clotted cream maybe, or a delicate butter accent, along with classic DP aromas of sweet apples along with a hint of strawberries, and then little shades of spice and yeast and some mineral just creeping in at the sides. The palate was plain yummy. Round and generous, yet fresh and stylishly sleek and polished, it showed notes of ripe apples seasoned with just a little bit of spice, a shade of buttery toast, and then a bit of mineral and citrus zest as the wine pulled away on a bed of fine mousse and into an elegant and very, very long finish. The fresh, lively character and lovely bright balance I have always enjoyed from previous bottles was here in spades, but there was also a lovely sense of dry extract and a minerally backbone that seems to be emerging nicely. A lovely Champagne, drinking ever so nicely in its relative youth, but with its best years still way ahead of it yet.
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7/1/2022 - Likawine Likes this wine: 97 Points
Tropical fruit, minerals, wet stone, brioche, pear, stone fruit.
Still young but what a wine.
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6/27/2022 - Vanja1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dom Pérignon 2008 er en utrolig balansert nydelig og delikat champagne med duft av epler, sitron, mandel, lett kaffe og nybakte boller. Fin mousse, flott syrestruktur og mineralsk med sjøaromaer. Fyldig munnfølelse og laaang lengde. Moden men ung, mye å gå på. Dette er vin fra øverste hylle, what is there not to love??
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6/23/2022 - j@$0n p€++y wrote: 90 Points
From Magnum. If you have any DO. NOT. OPEN. I knew this was the case as we flew some bottles to Italy for vacation and popped this with some friends. I knew it wasn't going to be ready and it was thin, linear, super focused, one dimensional and muted. Some lemony citrus body like you would get from a first sip of Cristal. But that was it, not memorable other than pretty much being shut down. Regular bottles of 08 DP were delicious on release. The Mags are unfortunately backwards. Won't open the next Mag for at least 10 years.
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6/16/2022 - devraj Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gosh this is ridiculously good. Light yellow with small steady beads. Rich and fruity aromas of yellow citrus, florals, golden apples and honeysuckle on the nose. The palate is awash with sweet-tart yellow citrus poached apples and pears, hint of mint, a beam of acidity and a very long, lip smacking saline and never ending finish. Gorgeous Champagne.
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6/14/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Mini Dom Perignon study (Chicago, IL): First off, I've had my fair share of this wine, and this bottle is pretty consistent with my experiences with this wine. It's a taut, acid-driven edition, with plenty of concentration and intensity; a little more coiled up than ideal for drinking now, but if you give this a little air, this does loosen up some. The nose shows a good hit of reduction, with some almond notes. The fruit isn't as pronounced now. The palate is where this really shines -- the 2008 acidity is spot on and just really exciting. Of the lineup tonight, I think this is the wine that has the most long-haul potential, despite my preference for the effusive 2012.
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6/14/2022 - Porters Wines Likes this wine: 92 Points
Questionable 2008 vintage? Yes.
Can Dom prevail? Yes.
As per previous 06.22 comments, I agree on all counts.
Drinking fresh & vinbrant now, if you like it in that style. But indeed you need to open & leave on ice for a good hr.
As per most, in 10 yrs this will be at its true Dom drinking window. Guess I’ll have wait & see.
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6/13/2022 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
This has not moved, basicly, it's firm, tight, precise, citru galore not your usual Dom P, no decadence, the vintage speaks; this is waiting to be released, the concentration is immense, this will merit a much higher score, but wait, wait ... 94+++
#Ib
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6/8/2022 - JordVW Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drank this side by side with the 2008 Louis Roederer Cristal, which was an incredible privilege.
The nose was slightly tight in the beginning, but clear notes of yeast, lemon and apple orchard, wet stone and a very fresh impression overall. While full-bodied, it skated lightly over the palate, with incredible juiciness and super fine mousse. The finish wasn't as long as the Cristal though, which showed better length and overall quality.
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6/4/2022 - Michael Hung Likes this wine: 94 Points
Med lemon. Pronounced, notes of citrus and autolysis, lemon peel, lemon curd, pastry, lemon meringue, dried grapefruit, green fruit, apple, pear, quince, cream. Dry, med+ body, delicate mousse, med alcohol, med+/high acid. Still tastes very young and lively, but tastes more developed than the 2012 I had recently. Provenance was a bit questionable on this bottle (might have had heat exposure) but it still was quite tasty and very Dom Perignon flavors of yeast and lemon curd with supporting tree fruit. Overall, a very nice Champagne with good balancing and flavors. 94 pts
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6/4/2022 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
A little tight still
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5/25/2022 - mchern02 wrote: 95 Points
Great effervescence, quite lemony and citrus forward with great verve and length. Got better with time in the glass; maybe a bit fruitier than the last bottle. Absolutely delicious though
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5/11/2022 - mjrobson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really nutty/toasty and beautiful. Super clean and nice tiny bubbles. Drank over 2 hours.
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5/10/2022 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
In the bouquet brioche, white fruits and soft citrus. On the palate beautiful freshness, citrus acidity, minerals and soft bitterness. Beautiful and tasty wine. This can probably last for several decades.
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5/10/2022 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Serverad blint. Rostade toner, packad med frukt. Riktigt bra igen!
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5/2/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Pausing for the Cause 2022 (Chicago, IL): I've crossed paths with this wine a fair number of times already (lucky me), and tonight's bottle seems consistent with those past experiences. It's a little more structural and showing the acidity far more prominently tonight. Still, the expected concentration and complexity is still on display; but it seems to me that it is less and less worthwhile to open bottles now, especially since I preferred the 2012 alongside.
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4/30/2022 - jmoon Likes this wine: 96 Points
Brilliant as always. Fattened out after an hour, smoke blew off. Lovely tight line.
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4/21/2022 - DFBW Likes this wine: 95 Points
Delicious, full, nutty and too young. Hold for another three years and check back in
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4/21/2022 - zzaj Likes this wine: 89 Points
Too early to drink
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4/19/2022 - tcarter Likes this wine: 97 Points
Just wonderful. Had with very good sushi.
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4/5/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Super Tuesday (Chicago, IL): Always a treat to cross paths with this wine and check in on how it's doing. This bottle is doing well. This bottle was showing a little more open than my most recent experiences. The flavour profile is absolutely consistent, with a nice bronzed sweetness to the fruit that I like. Great breadth and well-balanced acidity. Initially this bottle did not show any reduction at all, and it wasn't only until a few hours in that I picked up some reductive notes. But they were not prominent, and they served as accents rather than distractions.
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4/5/2022 - EhrlichDY Likes this wine:
Popped and poured. Good showing but not as good as a bottle I tasted a few months back nor as good as the 2012 served alongside. Nice freshness and citrus notes on the palate but everything is beginning to integrate or possibly shut down.
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4/1/2022 - kenv Likes this wine: 95 Points
Gala Dinner at La Festa del Piemonte (The Pool Restaurant, NYC): [Brought over by Hristo Zisovski from Wilson-Daniels who was sitting with Valter Fissore.] Funny way to finish the evening, but I have to say this is a beautiful Champagne. Long, complex, and classy AF.
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3/28/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 94 Points
(at Foraged - Baltimore) Straw color, tiny bubbles, tight, coiled, lots there - needs time. (94+)
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3/25/2022 - elrascuache Likes this wine: 96 Points
Brilliant! The bubbles are fine beads and fade relatively quickly. Notes of peach, honey, citrus, toasted almonds, minerality, a hint of truffles, and charcuterie. It’s powerful on the palate with high acidity yet it is balanced. This is absolutely stunning!
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3/7/2022 - Brix Likes this wine:
From the list at Le Récamier, Paris. The restaurant specializes in soufflés, savory and sweet, so we ordered this to accompany a classic cheese soufflé (Emmanthaler) and a mushroom soufflé. This isn't a lean, subtle champagne - the aroma explodes from the glass, all baked bread and white flowers. Equally generous on the palate, beautifully rich but balanced, with a lingering finish. Lovely.
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3/7/2022 - awilliamson4 wrote: flawed
Weird bottle...something was definitely wrong...smell was off but palate was pretty good.
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2/24/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
White Burgundy study (2008 and 2014) (Chicago, IL): From a bottle that I'm told sat on a store shelf until recently (from when I don't know). It certainly doesn't seem to me that this was any more mature than it should have been, and in fact there are still some of the white grape flavours you find in very young wines. Another textbook showing, but with the acidity less bright and a little more integrated into the rest of the wine than I remember from a few months ago. A fantastic wine; always a pleasure to drink.
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2/24/2022 - Neras Likes this wine: 97 Points
Among the best champagne I have had. Yeast and toast. Great balance with just acidity to make it fresh. Lots of depth and a long lasting taste.
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2/22/2022 - peternelson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Classic Dom, slight tuna fish oil, yeasty, bready, tangy, original, excellent lift and acidity with a long finish. Very good stuff, still too young, and to me fell behind the RD and Krug 169 but very tasty. Yamashiro w/ Yarom and gang.
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2/14/2022 - fussyeater wrote: 91 Points
Pale yellow, plenty of vigour in the bubbles, lemon, white melon and other tart citrus fruits on the nose. Plenty of intensity on the attack, coming over as full bodied, minerally rather than fruity, a bit flabby, too sweet from the dosage, and lacking in precision. Remaining bottle can be forgotten about. Bought and stored on release.
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2/14/2022 - CubFan4Life Likes this wine: 98 Points
Absolutely phenomenal champagne. Crisp, clean, and incredibly well balanced. Apricots and lemon.
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2/12/2022 - VincentMorey wrote:
A nice bottle of champagne from a solid vintage, although the characteristics were not as exciting after having the Soutiran Grand Cru Brut prior. This 2008 seemed smoother and less complex in comparison, but apparently has a very signature Dom Perignon profile. It seemed a bit more mineral, and less fruit, though a bit more bread dough and yeast notes.
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2/9/2022 - aquacongas wrote: 95 Points
blind
I guessed Comes de Champagne 2008 because it was elegant and not so powerful as usually. Very different experience. Till now always very expressive. 95
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2/8/2022 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
First glass out of newly opened bottle. This is just so backward, a little tight, showing lots of dry extract - like a coiled spring. Incredibly pure and focused, and so young. This has tremendous potential and probably will merit a higher score in due course.
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2/6/2022 - mchern02 wrote: 96 Points
Gave it about 45 minutes of air and was singing. Cornucopia of white and citrus fruit with fresh lime, lemon peel, lemon oil, crisp apple, seaside and oyster shell.
Cool, rich and minerally body with citrus forward flavors, multi dimensional, with dense layers of weight and flavors leading into a long finish. Unbelievable length and balance with a firm acidity and huge body
A wee baby but singing already and upside from here. For me the best DP vintage I’ve had. Fantastic!
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2/1/2022 - Kim Gerner wrote: 93 Points
2008 champagne tasting of medium quality producers (FOF): The quality level from these medium quality producers is as expected far from the level delivered by producers tasted at my 2008 champagne tastings from top producers. No surprise but good to know.
This wine: This was the only prestige cuvee in this tastning from a top producer. Medium lemon color. Aromas of bread dough, lemon, apricot, High intensity. A little too rich and a little to much sugar like Roger Brun "Cuvee des Sires" 2008. Although I know DP is not cool among many wine lovers I ususally end with excellent-outstanding ratings. 93+
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1/24/2022 - mye wrote:
First time trying this vintage after hearing rave reviews. Great orchard fruit intensity mixed with lively acidity. Great stuff. 2008 really is hard to miss in Champagne.
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1/17/2022 - HHerr Likes this wine: 94 Points
Always great for a special occasion. I haven’t had a poor showing from this vintage yet.
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1/16/2022 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Popped and poured. This is terrific but it’s a little tightly wound, holding a lot back. Beautiful floral nose. Pure white peach, lemon, a little seashell and brioche come through on the palate. Relatively full bodied, poised and finishing long and satisfying this will have a long life ahead of it.
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1/9/2022 - wcf1946 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Way overhyped for the quality. For $246 I would rate it a ZERO. Good, not great. Piper-Heidsieck Red is better IMHO.
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1/1/2022 - ozyloy wrote: 94 Points
Clear pale lemon.
An initially somewhat shy and just slightly reductive nose opened up fairly quickly to ripening apples, lemon, youthful peach, white florals, with hints of seashell pebble and toast.
Searingly high acidity, full body, medium+ intensity and a long finish. In the mouth this came across as much more elegant rather than opulent.
While not closed by any means, the wine wasn't all that giving relative to what its reputation would otherwise suggest. It feels like this might put on more depth later on and could still use a few more years. An easy 93-94 now.
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1/1/2022 - SeaSmoke wrote: 95 Points
Lemon curd, fresh apples, lemons, white pepper, flowers, sweet spices, and limestone minerals on the nose and palate. The color is a beautiful straw yellow. This is drinking so beautifully with perfect acidity on the long finish.
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12/31/2021 - sburtt wrote: flawed
possibly slightly defected by the cork, nose quite dull and mild TCA, palate quite energetic and lovely bubble, but couldn't really enjoy this bottle much, and I hope the issue is the cork
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12/31/2021 - Claes K wrote: 94 Points
Mycket god, perfekt
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12/28/2021 - Wine_Bear Likes this wine: 97 Points
Tasted with Bollinger Grand Année 2012 and Krug Grande Cuvée 160eme. All three were spectacular. We were unable to choose a favorite.
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12/24/2021 - shifter Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened from ice and let breathe and warm for 45 min. Not extremely open today but not completely shut down either. I think this is in a bit of a transitional state, but still a very enjoyable drink with a touch of brioche and citrus on the nose and grapefruit and lemon curd with a streak of minerality on the palate, enveloped in a silky mouthfeel. The best is ahead.
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12/23/2021 - Cailles wrote: 96 Points
Mostly Champagne & Burgs (VVF, Krug, DP, Rousseau, Fourrier, ): I’ve tasted this vintage every year since it hit the market back in 2018 and with every year this gets better and better. This was clearly the best bottle yet which beautifully showcased the immense potential and complexity with a precision and linearity that is stunning (the best in any 08 I’ve had to date). Still, and especially compared to the seductive, round and ready-to-go Krug 169eme in the next glass (rated 96 pts), this will need many more years to open up more, unlock everything it has in store, become rounder and more harmonious. Nevertheless, this is the first bottle of DP 08 that really excites me.
TN: Rather backward nose. On the palate is more giving with hyper pure and precise lime, citrus, apple, peach notes, herbs, lots of minerality. For the first time in a DP 08, some bakery notes add to the complexity. As mentioned, impressive contours, so precise, so linear. High but perfectly round acidity, very light and very fine mousse but in terms of roundness and elegance not yet there but that’s just a matter of time.
Decanting: Not decanted, good from the go (and gone too quickly, so I don’t know if more aeration would have changed things).
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12/23/2021 - KenK Likes this wine: 96 Points
Served along side the 2008 Krug, this was excellent and showy. Deep rich full fruit perfectly offset by the acid bright frame. Simply delecisou once again. Showed more pinot character and fuller body vs the also excellent Krug.
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12/22/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 98 Points
Tasted blind. An even better showing than last time. Amazing Champagne with overt brioche and citrus oil note. Wowed everyone at the table in this 20 bottle line up. Don you hate when everyone brings iconic and rare grower bottles and the 7millon bottle Dom production comes out on top, haha, such is life... I thought it was a Krug Grand Cuvee stylistically. Outstanding.
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12/21/2021 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Tasted blind as part of a Champagne and Burgundy tasting (plus pirates). Incredibly fresh pear and green apple fruit, very fine brioche and just hints of red berry fruit. After a while this developed a fresh, almost white Burgundy-like touch. The palate is delicate, precise and refined. Perfect harmony with sharp delineation of aromas and plenty of citric freshness. Among the 2008s, this deserves a spot amongst the best of the best. 4th time I’ve had this since release and clearly the best bottle so far, underscoring how a few years of bottle age can already have a big impact. Also along with the 1996 the best DP vintage I’ve tasted to date. In this tasting this was only surpassed by Krug (169).
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12/21/2021 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 97 Points
After a slight disappointment with the 2004 a few weeks ago (it was kind of in between, lost its original freshness and hasn‘t developped tertiary aromatics yet), I was really stunned by this wine. Also important to mention that we tasted it blind next to the Krug Grand Cuvée 169. And it totally stood up to the big challenge. Amazing aromatics of citrus, lemon oil, brioche, autolytic notes, also some tobacco leaf. It‘s full-bodied and structured, with high acidity and just perfect overall balance at this young stage. Long finish with a slight creaminess that is beautifully balanced by the excellent freshness and the crystalline 2008 character. One of the very best Dom Perignons I can remember and a great wine in the making.
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12/21/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
This had already begun to deepen and fill in as opposed to a bottle drunk one year ago. This should be a great vintage of DP in time. 93+
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12/19/2021 - Lehto Likes this wine: 95 Points
Still a young and vibrant color starting to show signs of turning a bit golden.
Now the nose... Oh man. First you're met by green and yellow apple smothered in citrus and lemon zest, then it's followed by brioche, salty buttered popcorn, toasted nuts and a sea breeze. Lastly there's a bit vanilla toffee and gunpowder to finish it all off. Literally layer on layer on layer of goodness...
The palate shows apple as well with a strong citrus and acidic backbone. Such a fruitful and creamy feeling with a strong energetic kick to it. Creaminess from butter, autolytic and some pickled lemon. Finish gives caramel and coffee with the most gorgeous saline and salty minerality and a complete cleansing acidity from the absolutely top tier vintage of 2008. The depth, balance and complexity of this wine is just stunning.
I'm giving this a 95 now, but I also think that this wine will go up and beyond over the next decade or two... Possibly 96-97+.
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12/15/2021 - KenK Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fresh clean vibrant with deep layers of beautiful orchard fruits, wet stony mineral, and a tang of lemon zest. Gorgeous
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12/10/2021 - AValdes Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dom Perignon P2/P3 Dinner (New York City): (En Jero) Only a single glass. A great way to start the evening. I've had this in 750 on a couple occasions and found it zippy and not as astringent as I find other young, quality champagne. Here I feel the format made a difference - it had good energy like the 750 but a rounder quality making it easier to drink.
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12/10/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
DP Extravaganza! (Friend's place): From a jero. Not sure why big bottles formats seem to have such a bigger impact on champagne but they do. This was young and lovely and bright and of course too young but still very sippable.
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12/9/2021 - Bob Bimon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bra och gott (!) men ändå under förväntan jämfört med andra bättre champagner som Cristial och LGA som jag uppskattar mer. Undrar om något sluten? Är det bara mer Pinot Noir vi saknar? Ska vänta ett rejält bra tag till nästa flaska. Mest i förhoppning att den ska bli annorlunda. Ska väl dricka en del BdB också bara för att se vad för stil jag egentligen gillar bäst.
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12/7/2021 - post@abhfoto.no Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dont Know what i expected, but this was:
Young, energized, in-your-face, delicate and deep.
All contradictionary but true. Cant wait to try it again in 10 years.
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12/5/2021 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 Points
SLDS Decadence 2021: Fruit forward, dips into orange, apples, peach and pear. Finely balanced, with the sweet fruit cut through but a tense acid line. Excellent, but just beat up a bit by the 2008 Champagne (Taittinger CdC & Krug) either side of it.
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12/5/2021 - kcdutt Likes this wine: 95 Points
Amazing wine from the Gilos
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11/30/2021 - Eriklainen wrote:
Awesome. Better than the Cristal 2008 I think. Like the body better. And contrary to my guess I prefer the 2010 to this, the 2008. The 2008 vintage has so much acid to offer, a little too much in my opinion. But for the rest, and with time, this will be smashing.
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11/26/2021 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
From magnum, such energy and freshness. A complete and delicious Champagne that’s so good even a magnum could never be enough. I can’t recall liking another youngish vintage of Dom quite this much.
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11/26/2021 - aquacongas wrote: 98 Points
not blind
At Dom Perignon Hautvillers
Blanc 2012, 2010, 2008, P2 2003, P2 2002, P2 1998, P3 1992
Rose 20008, 2006, P2 1995
2012
typical nose after oyster shell, toast, refreshing acidity, citrus, well drinkable at the moment. Dosage between 4-6g/L. I preferred against 2010. 96
2010
more reluctant compared to 2012, some exotic fruits, makes fun to drink it now. Not the potential as 2008. 93
2008
Still great to drink. Lush, exotic fruits, sea breeze, balanced, powerful, still fresh. Roasted almonds, salted caramell. 98
P2 2003
Feels broader than the P2 2002, less acidity, lots of mango and pineapple, less oyster shell than 2002. 94
P2 2002
more acidity than 2003, but my problem with this wine, it has an unnecessary high dosage. 95
P2 1998
More complex and structured than 2002 at the moment, some nice honey notes to give depth and creamieness. 96
Rose 2008
The nose is full of red berries and red apples, some black currant. A sublime champagne which will be released next week. Raspberry sirup but still elegant and powerful. 97
Rose 2006
For a 2006 good but no chance against 2008. Maybe a hint too alcoholic and the finish too short. 94
P2 Rose 1995
PN nose, comparable to a Musigny, smoky, flinty, balanced, at least 10 more years. 97
P3 1992
Unbelievable fresh, toasty, citric and just a touch of rostaed aromas. Nice 1992. 96
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11/20/2021 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points
This wine had a light yellow center, clear rims, and solid effervescence. The medium intensity nose seemed a bit closed but offered up macaroons, citrus, vanilla, and minerals.
In the mouth, this wine was seamless, just like the nose. It was gorgeously balanced with acidity that was good, and got even stronger, with air.
This is still a bit young but it is gorgeous for the regular cuvee! I would easily bet on a couple more points with 5-10 years in the cellar.
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11/20/2021 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
JK's 50th Birthday: Creamier mousse than 06 magnum, pinching, deep, sweet and balanced. 94+
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11/14/2021 - Hjung wrote:
제주신라호텔에서 40만원대에 마심.
맛있었음. 2003p2 > 2008 > 모엣샹동 2008빈티지 > 돔페리뇽 2010레이디가가 순으로 맛있음
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11/13/2021 - birdeaux Likes this wine: 94 Points
I’ve always been a fan of Dom, but expected a bit more from the 2008 vintage. It’s a very good champagne, and while I certainly enjoyed it, memories from a 2008 Cristal experience leave me thinking that those wines may very well be similar in price, but aren’t in the same league for 2008.
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11/10/2021 - BradE wrote:
A very good vintage for DP, that drinks well and will no doubt age indefinitely.
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10/23/2021 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Succulent sweet yellow fruit driven nose, lemon curd, fresh apple, candied lemon peel, white pepper, flowers, beeswax, sweet spices and strong limestone mineral. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated sweet yellow fruit, generous fine mousse, rich and sweet but also precise and focused, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with smoke and baked apple at the end. This is a bit more developed example. Although not as elegant as the best examples, this shows impressive concentration.
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10/23/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Wine Spectator 40th Anniversary; 10/21/2021-10/23/2021 (Marriott Marquis): Continues to be a great wine but almost feel a bit bad drinking so young since this feels like one of the ones that will age stupendously. It’s bright and fresh and just slightly tight.
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10/23/2021 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
blind, Magnum
The nose is completely distinctive. So DP, toasted toast and oyster shell. Fresh as a sea breeze. Not too sweet. Will live at least for 2 more decades. 97
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10/19/2021 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Rome, Florence, Bologna - Delayed 60th birthday trip; 10/19/2021-11/1/2021 (Rome, Florence, Bologna): Served in Emirates First Class on the way to Milan - paired with caviar service - so this was pretty awesome. Still super young and racy but worked really well the caviar and blinis.
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10/18/2021 - Francois Le Mouel Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful and ultra classy Champagne. Celebrating my daughter's 18th birthday in Negril and I thought this would be a perfect pick. Very fine, with lemon, notes of brioche, fresh butter and high minerality...as sharp as a high quality Japanese chef knife. My two remaining bottles will age slowly for at least another 10 years...this is still a baby.
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10/10/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points
Dom Pérignon / Vosne-Romanée Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant Slagerij De Beurs, Amsterdam, NL): Like a coiled spring. Marvellous intensity and energy. My surpass even the 1996 in ten years’ time. Wait.
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9/24/2021 - Dpark8 Likes this wine: 95 Points
One of the best. Great paring with sushi omakase
Well balanced
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9/23/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points
Sjaak's 40th birthday dinner (Groot-Ammers, Netherlands): Extremely youthful, tight and minerally but already completely harmonious, seamless and with inimitable DP character. Will be great but needs (much) more time, should have 98 point potential.
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9/20/2021 - OhPorto Likes this wine: 94 Points
This Dom is already drinking great. Still quite primary but drinks so easily. Just delicious stuff. I didn’t really get as much of the yeastiness or smokiness you’d normally expect from a Dom, but this is will likely emerge with further age. My companion, who doesn’t usually care for reduction-oriented champagne, enjoyed this immensely. A real treat.
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9/18/2021 - Vancouver Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful light gold color.
The aromas are surprisingly youthful with fresh citrus notes (some of them honeyed) , pear and autolytics (fresh pastry) . In spite of the youthfulness there is some definite ripeness of the nose.
Medium plus in body with high and mouth watering acidity keeping things fresh. Just a gorgeous mouthfeel with lots if citrus, pear and mineral notes (saline). the finish is long and savory.
This stuff is delicious now , will likely gain complexity in the bottle (I have three left) and I suspect will last "indefinitely" in a cold cellar. Very well done!
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9/10/2021 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
Acker Auction BYO (Craft NYC): Magnum. Very impressive with incredible power and decadence. Concentrated palate with toasty fruit and a highly energetic bead.
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9/10/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Acker's COVID-Vaccinated BYO Dinner and Auction Simulcast (Craft - New York NY): Small glass from magnum, brief note. Apple and baked apple with savory spice. Very good density, slightly backward for now. Layered and intriguing, even if not fully forthcoming right now. 94-95 point potential.
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9/5/2021 - cobbpa Likes this wine:
Juicy orchard fruits with bits of toasty tones here & there. Great texture, some chalk to the acidity, and a lengthy finish. While this was delicious and in great balance, it felt either too young or starting to shut down. Great, with better days ahead
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9/5/2021 - vetty Likes this wine: 94 Points
open to drink, not in a closed stage. very enjoyable.
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9/4/2021 - the player Likes this wine: 93 Points
I think it best to leave this DP a couple of years before retesting as it has lost a bit of its depth and complexity of a year ago. Straw golden color, vivacious bubbles, nose of perfumed brioche, orchard fruits, lemon zest and chalk. Very fresh on the palate, great minerality and a slightly buttery finish. Needs time. I will attack my 2002 soon!
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9/4/2021 - WST Likes this wine:
These were delicious upon release, then shut down for a while. They seem to be entering another nice drinking window. No harm in opening one now, but they’ll be better in years to come. Lemon and orange cream, the sweet brioche, mineral oyster shells. A nice mouthfeel with a long finish and a perfect bead.
We had a ‘96 for our anniversary a couple of weeks ago. It was this, plus coffee and hazelnut notes. I can’t wait to revisit the ‘08 in a decade.
I’ve heard good things about the just release 2012. It is remarkable they achieve such quality with such high production.
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9/3/2021 - thewiz Likes this wine: 95 Points
(Disgorged in 2018, 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay)
Light yellow colour with a wonderful nose showing gunpowder, baked bread and nuts. Opens up with wonderful layers of roasted coffee, seashells and citrus flowers as well in a delicious way. Softened citrus acidity on the very fruitful palate also showing a nice creaminess before a zesty bitterness takes over on the lengthy finish and also showing a lovely saltiness on the lips. Nice and pleasant, still showing its youthful intensity, but with time in the glass it start to show signs of the transformation into the next phase.
(Best 2023-2038)
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8/28/2021 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Euming's 40th Birthday (Kingyo, Telok Ayer): Delicious, even if this felt rather tighter than previous bottles. The nose was more expressive than the 2008 Cristal poured alongside, with baked goods aromas of bread and flour and eggs, then ripe apples and a touch of cherry flesh. With time, a little drift of earthy notes just started creeping in. Nice. The palate somehow felt a little less expressive, less generous than previous bottles though, only slowly opening up over time in the glass. It was still very fine nonetheless, with perfectly judged acidity and an elegant bead framing really pure, quietly assertive flavours of apples and cherry flesh, laced on the midpalate with a lovely spine of stone and lemon pith that then traced its way into a beautifully filigreed finish. A more delicious, slightly richer mouthful than the spare and uber-elegant Cristal at this point, this was a really lovely Champagne.
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8/25/2021 - aquacongas wrote: 97 Points
not blind, Magnum
This is always fun, still very open and not in a closed stage. Seabreeze, oyster shell, toasted toast, lushy. Phantastic. Fun for the next 3 decades. 97(99)
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8/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
TS Birthday Gathering (CdC/DP/old Dominus/Latour): It has been almost a year since I’ve tried this the last time and it keeps improving. More open and expressive, softer structure, better balance,... Already today, this is quite impressive as it is so fresh and airy with a superb delineation. It is slowly getting into the zone but it seems still at least 10 years away from reaching a first peak. I will continue to hold on to my bottles for at least a couple of years. 94/95 points today with potential for more. Maybe with a bit of air, this could have reached the 95+ category already today.
TN: Medium+ expressive nose displaying yellow fruit and lemon, minerality and herbs. Not yet super complex on the nose but with a laser sharp precision. The palate is more impressive with an impeccable structure with superb freshness, a light and airy texture, very fine mousse and good aromatic intensity combined with the aforementioned high precision. Lemon, apple, pear, a strong minerality, some first brioche/bakery/honey aromas appearing. Overall very harmonious and balanced - for the first time for me.
Decanting: PnP, got better with air but couldn’t really following it for too long. At this stage, this needs some air, in my opinion.
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8/22/2021 - ThalesGaspar Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is really good, keeps invinting you for another sip.
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8/14/2021 - Richard.schmit Likes this wine: 97 Points
great bottle, nice color. nose with nuts and citrus. after some time it revealed the toasty structure (decant it?). long finish. great structure to have with nice food.
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8/9/2021 - shifter Likes this wine: 94 Points
Anniversary 2021: Pop and pour. Needed an hour to shine. Citrus zest, vanillin and toast points on the nose. Palate is lemon curd, warm notes and bright acidity. Showing very well, but still so much more room to develop.
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8/7/2021 - CMN wrote:
Pale yellow in glass. Yellow citrus (grapefruit, lemon), yeast and minerals. Quite dry with a fine and persistent bead and high acidity. Long finish. Shows young. While tasty, best to hold off for 5-10 years.
Second time with this wine and similar impressions to the first tasting a year ago.
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8/2/2021 - JimHow Likes this wine: 95 Points
2008 Dom Perignon
This wine never seems to disappoint.
Still very youthful but I still say it is offering up a lot now.
I'm no expert on Dom Perignon but I've been lucky to have my share over the years, this one was right up there with the stuff that Stuart has brought to various dinners, and the 1996 that Winona Chief brought to the back deck a few years back.
We had it with the lobster, wow, it was absolute heaven. The Maine soft shell lobster was in absolute midsummer peak form, so sweet.
I got six of them for the three of us and they did not go to waste!
Rating: 95 points.
JimHow
www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com
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8/1/2021 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
We have sung praises about this superb wine many many times and on this occasion for sundown drinks in beautiful Athens riviera was just the number to set things off. Effortlessly elegant, bright yet subtle, soft yet with so much depth of flavour profile and energy. A superb wine and a great DP. 95 once again
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7/30/2021 - Atlanticjewel Likes this wine: 96 Points
Melt in the mouth stuff. Wow.. upon popping it, we let it sit for a about 90 minutes to open it up and it certainly paid dividends with the notes evolving nonchalantly throughout that time frame. A beautiful layering of flavors and just pure joy on the palate. A real treat indeed and so much more still to come. Delicious and delightful champagne
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7/28/2021 - devraj Likes this wine: 96 Points
Light yellow with fine beads. Gorgeous nose that shows a lot of flowers, lemon zest, sliced apples and wet rocks. The palate shows tremendous balance to the focused citrus fruit and hint of honeysuckle lushness, great acidity, and a very long finish redolent of florals and minerals. This is superb.
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7/27/2021 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tasted with Xavier94, full straw color with lively bead; fairly slow to open up with apple and pear, eventually some lemon citrus notes; more dry and austere on palate, stony salinity; gets ethereal with wafting white floral notes, “lean and clean”, then it hits you with waves of baking spices and richness. Very early in a long life to come. Patience required!
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7/27/2021 - Xavier94 wrote: 94 Points
Took more time, initially, to start singing but the freshness versus the yeasty complexity is stylish and distinctive. This unfolds over several hours like a flower and starts to show an impressive lemon compote base of fruit with green pear and apple. Long, toasty and fresh with plenty of salted minerals and white spring flowers. Needs some time to come together. I would suggest a slow oxidation to allow the aromas to open out. YOUNG. 93-94.
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7/25/2021 - tbabes wrote: 95 Points
An impressive showing, with notes of crushed stones, ripe white fruits, spice, brioche; hints of brioche. Medium bodied, with great concentration and richness, fantastic acidity, good precision and grip on the long finish. This will surely continue to age and improve for decades!
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7/25/2021 - jhngo wrote: flawed
This was really muted. Almost no flavors and very little acids. Nothing like how it should be. Not corked but for sure not right.
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7/24/2021 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 96 Points
Two years since my last tasting of this, and it has really moved up a notch. The youthfulness has evolved into a well-balanced and irresistible package, with same tension and precision, but better rounded fruit. Still orchard fruit-dominated but I got more apple and Meyer lemon than before. Just wonderful.
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7/23/2021 - Livermore wrote: 92 Points
Fruity and multilayeyered. Not as good as last time thouh.
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7/23/2021 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
A lost Friday afternoon gathering Champagne and Burgundy (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Extremely fresh example showing perfectly pure white fruit with a hint of yellow, fresh lemon, candied lemon peel, pear, granny smith, sweet spice, rain water, honey and crushed rocks. Incredibly elegant, very finely layered pure white fruit, airy and beautifully detailed, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long perfectly ripe white fruit driven finish with honey and white flower at the end. This is the perfect expression of the 08 DP, i.e. so elegant and pure yet with incredibly energy.
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7/22/2021 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
@Ancora restaurant with BOBBY-BDay-Boy
-green apple flesh in color, intense bubbles
-some brioche, but lots of green apple off the nose
-effervescent, some nutty brioche notes, frothy, medium plus finish.
The bottle was great, but seemed a 'hair' off from my last bottle. That being said, delicious juice. Cheers!
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7/18/2021 - jamesabdavis Likes this wine:
Absolutely beautiful. Fresh and taut, just a hint of the autolytic flavours that will make this a wonderful wine to follow over many years. I love Dom at this stage.
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7/17/2021 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 93 Points
10 years after Riesling tasting - 2011 (Restaurant Waldhorn, Kirchheim, Germany): Glass: Sophienwald Universal
From Magnum. Seemed a bit sweeter to me as my previous bottles. Nevertheless, a beautiful, young, energetic Champagne with a great upscale potential. Happy to follow up on this over the next two decades. 93+
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7/8/2021 - Peech Likes this wine: 94 Points
nice and very toasty brioche. Good balance on the palate, good depth with a long finish.
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7/3/2021 - dbg wrote:
Cellared since release. Pale yellow/gold. More expressive and open thavthe last bottle 18 months ago. Citrus, apple, spice, floral and yeasty/ready notes on the nose. Great depth and power, ripe yellow fruits, excellent minerally acidty, well balanced. Has developed beautifully in the last couple years but I expect even more complexity over time. Excellent-outstanding.
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7/2/2021 - bill00 wrote: 96 Points
Excellent DP. Great balance of richness of texture with backing acidity.
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6/30/2021 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Dinner with Charles M - Champagnes and Burgundies (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Expressive nose displaying sweet rich yellow fruit with a hint of white, lemon curd, baked apple, honey, honeysuckle, white pepper and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of sweet yellow fruit, rich and opulent yet beautifully balanced, find generous mousse, bright acidity and strong limestone mineral, and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. It has gained weight and the fruit is more yellow compare to a year ago. This will develop beautifully.
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6/25/2021 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pronounced nose intensity of toast, yeasty, lemon, bread. High acidity.
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6/25/2021 - Matt T wrote: 96 Points
This is a really excellent Dom. Elegant with lemon lime notes and stone fruit. Simply packed with fruit and very long, yet still maintaining a clear line of acid.
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6/22/2021 - bucktooth22 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Drank in 2021. Perfection. Paired with oysters, charcuterie, soft cheese.
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6/21/2021 - EDO89 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Full on straw color. Fine slow perlage. Powerful nose, smoky, toasty, green/yellow apple, fresh citrus, and mineral tones. Palate is round and soft on entry, spices come through on the mid palate, and the finish is all mineral. A game between freshness and sapidity. Fresh citrus cleans the palate and then the salinity comes in with oyster shell and seawater, ending in a distinct note of hazelnut. An endless finish, keeps on going for minutes. Layered, complex, energetic wine. Needs no introduction but certainly still a baby in my book. Lay down for a few years.
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6/20/2021 - vinkeger wrote: 95 Points
Veldig ren og noe trang ved åpning. Ung, fresh, hvit og grønn i frukten. Fokusert. Legger på seg noe kaffe med luft, men forblir på den elegante og transparente siden. Veldig smidig i munn. Nydelig konsentrert hvit frukt og en stram og balansert syre. Sitter som et skudd. Skinke og marsipan i finish. Blir betydelig bedre i glasset. Selvfølgelig ung nå. Fra 2028?
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6/20/2021 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 Points
Ok, last time i was being nice. This time, I will dare say, To me, this Champagne is more hype than anything mind blowing. Yesterday afternoon, this was totally outclassed by a Comtes de Champagne 2006 drank side by side. At the end, the Comtes was dust and there was a 3/4 of a bottle of Dom left between 3 experienced drinkers (me, not being one of them), and we unanimously agreed that while this and the CdC are only 2 years apart and age was not a factor, the cdc kept pulling away. In comparison, this was far more energetic with much acidity and finer bubbles, but shot its load within 75 minutes and totally lost steam. I am not a fan of 2008 Dom, and won't buy any more, but always happy to drink yours! I still own a few, but will hold this and see what happens. HOLD
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6/20/2021 - LWI wrote: 94 Points
Minerals, citrus, most structured, glorious length, intense wine, already complex. Promising much more.
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6/19/2021 - Papies wrote:
The Society of St Tryfon Dinner (The RAC, London): Second bottle of the evening and felt like an inferior bottle to the first one ( Papies 95) . Shy-er bottle, less expressive and we discussed if their was a hint of cork that could explain the inferior level. A very good wine but less impressive than the one before so we will avoid rating here. If we would have done so it would have been 92-93. Maybe an onset of cork..
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6/19/2021 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
The Society of St Tryfon Dinner (The RAC, London): Bottle one of two bottles of the day . Signature DP beauty here. Effortless, bright yet balanced , lighter on the nose than we remember but every bit as beautiful like the bottle we had a month or so ago ( Papies 95) . Soft ripe feel, honey, light toasty and just so precise. Superb once again and just thinking this wine is at the start of its journey makes us very happy to own quite a few more. 95
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6/19/2021 - ajefferyhbd@gmail.com Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful, rich, full toasty notes, long taste,
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6/17/2021 - Kim Gerner wrote: 94 Points
2008 top champagnes - horisontal wine tasting dinner (Rest PG (kg arr)): For me DP was - together with Comtes de Champagne´and Winston Churchill 08 - the evening's no. 3. My rating is based on performance right now so it can drink now but will undoubtedly develop more complex notes in the coming years. I look forward to following the development in my other btls. - If I only had one btl. I would definitely wait at least 5 years.
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6/14/2021 - Pschnipper Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lemon, lime, green apples, buttermilk, brioche on the nose. Zingy acidity and creaminess on the palate. Will benefit from at least a few more years in the cellar.
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6/12/2021 - WildeMeeuw Likes this wine: 97 Points
Kleur: Bleekgeel met een verfijnde mousse. Aroma / bouquet: Complex aroma met zowel frisse tonen van limoen en appel als rijpere tonen van gist, versgebakken stokbrood, nougat, amandeltjes en een zachte hint van madeira. Smaak / Afdronk: Aangename frisse zuurgraad met een zachte mousse, filmend mondgevoel, mondvullend en met een briljante complexiteit. Spannend door de combinatie van uitgesproken frisse en even uitgesproken rijke tonen, vitaal en met een serieus lange afdronk. Algemeen / potentieel: Een van mijn beste jaargangen Dom Pérignon ooit! 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 14 + Smaak / Afdronk: 19 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 97/100
Colour: Pale yellow with a refined mousse. Aroma / bouquet: Complex aroma with fresh notes of lime and apple as well as more mature notes of yeast, freshly baked baguette, nougat, almonds and a soft hint of madeira. Taste / Aftertaste: Pleasant fresh acidity with a soft mousse, filmy mouthfeel, mouth-filling and with a brilliant complexity. Exciting due to the combination of distinctly fresh and equally distinctly rich tones, vital and with a seriously long finish. General / potential: One of my best vintages of Dom Pérignon ever! 50 + Colour: 5 + Aroma / Bouquet: 14 + Taste / Aftertaste: 19 + General / Potential: 9 = 97/100
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6/12/2021 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
blind
nailed it. Still a great fun making champagne for the 20-30 years. 97
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6/8/2021 - Brolawa Likes this wine: 95 Points
I've had two bottles of this since taking receipt of a case. I can safely say that this champagne is spectacular. A beautiful nose of mineral, earth and fruit. Well-balanced throughout vertical - not too crisp or sweet.
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6/6/2021 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 94 Points
A belated 20th anniversary celebration.
Delicate and floral on the nose with sweet citrus and lemon zest, more lemon, green apple and power on the palate than I expected from the nose. Incredible lengthy finish. Mousse was delicate and fine.
Overall a wonderful bottle if a bit young.
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6/5/2021 - HRT wrote:
Too young. Nose of green apples, citrus. Lively acidity, yet creamy. Very long finish. This will age for years.
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6/5/2021 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Expressive nose displaying concentrated sweet yellow citrus, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, baked apple, white peach, honeysuckle, white pepper, flowers, limestone, beeswax and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of ripe yellow fruit, generous very fine mousse, rich and opulent but also precise and nicely balanced, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with honeysuckle and baked apple at the end. This bottle is a bit more developed than the previous.
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6/4/2021 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
@Ancora
Lime green
Green apples, brioche,almonds
Lots of mousse, long finish, mint, lime, buttery bread
Delicious bottle. Such a solid producer. Will age well!
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5/30/2021 - Kirk Grant wrote:
While this was excellent, it was also in a phase where it clearly needs time & patience at this stage. I will be waiting at least another 2-3 years before I check back in on this.
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5/27/2021 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 96 Points
Some pre-wedding wines before a massive steak dinner. 2008 is just a wonderful vintage and am so glad I bought 8-9 bottles of this. Nice toasty, almond notes. Some light cream on the mid-palate. Wonderful!
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5/26/2021 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 91 Points
My mom brought this to drink on my roof deck.
Lemon zest, melon, apples, brioche, biscuit (think southern US style), river rocks. Steely and mineral toward the end of the palate. Mousse is pretty soft; but the structure is there for this to keep a long time. Good acidity too. Developing.
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5/25/2021 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
4 of 24 Pnp this bottle was superior to the bottle last week....this had that 2008 energy that I find quite appealing ....
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5/25/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 93 Points
Yeast, lemon, grapefruit, mineral. High acidity, unfortunately it was not served cold enough and hence affecting the taste. Using the right glasses is important as well.
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5/19/2021 - paul195 wrote: 93 Points
3 of 24 Starting to quiet down, still has good lift and volume but seems to be moving into next phase, less explosive mousse, more focused flavors. Still excellent
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5/18/2021 - hajoha wrote: 93 Points
Dom Perignon 2008
"Steely" som bare det.
Her er vi 20 år unna prime time.
Små bobler - flott munnfølelse.
Konsentrert og fresh, men veldig knytt i frukten.
Enormt potensiale her.
Meget lang. 93p med mye å hente.
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5/16/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote:
COVID-19 in the Rear-View Mirror...with Lots of Dom Perignon (Park Ridge Country Club): So much here, but seemingly slightly less accessible vs previous bottles. Layered, complex and unfolding in very exciting ways, once again showing its 94-95+ point potential.
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5/12/2021 - cephomer Likes this wine: 95 Points
Began our first in-person blind tasting of the Xtremo Boyz post-Covid last nite with this beauty. I hadn't yet tasted the 08, tho I'd heard many good things in advance--All True! Nose of toast, brioche and white flowers. Lovely flavors of brioche, toast and smoke on the palate. There's a hint of citrus--lime in particular, and a good dose of minerality. Quite soft and elegant, with sufficient but not overwhelming acidity. Exceedingly long finish exuding minerals and bread. Surprisingly approachable in its infancy. Quite a delicious Dom. Thank you J$ for this treat!
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5/9/2021 - zanksta Likes this wine:
This is terrific. The best post-millennial DP yet, IMO.
Opened, then chilled in ice for an hour. Bubbles geysered at first pour but quickly settled down and become more fine and delicate. Fruitier than most (all?) post-2000 DP but still toasty. Slightly less dry than most other brut champagne, which works very well here.
Absolutely buying more of this.
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5/8/2021 - fred o. Likes this wine: 95 Points
burgers in the backyard: Olive golden color with delicate bead.
Nose smoky, still some reduction.
Palate initial reduction giving away to golden fruits, lemony fruits, stony minerals. Wonderful depth and balance. Starting to open up, I think?
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5/8/2021 - Peterbolsson Likes this wine: 90 Points
Need more years.
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5/8/2021 - Peterbolsson Likes this wine: 90 Points
Need more aging.
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5/8/2021 - The_Cat Likes this wine: 96 Points
Blinky golden color with nice fine bubbles. exuberant flavors of roasted almonds pink grapefruit grenadine apple and some caramel fudge. Full bodied with nice acidity and super long vibrant finish.
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5/7/2021 - uncorked.fr wrote:
A very delicate and finely made champagne. That being said, we found it to be a bit one-note for our personal tastes. I imagine that should change with more time in the cellar.
APPEARANCE:
Color & intensity: pale lemon
NOSE:
Intensity: medium
Aromas: green apple, crushed chalk, lemon, bread dough, toasted almond, white flowers
Development: developing
PALATE:
Sweetness: dry
Acidity: medium (+)
Alcohol: medium
Body: medium
Mousse: delicate
Intensity: medium (+)
Flavors: green apple, crushed chalk, lemon, lemon zest, bread dough, smoke, hint of salt
Finish: medium (+)
CONCLUSIONS:
Quality level: very good
Potential for ageing: can drink now (although it is still too young for our personal tastes), with good potential for further ageing
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5/7/2021 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
Lunch beyond Superlatives (The RAC, London): Effortless elegance and class here and frankly albeit a youngish wine for DP standards this is truly exquisite and full of promise for the future. Bright and energetic, very polished, soft honey touches, soft toasty feel at times. Really a class act and a reminder of what a great wine this is , as Richard Geoffroy used to say “ I try to make grand cru burgundy and the bubbles come as a bonus” 95-96
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5/4/2021 - christyler Likes this wine: 95 Points
The real deal. Killer texture and absolutely delicious.
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5/1/2021 - gediminasbielskus Likes this wine: 88 Points
A very nice wine with a fair bit of oyster shell liberality and richness that develops with time in glass we compared to the 08 Cristal and 08 Clos de Goisses and I really didn't see what the fuss is all about with Dom. Further we opened a 2012 Moet Vintage and I became a bit annoyed by how little difference there seemed to be between the much cheaper bottle and the prestige. I'm not as crazy about prestige cuvee and I think growers can walk all over this every day for half the price.
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4/30/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
Spring is upon us- and so time to revisit 2008 Dom Perignon yet again.
bright young champagne color, generous sweet nose, ripe fruit with the classic Dom marshmallow tone now fully showing, white flowers, on the palate ripe and wild orange notes with toasted walnuts leading into a long lime-laden finish that notably less aggressive than in the past- though still quite potent, superb lingering fragrance on the finish, generous and almost overflowing on the palate- the wine is the most approachable it has been yet and so incredibly alluring that one almost fails to notice its impressive mass and scale, still a very long road to maturity but finally reaching a point where it is just as enjoyable as it is impressive.
**(***)+, 2030++
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4/30/2021 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 94 Points
Was drinking alongside vintage 2010. And the differences was that 2008 was sharper, more mineral, acidity compare to the rounder, more toasty and yeasty. In my opinion, 2010 was more approachable now, but for people who prefer blanc de blanc, they will prefer 2008 more.
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4/26/2021 - jhngo Likes this wine: 95 Points
this is killer champagne. really energetic powerful long finish.
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4/18/2021 - dchain Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bright light gold, looks energetic! Lovely mousse, great freshness, loving this fresher more uplifting and citrus style of Dom since the “handover”. The acidity is now more integrated than before is framing the fruit better which is allowed to shine. So energetic and fun and lively. Delicious on the palate, lemon, melon, some light biscuit, wonderful length. Want to drink more of this!
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4/17/2021 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pale lemon, with a satiny perlage. Med aromas of green apple, lemon zest, wet stone, brioche, white flowers. Still quite youthful. Dry, with med (+) acidity, med alcohol. Med (+) intensity and a long, chalky, minerally finish. Excellent balance, with amazing freshness, it appears to be a mere fraction of its age and has great potential for increasing complexity. Outstanding quality, but I have to question the QPR.
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4/9/2021 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice citrusy nose. Excellent acidity with yellow and green apple on the palate, and a bit of toast. Excellent, but I still prefer Krug :)
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4/5/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
A magnificent DOm Perignon. Drink now at your pleasure but no rush.
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4/4/2021 - WST Likes this wine:
Still pretty tight. It needed plenty of air, reaching nearly room temperature to flesh out.
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4/4/2021 - Karinfagerberg3 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nose lovely complex with flowers and a bit yeast. Taste complex, citrussy, a bit saline. Leaner than I would have thought and very elegant. Drank over two days and it improved with time.
Expectations were not quite met. A bit lean so next btl will wait until at least 2023.
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4/2/2021 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
Friday Night at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): From a beautiful magnum and little could have started a celebration as well as this wine.
Bright , energetic, supremely elegant and with a round and balanced feel. The acids are bright but polished, the wine has a lovely rich texture and is simply delicious. An easy 95 and maybe a lot more.
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3/27/2021 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 93 Points
It is always a great pleasure to be able to drink this kind of wines.
On the nose: "typical" Dom Perignon nose, gunpowder, mineral, yeast, toast
On the palate: Gunpowder, mineral, toast, yellow apple
Long finish
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3/24/2021 - Sean Tay wrote: 95 Points
Bread, yeasty, toast. Lots of bubble. Drank >12 bottles for the past 1 years, seem to get better and better.
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3/19/2021 - Jofie Likes this wine: 97 Points
Incredible champagne, which has everything I want. Power, freshness, fruit and nutty, toasty notes - well balanced with a long finish. Drinks very well in my taste right now and is just a pleasure to enjoy.
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3/2/2021 - the player Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious and fresh. Zesty rich orchard fruits, mineral, toast, brioche and very lively on the palate. Finishes long. Great accompaniment to shrimp dishes and sashimi.
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2/26/2021 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decided to give this a try to celebrate my youngest sons birthday. Aromas of toast, citrus, flowers, smoke and wet stone. Flavors of mineral, toast, hint of lime, bread dough and touch of yeast. Ends with a mineral driven finish that lasts 35-40 seconds. This is still young but drinking quite well. Still has some baby fat to shed though. Reminds me somewhat of the 2002 although that wine has had a lot of variation for me. Quite enjoyable though.
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2/15/2021 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Better balance and layers than previous bottles. 93+
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2/13/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
A seriously good Dom. We decanted this for 30 min and it sprung to life. Aromas dominated by white flowers, citrus and brioche, almost felt like a BdB from Agrapart, so young and fresh this was. It added more and more complexity as it sat in the glass. A great vintage for Dom.
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2/6/2021 - MichaelSy Likes this wine: 98 Points
Divine. Incredible length, concentration and power. Balance and finesse are outstanding. A joy to drink.
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1/31/2021 - munktun Likes this wine: 91 Points
n: floral like a lemon tea
p: french baguette, lemon pith, light bubbles. Just a touch of sweetness as in lemon meringue
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1/30/2021 - denerin Likes this wine: 93 Points
Amazing balance and very subtle and complex. Green apples, cream and hand-loation (in a good way), oyster shells, very lightly toasted almonds, a bunch of white flowers, citrus (lemon, orange and pomelo), hint of strawberries. With air it gets even more intens and there is also some brioche showing up. It's a riddle how they can make such a good wine considering the quantity that make.
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1/29/2021 - DrBad Likes this wine: 97 Points
Delicious. Had for aprés ski with a selection of French cheeses and a warmed peppers and goat cheese dish on French bread. Willam Kelly's notes hit the spot for us with Meyer lemon, green apple, dried white flowers and oyster shell, with the oyster shell being a bit more subtle. Incredible balance is how I would describe it. Giving this a 97 although I'm not the most experienced Champagne drinker but I do know this is good!
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1/27/2021 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
blind, from Magnum
nailed it, typical DP and typical 2008 vintage. Lush, toast and a reluctant oyster shell. The power of Magnum. Fresh and balanced. For the next 30 years. 97+
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1/25/2021 - thesternowl wrote: 96 Points
A wine of tremendous energy. Much like other Champagnes of this vintage, the acid plays a starring role which, to some palates, may be a bit much at this early stage in its evolution. However, with some air, it relaxes a bit and begins to show off its character…and this is a wine of tremendous character. Lemons, minerals and smoke dominate now but it’s the sheer depth that pulls you in and won’t let you go. My first experience with the 2008 and I have to say that it met my lofty expectations. This is a legend in the making.
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1/24/2021 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
This was very good. Complex with very fine bubbles that dissipated in the glass faster than I would expect. I struggle with the price/value on this, though. Ann liked it, too.
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1/23/2021 - Bob H wrote:
We initially had this paired with a Wagyu steak tartare tonight, and while it went well with that course, it was still a little tight on opening. But I revisited the wine later in the evening and it had really started to blossom - very likable.
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1/20/2021 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fantastic. Will age beautifully.
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1/20/2021 - GHarmsen Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious - brioche, green apple, light caramel, lemon. Bright refreshing acidity keeps the depth of autolytic character in balance.
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1/20/2021 - jreis Likes this wine:
Opened to celebrate today’s inauguration. Lovely nose of lemon oil, steely minerals and just a hint of biscuit. Still very tightly coiled and not giving its full effect yet. The first thing you notice is how deep and expansive the palate is - really big and expressive. Sharp acidity, crisp Granny Smith apples, a hint of strawberry and lovely, lovely mouse that lingers on the tongue. Just a baby, but a beautiful baby with many, many good years ahead ot it.
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1/20/2021 - Jokofon wrote: 91 Points
Nose: complex aromas of creamy biscuits, cocoa beans, burnt hazel nuts, crepe brûlée, honey
Mouth: dry, high acid, small and dry bubbles, medium body and alcohol, high fruit concentration and long length with citrus and creaminess.
Conclusion: acid, sugar, alcohol, tertiary aromas, everything so well integrated in to a fine ass well matured champagne
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1/9/2021 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
A very impressive show and albeit a young wine for DP standards this shown through and through. Even more impressive is the fact we had this with the 2002 Dom Ruinart ( Papies 94) and even framed against this he 2008 DP was in a class of its own.
Fresh yet very polished, round but very focussed with a soft toasty side. Such an elegance as well and reminded us of Richard Geoffroy’s comment about the elegance of a young DP a few years ago. Very good and with lots of life ahead. The hype around this vintage seems well justified.
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1/9/2021 - matage Likes this wine: 94 Points
Big and powerful. Took about an hours to start opening up but kept evolving over 6 hours. Quite accessible now but with a great future ahead.
Tasted from Zalto Bgn which fit the body of the wine quite well.
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1/7/2021 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Litigators' Wine Dinner (East Treasure, Clarke Quay, Singapore): Delightful as always. This just keeps showing beautifully. The nose was very pretty, with little notes of florals dancing around lemons, apples and a touch of strawberries and cream, all these lined with just a touch of flinty minerality. The palate was absolutely beautiful. Clear, pure, really refined, with the finest mousse and perfectly judged acidity slipping through delicious flavours of crunchy apples, candied lemons, and again, that little touch of strawberry, all gliding away into a nicely mineral finish. Less brioche on both the nose and palate than previous bottles, perhaps a bit more fruit, but altogether very yummy. Perfectly balanced, beautifully integrated, and just absolutely delicious. This was brilliant, and should keep getting better too.
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1/7/2021 - Vino Me wrote: 93 Points
Opened by LostVerse. 2nd time I have had this wine and it seemed slightly off but I think I liked it better than most of the others. Light yellow color. Creamy texture with notes of lemon zest and sweet cream. Softer bead. This was sweeter than the the 2008 Comtes that we drank next to it. Expected more from an 08. This fell in the middle of the previous vintages I've had (92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 00, 02, 04, 06 and 09). 93 points.
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1/2/2021 - mattstolz11 wrote: 94 Points
This was very good. Fine mousse, nose of brioche and lemon cake that carried through to the palate. This feels well integrated already (although I admit my experience with this level of champagne is not extensive) and nothing feels out of balance or overbearing. it has vibrant energy and good precision, but enough body and toastiness to carry it without it feeling too linear or bracing. I get the hype here.
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1/1/2021 - D'Yquembe Mutumbo wrote: 95 Points
Citrus, brioche, white flowers, fresh as a spring day. It's no wonder people love this stuff so much.
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1/1/2021 - Muledog71 Likes this wine: 94 Points
94+ nose of fresh lemon, other citrus(maybe lime) restrained yeast ones too. Palate bursting with acidity, elegance at its finest. A hint of nougat coming through which should blossom with more time in bottle. Magnificent
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12/31/2020 - ieatprawnsss Likes this wine: 96 Points
Excellent - toasted brioche, minerals, tart citrus, green apple. An absolute stunner - will be better in another 3 years, but delicious now.
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12/31/2020 - jay_hawk@yahoo.com Likes this wine: 97 Points
wood and citris on the nose, with dry citrus, honey and some smokiness. Can't wait for next bottle in a few years.
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12/31/2020 - Rune_73 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lovely Champagne!!
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12/31/2020 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 92 Points
Yeast, lemon, grapefruit, mineral. Good bubbles.
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12/30/2020 - Toratein Likes this wine:
Young, but delightful. Will wait for a few years for the next bottles.
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12/30/2020 - Timk257 wrote:
TBD
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12/30/2020 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 93 Points
Requires 20 min in the glass to open up. I’ve had this several times and it’s very consistent. Big and bright up front with nice balance and finish. Enjoyable now but better in 5 years and will hold for decades. Overall- better then the 08 bollinger grande Anne and 08 Veuve grand dame.
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12/30/2020 - La Sprezzatura wrote: 94 Points
nose: intensive aromas of brioche, toast, vanilla. fruity aromas such as quince, green apple, with extreme precision. almost like a sniper.
on the palate very sophisticated and delicate, fresh, intensive but yet elegant perlage, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium+ body, same aromas as in the nose, but with incredible depth, veryvery long finish. hold for another 5-10 y before opening.
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12/25/2020 - AaronMaxwell Likes this wine: 94 Points
Perfect pairing with some wagyu and truffle appetizers!
Delicious champagne -- continuing to be my favorite of the decade.
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12/25/2020 - lepetitchateau wrote:
Against the more expressive 2010, this showed some austerity but that was fleeting, and the brilliance showed through marvelously with muted brioche and yeasty vibrancy.
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12/25/2020 - Isaac L wrote:
This nose on this was a little reductive upon opening and the wine remained closed throughout dinner. Might have been a combination of the Gabriel Glas that it was served in and too high a serving temperature, but this was entirely unlike the bottle we had last Christmas. Not scoring this one - will wait till Christmas 2021 to sample again.
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12/25/2020 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
2 of 24. Better than the last bottle, especially the last glass after open for two hours. Really nice energy and complexity
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12/24/2020 - scappy63 Likes this wine: 92 Points
첫 빈티지 샴페인 시음
이스트향 스모키향 보다는 신선한 시트러스 과일향 위주
입안에퍼지는 기포가 아주 세밀하고 조밀하여 기분이 좋아짐
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12/24/2020 - Rupert wrote:
Fine, mineral, buttery but not at all fat. This is very fine, but it's a bit buttoned up.
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12/24/2020 - tmagsmaken wrote: 91 Points
Good and enjoyable but too young probably to really show its complexity and class. Maybe my expectations were unreasonably high.
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12/23/2020 - J_H Likes this wine: 94 Points
- Nose: For me a somewhat restrained nose at the beginning, youthful to first ripe notes of green apple, grapes, quince and wrapped in yeast, brioche, toast and vanilla. This is very filigree. Nuances of mushroom and forest floor can be detected, but all very polished and filigree. With time, the DP 08 opens up: medium + intense on the nose.
- Mouth: dry, a little more agressive perlage than Giulio Ferrari 2007, but also here medium + acidity, a little lighter in body (medium). In the mouth, the DP is marked by fresh Chardonnay Taste . The length is totally there, direct and yet very long lasting. The complexity is somewhat lacking (compared to the Giulio Ferrari tasted at the same time).
- 94 P
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12/23/2020 - merlotsmile wrote:
Caviar
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12/20/2020 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Gorgeous youthful nose displaying fresh yellow citrus fruit with a hint of white, candied lemon peel, fresh lemon, pear, white peach, honeysuckle, white pepper, limestone, beeswax and limestone. Excellent concentration, very finely layered subtle pure white fruit, incredibly fine abundant mousse, creamy and weightless, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a seamless long pure white fruit driven finish with lemon and honeysuckle at the end. This remains expressive and elegant. By far, the best young Dom Perignon going back to 1990, my first young DP.
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12/19/2020 - Sookin1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Consistent
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12/19/2020 - Benageber Council Does not like this wine: 90 Points
Juanlu: Los aromas y sabores eran un poco extraños.
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12/17/2020 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Alex and William's Birthday Dinner (Tonny Restaurant, Geylang Lor 3, Singapore): Not many notes this time, as I was still struggling to get into the groove of dinner with a Zoom call. This continues to really impress me though - it is a very complete Champagne - pleasing and generous with its fine mouse, gently juicy acidity and open-knit structure framing lovely round flavours of apples and lemons; yet also also on-point in its balance and verve, with a nice touch of extract and minerality that kept it ever so interesting to drink. Still a baby, but this will grow up to be beautiful Champagne. So delicious even now though!
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12/12/2020 - tshepard Likes this wine: 93 Points
I prefer a bit more yeast element and texture could be a bit finer. Drank with oysters at home.
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12/11/2020 - WineGold wrote: 96 Points
Fresh, lifted, energetic -- stone fruit and citrus and acid lead the way, with bread and yeast playing a very minor background role. This is a matter of taste preference, but this vintage of Dom really speaks to what we like. More energy than heft. It's lithe, but with great balance. Very enjoyable.
I should say, this is far more citrusy and energetic than the first bottle we tasted a few months ago (and scored a 94). Quote from that earlier note: "more brioche than citrus." This bottle was the EXACT opposite. Which means, either the four months made a huge difference, or there is significant bottle variation with this vintage. The latter would not surprise me. Dom is a massive production.
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12/6/2020 - azzah Likes this wine: 96 Points
Stunning, focused, linear, driving but elegant. Minerals, flowers, citrus pith, nuts, vanilla. So long and piercing. Memorable. Great now but will live for years.
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12/5/2020 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
1 of 24. This has calmed down quite a bit since I last had it in May. Still has an energetic mousse, lovely tension, packed with white fruits, minerals and floral notes. After two hours some of the DP creaminess started to show. A very pleasing young DP with the stuffing to bring years of drinking pleasure
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12/4/2020 - rc@ughey wrote: 93 Points
This is such a powerhouse. But in contrast to some of the other notes, I think it's a bit of a shame to open these so young. It's nice for sure, but it's so dense and coiled now that the overall impression veers towards monolithic. I find that DP really needs 15-20 years from vintage and this one may need more than that. I have no doubts about the future of this wine--it's concentrated and detailed and impeccably balanced--but I'll be holding the rest of mine for at least several more years and I'm not sure this will really come into its own until the 2030s.
Incidentally, while this is quite a bargain for the less-than-$150 it can occasionally be found for, I think it's notably inferior to '08 Cristal--which is worthy of all the hype--and also Krug 164eme, which I *love*.
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12/3/2020 - yasha Likes this wine: 96 Points
Great champagne ! way better them 2009
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11/26/2020 - vincemcd61 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rock star! Had for thanksgiving with lobster
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11/26/2020 - tak4 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Consuming as our Thanksgiving wine. I suspect it will go great with turkey (champagne goes with everything). Consistent with prior tasting note, this is an excellent wine.
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11/16/2020 - Oscaro Likes this wine: 94 Points
Prövades blint med 14 andra 08.
Doften skriker reduktiv stil och dompa. Väldigt bra flight som inkluderade denna, Comtes och Paul Bara Comtesse bland andra.
Känns som att den här fortsätter utvecklas relativt fort. Prövat ca 10 gånger nu och varje flaska blir bättre och bättre.
De flesta gissade rätt på den här och man kan bara säga grattis till alla so har bunkrat med denna i källaren. Överlägsen vinnare på hela provning overall och även min nr 1 med Comtes nr 2.
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11/15/2020 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
Tasted vis-avis the 2009 Churchill, this wins - just. My impressions are the same as earlier, this is more 2008 than Dom P, gone are the usual notes of boudoir, in exhange we find a very vertical wine with a well defined fruit and good acidity. Quite firm, still, and too young, yet extremely enjoyable. Grand Vin indeed.
#Møntergade#JUJ-OT
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11/14/2020 - Nanda wrote:
White Truffles & Nebbiolo: Such a terrific vintage that continues to drink well young. Rich, chalky, toasty, powerful orchard fruit with terrific precision and length.
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11/14/2020 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Nebbiolos, white truffles, Volume V (Chicago, IL): Having had this in close proximity to the 2008 Comtes, it's very stark how different these wines are. The Comtes is an excellent wine, to be sure and tastes very Comtes, but somehow the Dom has a bit more freshness from its acidity. If forced to choose, I would probably give a slight nod to the Dom, but it's a pretty marginal one and probably more dependent on my mood that day. The actual tasting notes are consistent with my previous experiences, so I'll skip them here.
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11/14/2020 - hprphf wrote: 92 Points
Plain and fresh, this bottle got enough air. But that seems all. 92
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11/13/2020 - champagne99 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Provades halvblint på en stor 2008-provning med 15 flaskor
Ännu ett vin som är ljust till färgen och med små långsamma bubblor. Doftar och pang, det är krut. En helt underbar krutdoft som bara blir bättre och bättre. Helt fantastiskt! Var helt säker på att detta var Dompa. Syran är inte alls hög, det har hänt massor sedan jag provade den senast för 1 1/2 år sedan. Den har fått en härlig fyllighet och är riktigt riktigt bra!
Omdömen som kom upp från andra: doft av krut, svavel, jäst och rostat. Smak av svamp, jord och skog.
Min favorit i denna flight och hela provningen. Överlägsen vinnare i totalrankingen efter att alla nio deltagare hade röstat!
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11/13/2020 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 96 Points
A clear winner in a blind tasting with 15 different 2008s. Amazing wine!
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11/13/2020 - hprphf wrote:
PnP. All three bottles show similarly, vibrant fruit and acidity. Still hard to place.
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11/13/2020 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great to drink now, but I‘ll wait 5 years for the next bottle.
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11/12/2020 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 95 Points
Heck yeah, this is just outstanding stuff. Not as bright/sharp as my first tasting over a year and half ago, but the depth is coming on, especially as it opens up. This is a complete wine that will continue to grow.
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11/10/2020 - aquacongas wrote: 97 Points
Not blind
Again sublime, so juicy, so fresh without being cheap and ordinary. Some tropical fruits, less oyster and toasty notes. Great acidity and length. Wine for now and in the future. 97
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11/9/2020 - Matt Scott Likes this wine: 98 Points
Better than ‘90, ‘96, ‘99 and ‘09, this is legendary. There’s yeasty notes, with golden apple, lemon meringue, pain grille, sweet cream, lilies and fresh orange zest. So much lovely beading and a rich, yet lively body. Just starting to open, this will last many, many years. With all of its wonderful focus, the middle is very panoramic. Drink 2022 -.
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11/8/2020 - bthatton Likes this wine: 94 Points
So much different than the first tasting. Still something hides beneath, but ripe apple is emerging amongst subtle sourdough notes.
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11/7/2020 - vinorsk wrote:
Toasty, biscuits - light but full of flavor. Delicious.
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11/7/2020 - Dutchd1 wrote: 93 Points
Simply the best
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11/7/2020 - Professor_Budge Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still young but no longer disparate. Tight, fresh, tangy citrus with some apple and pear. Floral notes with a hint of nuttiness. Creamy. There's a lot here but it needs some years to flesh out. Still enjoyable now.
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11/7/2020 - rlove wrote: 96 Points
So much there both structurally and texturally but the nose is also open-knit with gobs of fruit and minerality. Stunning, even today.
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11/7/2020 - abc55 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Primær men med lidt brød/kage i næsen. Intens frugt og høj (lidt strittende) syre.
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11/4/2020 - cnichelson Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wow. Amazing now and very complete, but I feel like it's still a little tight. It's very chiseled and pure, without being harsh in any way, like a column of smooth marble.
Glad I have a bunch.
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10/31/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Fabulous wine that is just too young but that's to be expected as it is relatively close to release. A bit tight and tangy. I wish I could say we really gave it time to open and express itself, but there was a lot of wine that evening and so I just had a glass. Enjoyable and worth getting and sitting down for many years.
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10/23/2020 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 95 Points
Celebrated Barb's negative COVID test. Bottle was delicious. fresh and bright. This will only get better.
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10/22/2020 - Gorkem Likes this wine: 93 Points
yellow apple pear quince
more citrus flavours on palate
prune
full of autolysis character especially on palate bread brioche cheese
very creamy buttery
tertiary notes are honey nutty toffee caramel
lovely wine
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10/19/2020 - awilliamson4 Likes this wine: 95 Points
I didn't drink this as a tasting wine but rather a bottle to commemorate a great trip. It was delicious with great acidity and wonderful brioche.
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10/19/2020 - Dovberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank with my wife at bar Pigalle to celibrate life. First time ever I drink Dom Perignon and it's funny because the wine was exactly the way I thought it would be according to all the good tasting notes here. Here are some notes from my blurry memory.
Very elegant, muted upon opening with clean and stylistically pure character. Fresh pears, almond icing and white flowers on the nose. With some time in the glass a more complex body started to emerge. Sweet liquorice, vanilla ice cream, lemon sorbet and viols.
Creamy, smooth on the palate with no signs of that razor sharp -08 acid some wines have. Yes vanilla ice cream and fresh pears here as well but but a slight hint of that sweet liquorice. Empowered body with huge complexity and I was surprised that this was drinking so well at this early stage.
Was even better than I would expected. We had the best night together in many years and this bottle really pushed us up there! Like someone said before "any comparison to Moet & Chandon is laughable". I agree.
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10/18/2020 - pgm wrote: 95 Points
Haven’t had Dom Perignon since a few unimpressive bottles over 10 years ago, but bought some of the lauded 2008 to give it another try.
The 2008 shows that its reputation is deserved. Toast and lemon custard on the nose, with a wonderful balance between bright fruit (citrus and poached pear) and rich hazelnut pastry notes. A real delight. Should age beautifully.
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10/16/2020 - bubbachumps wrote: 94 Points
Creamy fine mouse, the total package tête de cuvée! So well balanced and profile melds together so well. Vanillin, nougat, biscuit and lemon on the nose. Wonderful texture on the palate.
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10/15/2020 - Cliffen80 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Amazing bubbly! This is Dom as good as it gets and will go down as one of the best. So much going on, fruit and acidity in perfect harmony. Powerful yet elegant, don’t be afraid to pop one if you have a few bottles. It will most certainly reward patience but delivers a fantastic drinking experience already.
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10/12/2020 - Get Real Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good Champagne which was a bit better than the 2009 opened the same night. Very fine bubbles - so much so one person thought it was slightly flat
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10/10/2020 - CMN wrote: 93 Points
Pale yellow in glass. Yeast, yellow citrus (grapefruit, lemon), and minerals. Very fine and persistent bead and excellent acidity. Finishes long. Unquestionably will improve with time, but still very good now.
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10/7/2020 - otto60 Likes this wine:
Had this six times from two different sources and i must say the better one is utterly perfect, the lesser is a (very) good champagne.
The perfect one combines archetypical Dom nose and hazelnut with ideal acidity and refreshing length. Even non addicted members of my family went back to refill their glasses.
The other one had less from all.
it has to be noted, that results were consistent with the two variants, the better came from a cardboard 6pack, the lesser was sold in luxury boxes.
98 for the star 94 the second.
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10/6/2020 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
The 2008 is more open and softer than a bottle 12+ months ago, still, it will need considerable more time to become fully round and more expressive and layered. The minerality and freshness are still dominating, the overall feel is still a bit on the restrained side. The potential is quite obvious (many layers plus high precision) but I would wait another 2 years before checking-in on this vintage again (the peak will likely not been reached for another 10 or 20 years). Tasted twice in a week. 93/94 points with more upside.
TN: Medium expressive nose with minerality, citrus fruit at the core. On the nose and palate some fine bakery, brioche, toast aromas are slowly appearing but everything is still dominated by the citrus aromas and the minerality. Medium intensity, very high precision. The texture is good but misses the luxurious feel of the best Champagnes, partly due to the high but fairly round acidity. Overall not yet perfectly harmonious but slowly getting there.
Decanting: Not decanted but it would for sure benefit from an hour or two of air.
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10/5/2020 - Jdevans Likes this wine: 95 Points
Amazingly, not overrated.
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10/5/2020 - esw423 Likes this wine: 100 Points
Drank with my wife on the beach in Longport to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Utter perfection!
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9/30/2020 - Sean Tay wrote: 95 Points
The 10th time tasting this year. Consistent notes of bread, mineral, grapefruit, lemon. High acidity. Huge difference in serving chill.
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9/27/2020 - WST Likes this wine:
Two recent bottles seemed more open than this one. I'm going to put the brakes on opening these for a bit. This had the nice DP toast, but was otherwise shut down.
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9/26/2020 - sirpat00 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Second time in a week. Found in this bottle more refinement and flavour detail, but otherwise similar experience hence only a brief note here.
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9/26/2020 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wow! Hitting all the right notes of a legacy vintage this vintage has notes of light creme, lemon, apple and the scent of summer going into fall. Wonderful!
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9/24/2020 - pclin wrote:
Showing better than previous bottle 8 months ago. Young with plenty of details and excellent balance.
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9/23/2020 - Mrbuzz wrote:
Tim’s 50th! More subdued than previous bottles...might be headed for a slumber? Still managed to get a lot of joy from the bottle.
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9/20/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outstanding DP. See previous note.
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9/19/2020 - sirpat00 wrote: 94 Points
"You only turn 40 once tasting" (At home): From the Luminous bottle. Great and dense bubble structure with a good amount of freshness, but came across a little restrained. Otherwise full of mineral notes, a bit of toast and brioche and a fruit of freshly pressed lemon juice with just a hint of tropical banana. Worth storing longer, but no doubt very promising – even though lacking the linear precision of the Roederer Cristal 2008.
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9/19/2020 - WST Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outdoor socially distanced charity wine tasting; 13 wines including '06 Comte, '08 DP, '09 Cristal, '01 Sudiuraut, '98 Vieux Telegraph, more.: This has come out of its shell, although still very young. More mineraled and precise than the Comte, this has yeasty bready citrus, great cut and verve. Paired well with cold smoked sockeye salmon, shredded hard boiled eggs and capers.
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9/18/2020 - thewiz Likes this wine: 94 Points
(Disgorged in 2019)
Still feeling crispy and citrus acidity driven with a lovely creaminess and a very nice and lengthy finish. Gentle nose of lime flowers and opens and still feeling very youthful and no rush to open any bottles..
(Best 2023-2043)
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9/18/2020 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Straw gold color and very active bubbles. Right now it's all about the nose and the potential of the palate. Nose of brioche, green apples, pineapples, marzipan and chalk. On the palate extreme precision and an amazingly well crafted champagne. Reminiscent of DP's top vintages of 1990, 1996 and 2002 but requires time to develop complexity. Very long finish. Quite pretty!
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9/13/2020 - Cliff Booth Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is quite good - though a bit more weight and tension would make it even more interesting.
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9/12/2020 - G_H wrote: 94 Points
Still too young, chalk, honey, minerals, lemon. For my taste it needs some time in a very cold cellar to further develop the brioche notes
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9/12/2020 - WST wrote: 96 Points
I had drunk a lot of these upon release, then felt they shut down a year or two ago. My last bottle in November, while fantastic, was still somewhat reticent. Not so this bottle. The verve, the creamy lemon and orange, the sweet brioche, the mineral oyster shells, the beautiful mouthfeel, the long finish and the perfect bead; yes!!! How do they do this with such high production volumes?
I’m not sure what to make of the run of bottles a couple of years ago whose opening in youth seemed wasteful. I don’t think a wine can shut down then blossom over a 24 month period. While this is no where near my preferred point in its maturity curve, that fact won’t stop me from opening some of my stash with some regularity.
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9/11/2020 - Porters Wines Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gift from Tomas Steenackers - one of the best bubbles we’ve ever had! Enjoyed under a tree with Lance and Dani, salmon and caviar blini and oysters.
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9/9/2020 - larsth wrote: 96 Points
Wow - still young but already giving so much pleasure. Rich, powerful and still so vibrant with its mineral and fresh structure.
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9/6/2020 - jhngo Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very tight wound up needs lot more cellar time.
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9/5/2020 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
From the same batch and consistent with the previous night’s bottle. The fruit is white, very pure and elegant. Extremely fine generous mousse, energetic, precise and pure, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, a seamless incredibly long finish with honey and lanoline at the end. As mentioned previous, it is difficult to “understand/appreciate” young Dom Perignon in most of the vintages, except the 96 perhaps. Although concentrated, young DPs can be a bit dull and heavy. Not in 2008, it is like drinking a young airy Chevalier Montrachet!
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9/5/2020 - JustBreathe680 Likes this wine: 97 Points
2 bottles were popped, 1 regular label and 1 Lenny Kravitz designed label. These bottles were opened to celebrate my newborn son's discharge home after delivery on 9/2/20 and were enjoyed with immediate family!
The Lenny Kravitz was earmarked for this day but the wine was drinking so well and was so well received by all that I decided to pop the cork on a second bottle instead of choosing a different champagne!
I used a Grassl Liberte wine glass, which is my new go to glass for champagne! 1st impression was WOW this wine is fantastic! The aromas were pronounced in the wine glass and were representative of flowers, apples and toasted notes. However, I'm not sure how the nose shows in a flute. The wine displayed lazer-like precision. It was fresh with great acidity. The flavors were of citrus fruits and some stone fruits with a toasted undertone. The chardonnay grape is front and center. The mouth feel was creamy with great length to the finish. This bottle emulates excellence!
Both bottles drank exactly the same and the note above apply to both bottles.
My score: 96+
These bottles drank better than the one I drank on 5/29/19, which was purchased from an airport duty-free shop and drank in Cancun Mexico. It also drank better than the Krug 164eme (2008 base vintage) I drank on 8/9/19. (Only private notes on these bottles, no public notes).
I'm glad I have 7 more bottles in my cellar. I may have to purchase a few more, as I'm really excited to follow how this bottle evolves over time! I will purchase more of the 2008 before I purchase the newly released 2010 as long as the price is comparable.
Definitely the best champagne I've had in 2020 and one of the best wines I've had in 2020.
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9/5/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
BBQ @ Arcadia!: After some chilling, this was really quite amazing and on point tonight. The group enjoyed it thoroughly, and it went well with green grapes cream tart and cheeses. Bravo!
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9/4/2020 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
A lost Friday afternoon gathering 06 CDC, 02 Cristal, 08 DP, Aubert, 99 Lambreys and etc. (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Delicate yet expressive nose displaying fresh pure white fruit with a hint of yellow, pear, granny smith, lemon zest, white flower and crushed rock. Perfectly harmonious palate, finely layered pure white fruit, very fine generous mousse, elegant, refreshing and energetic, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a seamless long pure white fruit driven finish with lemon curd at the end. This particular example is very fresh and elegant. There seem to be a slight variation in the fruit expression, i.e. pure fresh white vs fresh yellow citrus. Drinking incredibly well.
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9/4/2020 - Rasundafetto wrote:
Of course very young with a knife sharp acid. Still enyoable but will be very good with some time.
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9/1/2020 - Krokfjord wrote: 91 Points
Smakt mot DP82. DP08 var lukket og ga lite ved åpning - 2 t i dekanter hjalp. Det er lett å kjenne hva den har i seg, med flott struktur, vanvittig energi og såvidt begynnende kompleksitet som trakk noen linjer i retning av smaksbildet i 82. Men for meg var dette likevel en klar hold og vent i 10 år, og en vin det er liten vits i å åpne i dag.
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8/31/2020 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 95 Points
The 9th time tasting this year. Consistent notes of bread, mineral, grapefruit, lemon. High acidity. This will just get better and better as it age.
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8/31/2020 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
not blind
Delicious, juicy, oyster Shell, reductive but with a generous fruit. Much better than the a closed Cristal Rose 2008 we had one day later. 97+
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8/30/2020 - acheng wrote: 95 Points
Second time I had this vintage now and it cements its spot as a great champagne. Makes me want to dip into the 2002 for comparison. It’s full of youthful energy, flint, gun powder minerality with an explosive bouquet. A raveneau with bubbles! Last time i had it made me purchased some. I see no reason to exercise restrain given its consistent performance on this afternoon showing.
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8/29/2020 - soyhead wrote:
nose - smoke, lemon. DC thought it smelled like a red wine
mouth - minerally, spearmint/herbal, very clean. Nice but i think the bottle has last year was better.
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8/28/2020 - Oscaro Likes this wine: 93 Points
Prövade blint
Mycket kakao och lite blyerts? Initialt relativt svag doft. Väldigt fina bubblor, mörkrostat kaffe, kakao, komplex och djup som precis börjat öppna upp sig försiktigt. Gissade Dom Perignon 08, har prövat den här ett antal gånger senaste året och det här var absolut den bästa flaskan.
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8/28/2020 - Vietty wrote:
Very tight, as others have mentioned better to hold at this time. Started out with reduction notes but underneath some very clean crisp yellow fruit/lemon and a pretty finish.
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8/28/2020 - LB88 wrote: 94 Points
First of 12 and it was lovely, concentrated, complex and long.
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8/28/2020 - roljui wrote: 95 Points
Loved it! Drinking amazingly, sad to see it go.
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8/22/2020 - jlm wrote:
The nose was reticent on the first pour, with little more than lemon initially. The quality was evident on the palate, with its poise and depth, and on the very long finish. The second pour, maybe half an hour later, showed much more expression on the nose, with delightful white floral notes dominating. Overall, this manages to be full and light simultaneously, powerful and elegant.
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8/16/2020 - Maphill01 Likes this wine:
Brioche. Lemon peel. Green apple. Flint. Brisk, taught, energetic. Focused flavors. Long sweet, creamy finish.
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8/15/2020 - timothynbond Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank this at my wedding, so obviously did not take detailed notes, but presented with the same vanilla bakery and green apples I remembered from previous bottles.
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8/14/2020 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 98 Points
Wine Cellar & Al Fresco Dinner Party (La Jolla, CA): The 2008 iteration of Dom Pérignon is truly a tour de force, with precision and depth that is in the league of its 1996 sibling. Light golden and impressively vibrant, it has a vigorous tiny bead that creates such a stir on the palate. Loaded with lemon, white peaches, green apples, bread dough, marzipan and crushed rocks on both the nose and palate, it stays mouthwatering and delicious throughout a solid mid-palate and a finish that lingers on and on. This should have substantial longevity...all of the building blocks are in place! Drink now-2040.
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8/14/2020 - Angeline Chang Likes this wine:
Toasty, biscuit, grapefruit,
1 of my My fav bubbles
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8/14/2020 - Sean Tay wrote:
Bread, mineral, grapefruit, lemon. Rounded. High acidity
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8/12/2020 - Sean Tay wrote:
Bread, grapefruit, apple, yeasty, mineral, high acidity.
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8/11/2020 - colinscellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pleasant floral and citrus notes and a hint of toast, but I think this is still years away from maturing into its potential.
I hope to have the discipline to leave my other few bottles of this alone for at least 3-5years. Given this is how the wine looks at 12 years I'm more interested in how it will look at 20 than at 15.
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8/9/2020 - mwneil Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fascinating wine - how do you not get intimadated by the label and the price, golden color, good bouquet although we tried a glass in a wine glass and preferred the wine in a flute, strong bubbles with a slight head, lots of complex flavor, great balance, acid and oak blended well, without a direct comparision with other Champagnes hard to fully appreciate, drank with roasted lobster, might drink again but ....
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8/8/2020 - Sean Tay wrote:
Bread, grapefruit, apple, yeasty, mineral, high acidity. Best consumed when chill.
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8/7/2020 - eatdrinkrepeat wrote:
First time drinking a Dom Perignon out of a paper cup. The wine tasted flat and uninspiring. I must say that the vessel does make a big difference. Will post a real review with a real glass.
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8/5/2020 - valedeniro wrote: 92 Points
Another bottle of this.Very pale colour.Started off with a very mineral and lime driven nose.On the palate,oyster shells,crisp lemon and lemon peel with bracing acidity and chalky minerality.But much less energy,intensity and depth than a year ago.I would even say a little bit disappointing compared to my last bottle.A production of around five to six million bottles.It's hard to imagine that every single batch could be identical.
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8/3/2020 - tooch wrote: 95 Points
A brilliant, young Dom Perignon. Lots of energy on the palate with the signature toasty/yeasty notes that I love. Balance is on point and the depth of the palate is noticeable. Should be fun to watch this mature over time.
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8/3/2020 - gouldcampbell77 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very pale yellow. Fine bead with lemon sherbet and bread dough on the nose. Light and fresh on the palate with a slightly creamy mouthfeel and a pin point prickly mousse that seems to fill every corner of the palate. So clean! The antithesis of that oxidative Bolly style that I just can't bear. As a tete de cuvee, not bad value either at £129 per bottle on the table. Excellent
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8/2/2020 - WineGold wrote: 94 Points
Rich, smooth, elegant. Not particularly bright. More brioche than citrus. Fine bubbles. Smooth finish. From memory.
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7/29/2020 - marcus_francois Likes this wine:
5 hr in bottle decant with a stopper. Upon opening this was not showing much. But 5 hrs later, this was definitely strutting its stuff whilse served at the right temperature — around 50 degrees F. On the nose it smells like canned tuna to me — i also noticed this with ‘06 — but the palate is fine-boned style and is not funky at all. Lemon, fresh bartlett pear, fine minerality and fine mousse. Much different style from cristal 08 which is the common comparison here. My preference is w 08 cristal, but they are different styles. I see this as more of an appertif, party champagne while the cristal with its ripping acidity and minerality begs for food at this stage.
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7/27/2020 - Aravind Asok wrote:
This wine has impressed me every time I've had it...sometimes more shrill than others, but this is the first time I've had it with time to really reflect on it. On the nose, fantastically elegant: lemon oil, vanilla, hazelnut, so rich, but so expressive. On the palate, fantastic acidity, lovely mousse. This is solid and fantastic...but is it SO different from other Dom Vntg Brut?
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7/26/2020 - Tylerk wrote: 95 Points
Wow! Just great now which may make it hard to keep for the decade or so it really deserves. If there is a bargain in top tier champagne this could be it- this from a case I bought at $140/btl or so- not hard to find near $145- Cracked this for my grandson’s first birthday! - we had the ‘85 (his dad’s birth year) the nite he was born a year ago!
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7/26/2020 - Motz wrote: 96 Points
The ticket! Easily a top ten 'blanc' Champagne for me, likely a top five.
Elegant mousse, incessant bubbles. Drinking this too cold will not allow it to reveal its depth. It shines, even radiates, between 48 and 53 degrees (9 to 11c). Lovely, seemingly all encompassing maritime salinity, including seabed, flint, and shale, with a gunpowder kiss at the back. The wine also features piercing vivacity and impeccable precision. Every small sip...and I did drink the glass this way over an hour or two...proved wondrously satisfying. By preference, I would give the same vintage Cristal a marginal nod...but that is no knock on this wine.
High acid, and noteworthy grip will likely keep it evolving for another decade+. High QPR!
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7/19/2020 - aChave Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still young. Light on its feet, but tight persistent bubbles. Light mousse. Dominated by hints of citrus and Apple. Great precision. Still tightly coiled and gathering itself for a long life ahead. 94-96+
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7/17/2020 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
One of the best readily available wines made in my wine-consuming life so far. This is a yardstick by which I measure all other champagne; I ask myself, would I rather buy this, or an equivalent dollar value of Dom Perignon 2008? Usually, the answer is the latter. A little reductive as Dom can be sometimes, but that is shed with a few hours of air. This is the first bottle with which I've been able to truly sit down and drink, and it's no exaggeration to say that the last glass was best. Obviously youthful and fresh now, with brilliant verve and acidity, but this does not become shrill as some other 2008s can get. There is breadth to the fruit here, and it becomes all the more apparent as this warms up. What a brilliant sendoff for Richard Geoffroy.
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7/17/2020 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Un nez fin et subtil de zeste de citron avec une touche d’amandes et de menthe. Les bulles sont serrées avec beaucoup de classe et d’élégance, tout comme le vin d’ailleurs qui est frais, très pur, droit, beaucoup d’énergie et avec une superbe longueur, pas le plus riche et le plus ample, un style droit et fin mais vraiment excellent. Se boit bien maintenant et sera assurément encore meilleur avec un peu de cave. 95-96
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7/17/2020 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:
Was drinking side by side with 2006 Krug. 2006 Krug was having a better nose, more pronounced but the 2008 Dom was having a better taste. Both champagne evolved in the glass after an hour. Hazelnut, slightly caramel, yeast, bread, pronounced nose.
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7/16/2020 - alexmel7 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Creme brulee
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7/14/2020 - Tyler Woodward wrote: 95 Points
Drank this after my wife's successful dissertation defense. It had the finest bubbles that we've tasted for a champagne. The color was a beautiful gold and the smell was so fresh. Would drink it every day, if we could!
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7/11/2020 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Wine in the time of Corona Virus - Quarantining in NYC & NH; 3/7/2020-9/1/2020 (NYC/NH): Opened for Saturday night Zoom with friends - enjoyed on the patio on a lovely evening. Still super young and somewhat tightly strung, but opens up with time in the glass. Ideally I would wait on these, but needs must during the quarantine:-)
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7/11/2020 - Kellig Likes this wine: 94 Points
Toast, almonds, some stone fruit, cherry, and lemon. Fine bubbles. Good length.
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7/10/2020 - Poll86 wrote:
Considerably more muted than when tasted half a year ago. Whether going into hibernation or just a less than stellar bottle. More subdued acidity and a more dominant creaminess pointed to imbalance where I was needing more freshness.
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7/10/2020 - scyrene wrote: 89 Points
Side by side with the '02, both in LSA champagne tulips and then a Zalto Denk'Art. Pale lemon colour. Rich, crisp aroma; quite toasty, lots of apple, salinity, and with a little air, sweet roasted nuts; rather savoury overall. Lovely soft mousse but it flattens fairly quickly. Clean and linear taste, good acidity but it doesn't linger. Juicy, young.
Returning after a couple of hours, it's integrated, quite laid back. Still bright acidity, lemon and orange, self assured but a bit simple.
To be honest, I'm not sure about either of these. While I have no strong preference in general between Dom P and Cristal, the latter's 2008 lived up to the hype, whereas I'm not sure this does. It's cheaper than many of its peers but doesn't provide enough extra for me over the next rung down, and I don't think it's a stylistic issue, as it's not all that distinctive. It's not bad, but for value I'd choose a vintage Bollinger or Pol Roger, and if money were no object I'd go for something like vintage Krug. Sorry!
Incidentally, the label is paler, rougher, and some minor elements have been rearranged since the older vintage.
[Cork + cage; 12.5% abv; Woodwinters, £140].
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7/10/2020 - Vinophiliac559 wrote:
Classic vintage, great structure, still wound up pretty tight but a treat none the less. Looking forward to this one as it ages.
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7/10/2020 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:
Bread, grapefruit, apple, slight oak, rounded, mineral, high acidity. Pair with Japanese sushi, wonderful pairing
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6/30/2020 - CESOS wrote: 96 Points
The wine looks light gold colored. It smells like peach and pear. Agree with hints of iodine as some pro tasting notes.It's a full bodied champagne. The wine has a balanced, linear texture. Quite a long finish. solid acidity for a champagne wine that still is "lifting weights"! Not touching the next bottle for a few years.
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6/28/2020 - melzar wrote: 94 Points
Excellent vintage Champagne. Fragrant nose and very fruity on the palate. Little yeast noted. Subdued bubbles. Lip smacking lemony acidity and a long pleasant finish. Wonderful experience, but would I rather have a case of Prosecco for the same $$$ ?
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6/22/2020 - Optimus Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points
Full of energy and life. Lots of acidity and plenty of yellow apple to go around. Definitely needs an hour of decanting to open up. Still a baby at this point and has the potential to age much longer in the cellar if you have the patients.
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6/20/2020 - coremill wrote: 90 Points
I totally don't get the hype here. Slight reduction, but not overwhelmingly so like some young Dom I've had before. Pretty and complex, with good acid, but where's the depth and intensity? A perfectly nice bottle out of context, but in context it left me very confused.
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6/20/2020 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 94 Points
Poured into a Grassl Mineralite glass and followed over the afternoon. Celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary :)
The champagne is a little austere, with mostly some lemon peel and toast on the nose. The palate on the other hand has an exuberant mouthfeel with a mousse that’s powerful yet elegant at the same time, showing notes of orchard fruits, toast, and chalky minerality. The potential is all there, and while it was fun to drink a bottle now I’ll let my others sleep for awhile.
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6/20/2020 - DannyB1991 Likes this wine:
Paired very well with a slightly spicy roasted red pepper soup. Sweetness and acidity balanced the spice perfectly
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6/19/2020 - canan wrote: 96 Points
BYO (MichaelsPlace): Stunning performance. Creamy and full-bodied. Sexy wine and with loads of butter notes. Still, it is packed with acidity creating a lovely balance.
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6/19/2020 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Expressive energetic nose displaying pure sweet citrus, lemon, candied lemon peel, apple, brioche, honey, beeswax, honey, sweet spice and limestone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered citrus and apple, rich yet pure, elegant and precise, very fine abundant mousse, bright acidity and strong mineral, and a long sweet citrus fruit driven finish with limestone and brioche at the end. This bottle is showing a bit more brioche. Another excellent showing.
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6/19/2020 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:
Tasted blind together with 2011 Exton Park Britagne Blanc de Blancs, 2008 Dom Pérignon Champagne and NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Réserve with friends. The English sparkling Exton had the sharpest taste, very acidity, but the nose was pronounced with bread, chalk, grapefruit, lemon. It was better compared to Prosecco and price-wise relatively cheaper than Champagne. It was ranked last of the 3 which was expected. The Billecart had a more diluted nose compared to Exton, its taste is rounded and less acidity. There's also bread, chalk, grapefruit but less pronounced. Most had guess Billecart was the DOM which leaves them surprised. The DOM was the wine for me for the night. The nose was pronounced, with grapefruit, mineral, chalk, apple, fresh. High acidity. This 2008 DOM has the potential to match up with 1996 DOM if given more time to evolve.
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6/11/2020 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
The vintage speaks louder than Dom P here, it is young, tight with a prunounced and precise acidity and a vertical structure. Great, great Champagne, should be kept. 95+
#Ib
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6/9/2020 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:
Cellar tasting (Cologne): Glass: Gabriel Standard
*** brief notes for my memory, no official CT rating ***
Popped and poured. After the amazing 2002 Clos Du Mesnil from last Sunday it was kind of raw and edgy. Still very young, great potential, lots of citrus, very good pressure and tension. This evening around 92-93+
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6/9/2020 - englishman's claret wrote:
Dense, taut nose full of pear, lemon, and salt. Rich, long, and resonant. This will be very good indeed, but it’s so primal now that admittedly it seems a bit hard to sort out *exactly* how good.
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6/3/2020 - KeyMaster Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fantastique! 25e anniversaire de mariage, offert par les enfants et la famille.
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6/1/2020 - 03141455 wrote: 95 Points
Just pure love
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5/30/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Distancing on the Deck (Craig & Nita's Place): Light gold color. Drank two glasses over 2 hours. This is much tighter tonight; bicuit, pear, lemon, yeasty, hints of fennel and opens to show modest toast. The palate is creamy, more medium plus bodied, elegant and cris, orchard fruits. Poised and more linear now, and builds over an hour plus. This is so good, but when you drink it next to the ready to go '06 right now you truly sense its youth. 93+ to 94pts.
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5/30/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
Served alongside the 06 this was less giving, more taunt but so pure, energetic and crystalline. A great wine in its youth. Tonight Kevin's 06 was a bit easier to fall for.
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5/30/2020 - GBFan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent Champagne with great potential. But way too young. I will not open another bottle for at least 3-4 years.
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5/30/2020 - jhw425 wrote:
Massive wine. Needs lots of time. Hard to assess quality at this point but obviously very good stuff
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5/28/2020 - AaronMaxwell Likes this wine: 96 Points
Smells buttery, like brioche. Hints of candied almonds on the nose. Yeasty scents.
Tastes yeasty, nutty, creamy, and utterly refreshing. Tried it side by side with a 2002 Billecart that was much sweeter, and the Dom was our favorite because of its dry and crisp showing. Tart green apples, especially lingering on the finish.
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5/23/2020 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
I know many see this as too young but I find it to be wonderfully energetic, crisp and just plain delicious. See prior notes for particulars
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5/23/2020 - Papies wrote: 94 Points
2 bottles on the day and albeit we argued somewhat whether to open this vs other vintages, but from the pop this reminded us why it is considered one of the best ever and why this will evolve to challenge great vintages of the past .
Elegant and focussed ( outclasses the 2008 Winston Churchill , Papies 92, in all domains) not a screamer and obvious at all but also so good to drink now and with that effortless quality only DP can deliver. Superb 94 drink from now till eternity.
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5/22/2020 - Andre Brattland wrote: 95 Points
Wonderfully rich and fabulous concentration with all you can crave - Juicy citrus fruit, nut, nut peel, butter, smoke, wet rock and salty sea air. These are refined aromas!
Pretty full-bodied, fresh and voluminous Champagne with fabulous little fresh bubbles. What an energy! Juicy citrus, some green fruit edge, roasted coffee bean, light wood and butter. Powerful finish with some grapefruit feeling. Fabulous acidity structure keeps this little beast in balance. Especially at the end, Champagne is a little aggressive. Need at least a decade to hit the best spot. But that said - what a Champagne year this is! Brilliant thing! 95 points.
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5/19/2020 - Kirk Grant wrote:
This was just as lovely as I recalled. Having said that, the remaining bottles need to be left along until 2028+. This is a wine that will really show it's best with some age...as right now, there's not much to differentiate it from others bottles of Dom in their youth.
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5/16/2020 - gilrbo Likes this wine:
Amazing depth of flavors, with so many layers...
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5/16/2020 - BrendanMcS wrote: 95 Points
Delicious and a great way to celebrate a quarantine wedding.
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5/10/2020 - g-man wrote: 95 Points
Notes of brioche, almond paste, stone fruit. I just love this so much. I thought I had enough of this but now will have to add even more. For such a young wine to be this good at this age is just scary, to be honest. I have 16 bottles and never thought I could use more.
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5/10/2020 - pdicorpo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delicious and perfect for a Mother's Day celebration!
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5/8/2020 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
This particular bottle shows a bit more weight and slightly less finesse. Expressive nose displaying succulent sweet yellow fruit, lemon curd, granny smith, candied lemon peel, strong beeswax, white flowers, ginger candy and strong limestone mineral. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered rich yellow citrus, rich and sweet, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet yellow citrus fruit driven finish with beeswax and honey at the end. There is a slight hint of bitterness at the end that I associate with the beginning of the second stage of development. Not as elegant and pure, but richer and slightly denser. Nevertheless, it shows a beautiful balance.
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5/8/2020 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
At 'l'il' Robs....AGAIN.....FRIDAY DOM DAYS!!!
Same notes as last time. Was a Deja Vu moment...
Hay green in color, tiny fizzy, persistent bubbles.
Baking spice. Green apple, Vanilla, harmonious nuttiness
Tons of mousse. Taste follows the nose. Very young but approachable now. Astringent, tight, steely, medium plus finish.
Excellent bubble! Will age well.
Smoked a Psyko Tubo
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5/8/2020 - ohne_musik wrote: 95 Points
- aristocratic mousse
- broad, rich brioche, richer than '04 and '06 at this stage
- perky acid, a bit unintegrated at first, more harmonious >2 hours
- unripe strawberries, apples, white flowers
- chalky minerals
- more complex and regal than the ‘06 but missing a bit of ‘06’s coiled energy at this stage...
- tiger, king of the jungle, rather than tiger, ready to pounce
- finish for days, with a hint of reduction. 95++
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4/29/2020 - shifter wrote: 95 Points
Pop and pour. Initial blast of vanillin, fresh apple, yeast on the nose. Well balanced, complex palate that hits different sensations simultaneously around different parts of the tongue. Good acidity, minerality, nice pop of bubbles. Long, warm finish. Nearly perfect.
After an hour, more brioche toast emerges, less bubbles. Still good mineral-driven palate, but the acid kind of takes over, the finish shortens a bit and the palate is more single noted, strong grapefruit. This is where the flaws are exposed, albeit small. Interested to see if this comes together with more age, but seems right now to have more short term pleasure and less upside than other similar selections.
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4/24/2020 - DumbleDazle Likes this wine: 96 Points
Delicate refined bubbles, so pleasant in the mouth. A very balanced champagne. Citrus and brioche on nose and in the mouth. Such a pity it is this expensive. Enjoyed it to the last drop.
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4/19/2020 - GraffCellar Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent quality wine.
Crisp acidity
Bready, doughy, brioche
Drink now or suitable for additional cellart time.
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4/19/2020 - evold89 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was actually a bit closed upon opening.. around 91 points then steadily increasing the next 1+ hours. Nose was quite muted and one dimensional on opening. Gained quickly depth and energy in the glass (air and temperature). Ended at 94-95 points, and with potential upside.
The nose presents green apple, gunflint and citrus fruit (mainly dominated by lemon and a bit of grapefruit). I don’t find much brioche in this one. It’s clearly a youthful nose, but I was very surprised how approachable this wine was if given some time to open up. It has a mineral core and shows a nose of crushed rocks (and a touch of smoke) in almost steely fashion. With time this engaging floral character appear, almost like a touch of litchi. Quite classic Dom Pérignon with slightly reductive character.
The palate is certainly not shy showing tremendous power, but with terrific balance and purity. So bright and elegant. Lovely concentration and very good complexity. Classic 2008 acidity, but lovely balanced by the amazing fruit. I find this is not always the case when approaching some ’08 now and in fact, DP 08 required more time on the lees to balance the bright acidity (and was the reason why 09 vintage was released prior to 08). Very delicate and refined bubbles. Lovely texture and really pleasant in the mouth. Very very long and slightly saline finish.
Lovely! Will try to give this another 3 years before I approach it again.
Scored 95 points, with potential upside.
*Dosage 4 g/l
*Aged for approx. nine years on the lees
*50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
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4/19/2020 - yasha Likes this wine: 96 Points
gourgeus wine ,next in a few years
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4/13/2020 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 94 Points
Glass: Unknown, inappropriate Chamapagne Glass
Clear, pale golden color, fine and long lasting mousseux. Clean, medium intense, youthful nose with fine fruit, some brioche elegant. Very fresh and mineral.
On the palate very elegant and balanced, with a wonderful pressure and tension. Wonderful, ripe acidity, fine fruit, some nice bitter notes (zests). Interestingly, this time I thought, that it was not that long… But that might be due to the fact that it was so dominant on the palate and so fine and elegant on the finish. Still very young with great potential. 94+
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4/10/2020 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
At 'l'il' Robs
Hay green in color, tiny fizzy, persistent bubbles.
Baking spice. Green apple, Vanilla, harmonious nuttiness
Tons of mousse. Taste follows the nose. Very young but approachable now. Astringent, tight, steely, medium plus finish.
Excellent bubble! Will age well.
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4/7/2020 - A.Hansen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tremendous young champagne. Vibrant, energetic and mineral with great acidity. Notes of flowers and lemon peel. Cannot wait to follow this wine's evolution over time.
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4/7/2020 - 1W2T Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fantastisk champagne, gillar den riktigt mycket! En kväll med Ferm mitt i Corona krisen!
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4/4/2020 - Matt T wrote: 94 Points
Really pleasant right out of the gate with lots of vanilla, mousse, and a citrusy, tropical fruit element. This has a touch of acid and a long finish.
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4/2/2020 - affordableCollector wrote: 95 Points
micro bubble stream. pale yellow, in color. red apple, lemon, citrus peel, toasted brioche, almond, creamy mousse, mineral, chalk. rich & powerful with decades to develop.
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4/2/2020 - KoalaHK wrote:
Drunk at Jack's in Hong Kong - Although I'm no champagne expert this made me come back for more than my obligatory first glass. A lovely fresh fizz and controlled acidity makes this extremely easy to drink now and I suspect it will continue to deliver this for quite sometime before it enters that 'old wine' phase that all the champagneophiles love!
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3/28/2020 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Drinks with Allen and Shin @ Home (Casa Esperanza): At home with Allen and Shin, this was as lovely as always - the 2008 DP will be a legend. The nose had a beautiful brioche, almond and apple fruit character, with a little twist of chalky mineral and just a kiss of florals trailing behind. Lovely, and surprisingly giving for such a young champagne. The palate, while youthful, was both generous and controlled, with full flavours of apples, white strawberries and fresh lemons, lined with a lovely robe of bright acidity and a creamy mousse. This was so very drinkable even now. Lovely finish too, with a long trail of apple fruit riding on a bed of mineral with a pinch of citrus zest. Such a lovely wine - I cannot wait to see how this develops over the next couple of decades.
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3/22/2020 - crazywineguy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very young. Piercing acidity. A perfect foil as an aperitif wine. Many years and layers to unfurl its potential. Put back in the cellar.
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3/21/2020 - winebytoth Likes this wine: 97 Points
Oh my! This was my first dom, and it was quite the experience. Loved it. The smell is very strong, Like walking through a forest, wet rocks stones, cobble stone road and white flowers. Amazing! I actually enjoyed the wine more while it warmed up to room temperature. Kept changing and developing with time. Very creamy with a bit of smoke. so well balanced. One of the best champagnes i've had.
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3/21/2020 - Eriklainen wrote:
Nose makes me think of a puligny montrachet with some reduction. Seldom I find that *the wine" stands out like this. Super lithe, mousse almost like foam, sea breeze, clean and pure. Long aftertaste.
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3/20/2020 - timothynbond Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pale yellow and fairly translucent. On the nose there was scents of baked apple pie and vanilla cupcakes, with a little fresh baked bread after awhile. Rich mouthfeel, with a medium body. Green apples was the most dominant flavor, but also a hint of brioche. Smooth drinker but a little bit acidic I felt. Tasted fresh and full of bubbles. This was enjoyable but did not have the same transcendency I felt from the last bottle I opened. Granted I opened that last bottle to celebrate my engagement, so my memory may be overly rosy.
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3/19/2020 - petitblanc wrote: 95 Points
Coronavirus Denial; 3/1/2020-5/31/2020: Bottle variation continues, but this one, like another earlier this week, is excellent, probably the best I've had. Youthful, bright yellow gold, fine bubbles. Bright and cheerful chalky, citrus, very faintly reductive nose. Terrific balance, fresh, no oxidative heaviness, nice acidity for drinking right now or holding, with pleasing lipsmacking sea-spray through the long finish. The complexity is there if you go looking (tart green apple, tropical notes...), but for my palate, this is just refreshing and delicious, for sipping, as aperitif, or with great food.
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3/17/2020 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
not blind
Delivering perfectly again. Nice drinkable in this stage. 96+
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3/13/2020 - Joey Hunter Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful medium light gold color, oozing stone fruits, white flower, blanched almonds, biscuits with a good long finish.
It’s the bottle that keeps for a long time!
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3/13/2020 - Ronin78 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Tried a bottle to see if it lives up to the hype — this is fantastic! Pale color, deceptively light in weight but packed with sappy mineral extract. This will age brilliantly. Extremely well balanced. I did not find the dosage to be notably high, unlike some other tasting notes have mentioned. The hype is real!
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3/13/2020 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
Young, tight, concentrated, firm - this will be great, it IS great, but too young, unusual for Dom P.
#Bæst
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3/12/2020 - ericindc Likes this wine:
Light, super young and tart nose with only light fruit. Racey, a lot of potential powerful fruit, but very young. will need lots of time. Probably like 10+ years.
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3/12/2020 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:
Delightful and enjoyable. Chalk, mineral, citrus and lots of effervescence.
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3/12/2020 - Eriklainen wrote:
At Operakällaren. Nose oozes liberality, slight reductive gun smoke, apples and butter. Mousse is high class - those bubbles! Just gorgeous. And really rather refined palate with a well judged acidity. Not for ultra-brut diehards. Lovely all the same.
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3/5/2020 - bobdobilina wrote: 93 Points
Pale gold color. Fine bead.
Very balanced on the nose with white flowers, wet rocks and well developed autolysis.
Very young on the palate at this stage. White stone fruit, creamy with quite a firm attack.
Ripe and rounded.
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3/2/2020 - Trancoso Likes this wine: 92 Points
Young, sharp and fresh
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2/29/2020 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
as dramatically as this is evolving in youth- we had to have a peek, wide open on the nose, walnuts, blazing Chardonnay fruit, limes, on the palate this is now behaving a lot like the 1990 did in its early days- showing a lot of leg and covering the full spectrum of what Dom can offer ranging from roasted walnuts to hints of almost-tropical fruits, the massive structure that has been evident in the past is temporarily in the background and barely visible for all the decadent fruit tones on display, marshmallow tones with time and firm lemon acids though the wine did not shut down this time during the 2 hours we enjoyed, still every bit the potential legend I thought at release- if you have enough bottles and curiosity, this is really worth tasting every 6 months right now as it goes through so many dramatic changes before it shuts down.
(*****)+, showy today and still enjoyable, but a very long wait for the full effect- 2035+
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2/29/2020 - venus229 wrote: 96 Points
과일,상큼, 효모의 풍미가 너무도 잘 어우러진 고급진 맛.
앞으로 생일마다 하나씩 열어야겠다 ㅋㅋ
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2/29/2020 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Wines with the HDH Auction (Spiaggia): Such a great Dom -- power, richness and spectacular amounts of energy all at once.
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2/29/2020 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
HDH auction at Spiaggia (Chicago, IL): What more need be said? This is probably the best edition of young Dom I've had in my life. Juicy and powerful, with a lovely dose of fruit and minerality. Sweet and rich, this is still drinking quite deliciously now, though I'm certain at some point this will shut down (just not yet).
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2/29/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Wines Tasted at HDH Auction; 2/28/2020-2/29/2020 (Spiaggia - Chicago IL): Small glass, brief note. Floral start with broad array of lean and ripe apple aromas and flavors. Perfectly balanced with good+ weight, great length and textures. So great now, with upside.
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2/26/2020 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 94 Points
Ginger, white flowers, flint, lemon, orchard fruit, fine bead, long finish
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2/24/2020 - jmoon Likes this wine: 98 Points
Just so fantastically good. Tense mineral mid palette with extraordinary length.
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2/21/2020 - Elvis1969 wrote: 90 Points
Öppnad dagen innan och hade tappat lite.
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2/19/2020 - NickA Likes this wine: 90 Points
Gareth's blind 2008 Grand Marques (Chez Bruce): Tasted blind. Didn't make as much of an impact as the bottle I drank last October, perhaps because we weren't drinking the label, perhaps because it followed some lower-dosage Champagnes. Very reduced on the nose, like a white Burgundy, and savoury. Palate sweeter and flabbier than expected, and overall the wine came across slightly simple and too friendly. Strange given this has previously seemed so tightly wound.
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2/15/2020 - dbg wrote:
Jamming with Stu (Dune, Fort Lauderdale): This needed to warm to a little below room temp after coming out of its ice bath before it started to show well. Citrus, spice, floral notes, not as much yeast/brioche as the last bottle, good depth and power, excellent balance. This Dom had a little more going on than the 2008 Cristal but most of it was under wraps. Could it be shutting down? The Cristal was more exciting and fun to drink now, and the 1996 Krug was more in the drink now zone. Like most Doms, this needs time to really show its stuff. A decade or two.
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2/14/2020 - rlove wrote: 97 Points
A wine of precision, purity, and energy, surprisingly accessible for a young Dom Pérignon. Rich orchard fruit, florals, mixed patisserie. Just killer, even today.
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2/14/2020 - g-man wrote: 94 Points
I love this everytime I try it. It's so well balanced and sharing its fruit. Not at all tight or linear like 2008 Crystal
I only wish I had more room in the cellar to add more.
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2/14/2020 - SMaiworm wrote:
Awesome! But Schramsberg is not far behind
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2/10/2020 - AAJR Likes this wine: 96 Points
At the Beach House - fresh, crisp with light citrus and green apple flavors. We really enjoyed this wine & the view.
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2/9/2020 - rmalloy wrote:
Although this wine is tasty and elegant, I felt it lacks depth and profundity. I discerned notes of chocolate (cocoa), graham cracker, orange zest, and grapefruit. I think this wine would benefit from extended aging to develop more complexity.
I do not have a well-developed palate for champagne, so I give limited weight to my own assessment. If I had to give a rating, I would rate it 91.
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2/2/2020 - whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 94 Points
Popped and poured. This is a light-yellow Champs with a tight, fine bead. On the nose, I get apple flesh, bread, sea breeze, and a nice flower mixture. In the mouth, this is fresh and focused, with a lingering finish that is marked by zip and freshness. Overall, this is a focused Champagne, but one with latent power and evident class. It lives up to the hype. 94 points.
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1/31/2020 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 94 Points
Winespecials Wine Evening (Restaurant Waldhorn, Kirchheim, Germany): Glass: Gabriel Standard
Clear, pale golden color. Clean, medium intense, youthful nose with fine fruit, some brioche elegant. Quite like the 2009.
On the palate 2009 on steroids. More pressure and tension, deeper and more juicy. Still very young, but already drinking very nicely. Long and fine finish. 93-94++
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1/31/2020 - Buick455 wrote: 92 Points
Very nice. Medium yellow'ish color. Yeast, minerals, white flowers, good acid, complexity and balance. Will improve.
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1/28/2020 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Lemony/ herby nose
Lean, creamy bubbles, lemon sherbert.
Taut and precise, Chablis-like. And then very long and toasty.
Very gastronomic. This will last for years.
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1/26/2020 - blanquito wrote: 93 Points
Took a test drive with one of these ITNOS. Scents of musk flowers, lime and ginger, quite fresh without any yeast or brioche. The palate is extra zesty and coiled, with layers and layers extract and a super long, mouth-coating finish. Quite dry. When you take a sip, this bubbly has a real impact on the taste buds, weighty and profound with a real presence, yet somehow it’s light and bright all the same. There’s also a flavor here akin to umami or maybe something like a caraway seed (from Pinot?), to go with all the kaffir lime. In many ways, this reminds me of a great Muscadet as much as a champagne. I’m really enjoying this tonight but this is way too young. Wonderful potential. Probably 93 pts today, but 95+ when at peak.
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1/24/2020 - TDV Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is some wine. Intense, profound, so much brooding energy under the surface. Long. Enjoyed at Hakkasan with Harneys.
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1/24/2020 - pclin wrote:
Good stuff. Detail and also a little sweet to my surprise.
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1/23/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
Honoring Burt Williams with some old Williams-Selyem (S.K.Y. restaurant, Pilsen, Chicago IL): There's not much more I can repeat that I didn't say on my note 10 days earlier. It's still really good!
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1/22/2020 - stayhappy21 wrote: 90 Points
Drank this at a wine dinner at Crystal Jade Palace with my wine mates. Theme of the evening: Wines from the Year of the Rat.
Pale gold in colour with a yellow gold glow and beautiful bubbles in the glass. Notes of crackers, elder flowers and toast on the nose and palate.
A wonderful wine. Perhaps drank a little too young. No harm to keep for another 5 to 10 years before tasting this beauty again.
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1/20/2020 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bordeaux 1982: not quite 40 years on (Chez Konstantina): Toasted brioche, lemon peel aromatics precede a brisk, taut and thoroughly drinkable Champagne that has the energy to age. A fine start to an evening that featured 1982 Bordeaux. Prices higher for this compared to previous vintages as it has that 2008 caché. Worth it? I guess so. It is darn good!
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1/19/2020 - salil wrote: 96 Points
Another stunning bottle of this. This one needed a bit of air to fully emerge - somewhat tight and acidic at first, but the fruit and yeasty/bready richness came out with about half an hour. Amazing depth, power, balance. As good a young Champagne as I've had in a long time.
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1/13/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
(mostly) Castiglione Falletto vs Serralunga, 2005-earlier (Osteria Langhe, Chicago IL): Nose: The nose is perfumed and fresh with quince, red apples, peaches, pears, vanilla, yellow flowers, brioche, bread, and fresh pastry tones. There is excellent depth and elegance with an open-knit take.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with racy, high acidity. The feel is extremely poised and elegant with quince, red apples, pears, yellow flowers, vanilla, brioche, bread, and fresh pastry tones.
Overall: This is clearly young, but it is also extremely good. This has an expressive and balanced side already that will only increase and get better with age.
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1/12/2020 - mattias_hansen@hotmail.com Likes this wine: 95 Points
Consumed at restaurant, recalled from memory the following day. Early in its drinking window, but i would say it is approachable now. Evolved with time in the glass and after the bottle was opened. pours light straw colour with fine mouse. On the nose the chardonnay lends a nice minerality and freshness to the character as well as slight pasty note. on the palate it is full of creamy fruit, peaches, red apples and some biscuits with a very rounded and balanced taste. a very nice vein of minerality runs through. Lovely crisp and balanced finish. complex aromatics as it sits in the glass and the bubbles fades, it was very interesting even as a "still" wine. Lovely glass and i believe it will evolve more with a few years in bottle but already now shows extraordinairy richness, creamyness and balance.
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1/6/2020 - JHSP Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice but too young - needs another 10 years to show its subtle nice DP expression.
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1/4/2020 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 96 Points
This did not give me multiple orgasms as was promised, but I'll admit it was tied for the best champagne I've ever had. Still so young too. It is that pure and clean and flawless I guess. So much lemon and vanilla, almost like a full chablis with tiny little bubbles. I liked this as much as the 2004 bolli I had recently. It will be twice as expensive in 5 years or so. I could only buy 2 tho. Amazing bubbly.
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1/2/2020 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Drank over two nights. Absolutely gorgeous nose displaying pure yet rich yellow fruit, lemon curd, granny smith, lemon, candied lemon peel, lanoline, white flowers, candied ginger, honey and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of generous pure white fruit, fine abundant mousse, rich yet pure and elegant, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long sweet white fruit driven finish. The 08 Dom consistently displays incredible purity and energy. Consistent showing over two nights. I doubt this will shutdown hard.
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1/2/2020 - heartbreaker wrote: 96 Points
Exellent
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1/1/2020 - bartgab Likes this wine: 92 Points
Young. A lot of potential
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1/1/2020 - tomoem Likes this wine: 95 Points
NYE 2020
An awesome expample of one of the great Champagnes. I echo many of the notes I have read. Look for reading some of the tasting experiences reflected in the better written flavor notes in these tastings, as they are there. Some of them are negative based on cost.
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1/1/2020 - Winning_Wines Likes this wine: 96 Points
My first taste of the 2008. The nose was rich with citrus, white raspberry, lemon pith and floral notes, while the palate was singing with hints of brioche, cream, and lemon. I was a little turned off by the bubbles are first opening, as they were more bold than I prefer. However, as the wine further developed they really smoothed out and became rich and creamy. If this is starting to close down, as others have commented, then I am excited to see what this becomes. Right now, I would score this as a 93, but I anticipate this reaching 95-97 with time.
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1/1/2020 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 98 Points
Easily the best Dom I’ve have. Sweetness up front (honey soaked stone fruit) with fresh bread on the finish. All the elements are seamlessly tied together without interruption. The freshness of the fruit more so than the bread lingers a minute plus on the finish. Still a baby but drinking near perfection now.
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1/1/2020 - dougie wrote:
Very impressive. Drank at midnight, so only note- damn, this is awesome. Will unfold over the years to be impressive.
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1/1/2020 - ziavino wrote: 96 Points
Manages to somehow provide laser acidity, decadent creaminess, and a meltaway mouthfeel on the seriously long finish. Lemon cream, honeysuckle, toasted sourdough baguette, and ginger root commingle, with minerality to spare. Oustanding.
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1/1/2020 - MartyL wrote: 92 Points
The quality and balance between yeast/minerality/fruit/richness/acidity is undeniable here but the power of each element is almost too much at this stage. I think this is really very young and ought to rest in the cellar for a few years so it all can come together.
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1/1/2020 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 99 Points
DCWINO has said it all down below. Perfection.
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1/1/2020 - aquacongas wrote: 96 Points
not blind
Beautiful lush and opulent. Makes fun from the first minute. Maybe a hint too sweet but I guess it is from the ripe fruit and not mainly from the dosage. Will be develop over the next 30 years. 96(98)
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12/31/2019 - fred o. Likes this wine:
Light golden color with very delicate bead.
Nose slightly waxy, slightly reduced.
Palate supremely well balanced, some creaminess. Faint smoke. Bright citrus, mineral.
Wonderful; WOTN. at least for this bottle, open for business, a great showing. Obvious potential for the future but a very nice drink tonight. 95 pts
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12/31/2019 - marcellonegro wrote: 97 Points
Fine mousse. Green apple and lime initially, the starting to get some secondary of brioche and nutty hints.
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12/31/2019 - batashkar Likes this wine: 93 Points
Needs more time. Approachable but still in infancy.
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12/31/2019 - RYANDOC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Had this to ring in the new year. We thought it was a bit young.
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12/31/2019 - jhngo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Young needs so much time.
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12/31/2019 - 87tellub Likes this wine: 94 Points
It looks beautiful in the glass with a swirl. Nose hits you like a ton of bricks. Baked bread and toast. Lemon. Sesame. It was shut down at first on the palate, though, but opens in the glass actually quite quickly as it warmed to the right temperature.
The nose gets near intoxicating (and would be a near perfect nose score for me if it displayed more complexity which I'm sure will come in time). Orchard fruit coming through on the palate after it's wamed up a bit in the glass. Very long creamy finish which is a very promient feature of this wine right now.
Feels like a 93 at this moment with upside potential so I'll peg it 94 for now. Delicious.
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12/28/2019 - Bordeaux_Jon Likes this wine: 92 Points
A better wine compared to the Winston Churchill 2008 beside. More depth and complexity, with lemon, orchard fruit, yeast, honey, and smoke. Smoother and sexier on the palate. I can see this aging well though it is enjoyable now.
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12/28/2019 - Rechrom wrote: 94 Points
Good at opening.Improved significantly over the evening to end with lovely balance, pretty lemon notes, brioche.
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12/28/2019 - Tavastgatan wrote: 93 Points
One test bottle from a case. Young, but everything is installed for the future. 93++
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12/27/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
Crisp and focused with excellent intensity and delicious flavors of yeasty bread and lemon fruits. Perfectly poised for the cellar but a bit of a waste to drink now given the weight, depth and complexity it should develop in time. 93+
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12/25/2019 - lightning wrote: 93 Points
Minerality and salinity, good acid drive, Great balance. Cashew nut forenote, mineral chardonnay notes drive the midpalate. Have had Dom 08 a few times now, need to give it 5 years or so to develop some autolytic and tertiary notes.
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12/25/2019 - tak4 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped on Christmas. Rapidly chilled.
Very light and bright golden color. Not very petillant.
On nose, bright yellow fruits - lemon, quince - plus toasted pain de mie.
On palate, wine is sound. Refreshing acidity, no tannin. More brioche toasty notes on palate. Kind of a caramelized thing going on too.
This is my first time with Dom Perignon. I have always wanted to try it. I have to admit that it really meets expectations. And at this price, it's not even a bad deal.
This is truly great. Quite the Christmas wine!
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12/25/2019 - Corgi wrote: 96 Points
Brilliant, racy and energetic. Ginger, spice, mouthwatering acidity.
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12/25/2019 - Isaac L Likes this wine: 94 Points
Obviously too early, but it’s Christmas. Drank in flutes, again because it’s Christmas. So much tightly coiled energy, verve and precision in a bottle. Yeasty/toast/brioche notes less prominent, sparkly white flowers, honeysuckle at the fore - this tasted of spring. 94pts on this showing and without rating this on future potential, who knows where this will end up in 10 years? The only way is up.
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12/25/2019 - Frank Schneider wrote: 94 Points
Very good Dompi with lot of caracter . Brioche, creamy and sappy.
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12/24/2019 - Misterobit Likes this wine:
Bue avec un carpaccio de st jacques, vodka-citron, creme fraiche à la coriandre et piment d'espelette, et caviar oscietre. Champagne très agréable a boire, avec une attaque franche et nette, medium body et une finale complexe qui s'étire agréablement. Je ne suis pas un connaisseur de Champagne, mais beaucoup de plaisir. A suivre dans le temps pour voir si le vin "se densifie".
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12/23/2019 - bugles Likes this wine: 96 Points
A friend of mine opened this bottle even though we knew it was way too early. But since we bought a few cases we just wanted to see whats happening.
Indeed this is a stunning champagne. It reminds me a lot of the 1996 vintage which is driving supremely well now. That why I really think anyone who has bought this, please keep your patience until 2030 if you can. This will be a beyond belief champagne by then.
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12/23/2019 - wernicke wrote: 90 Points
Pales in comparison to Krug 06/04, Deutz 08 and of course Cristal 08. How do you expect to keep quality comparable to other great houses when you produce 8.5 million bottles a year? Worth a fraction of its price
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12/21/2019 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
Consistent with my last note. Energetic vintage characteristics provide an interesting foil for the house style. Very nice young champagne indeed. Corked half of the bottle and had it the next night alongside the 2008 Cristal. I was pleasantly surprised how well it drank the next night, retaining quite a bit of energy and opening up to reveal richer tones. That being said and taking nothing away from this delicious young DP the 2008 Cristal was a full step up in every way, it is an extraordinary champagne.
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12/21/2019 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
Wine Flock Champagne Gala (Park Ridge CC): Outstanding vintage for Dom. Consistent with my prior notes. Stuffed and so rich and toasty. Great energy and verve.
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12/16/2019 - dcwino wrote: 99 Points
A small impromptu dinner - 08 Champagne and Chateau Margaux (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Incredibly expressive and energetic nose displaying sumptuous pure white and yellow fruit, granny smith, pear, meyer lemon, candied lemon peel, white flower and limestone. So serious yet so friendly palate, very finely layered sweet yet pure white fruit with a hint of yellow, very fine abundant mousse, rich yet energetic, elegant and fluid, bright acidity, strong mineral and a seamless long sweet white fruit driven finish with limestone and honey at the end. The 08 Dom has been drinking incredibly well, atypical for a young DOM, i.e. so elegant, energetic and delicious. I typically prefer the 08 Cristal slightly but I find them equally great in this occassion.
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12/10/2019 - dagij wrote: 91 Points
Tasted together with Krug (edition 166) and Cristal 2008. This was better that the last time I tasted it when I found it to "chubby" (ie somewhat too sweet and flabby). Now the nose has cleaned up, showing those wonderful aromas of lime and citrus, with tones of green apples and that hint of honey and vanilla. As alway, the mouthfeel of DP is in place: silky bubbles, sweet and almost caressing acidity, and some quite sweet tones reminding me of canned tropical fruit. The somewhat sweet mouthfeel is nicely balanced by fine acidity, but the aftertaste is still a bit too sweet, almost a bot cloying. Still, I believe that this DP will become something great when age pulls the elements together, but still this is below what we expected from the great 2008.
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12/9/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Clearly, this is in contention as one of the best vintages of DP ever produced. The power, levels of concentration, balance, freshness, purity and complexity are off the hook. The yellow citrus, green apple, honeysuckle and brioche are backed up with the perfect amount of refined effervescence, providing lift, energy and elegance. Texturally this is beautiful on your palate This is a high-end Champagne worth laying down a case for the future.
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12/6/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Poured from magnum and I just don't understand it but it's always the case that wine tastes better out of magnum. This is WAY too young, but also going to be a really special wine. I would love to see it again in 20-30 years. It's got some great nuance to it, just also a bit tight.
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12/6/2019 - MattGeneve Likes this wine: 94 Points
Honey and white flowers, touch of toast in background. Becomes much more expressive with air and time in glass to warm up. Lovely balance, good fruit with an underlying richness but lots of acidic cut to create a long rich finish. This gets better and better with air, that finish lengthens out significantly.
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11/29/2019 - Rick & Ilsa wrote:
On opening, closed, acidic, gunflint, grapefruit, lemon, with a bitter finish. I was bummed. Then I gave it some time.. The reviews starting to make sense. This is big and young, so its hard to say anything bad about it, and although I'm a big dp fan, I still think the '06 is better at this stage. Needs time.
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11/23/2019 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 92 Points
Light bubbles and greenish yellow in appearance. Bright undertones on the nose with an overtone of yeast, Granny Smith apple skins and a hint savory. Medium acidity (6/10) with a medium body. Good salinity on the palate with green apples, stone fruits and minerality. Long finish. Still quite young. Drink till 2030.
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11/22/2019 - AWBryce wrote:
Stunning. Bready, citrus notes, mellow apple; very precise, caramel and apple on the palate, great acidity and balance. A long and expanding wine, but light and elegant.
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11/22/2019 - Cellarmaster Likes this wine: 96 Points
Very surprised how approachable this was. Brought this to a friends house as an opener for a Cali cab dinner. One of best Dom's I have had in a long time. Still very young, but incredibly complex from "front to back". Young Dom's can sometimes be one dimensional, but not this one. When people catch on, I believe this vintage will disappear quickly. This was the first vintage ever that Dom released later vintage (2009) before a prior vintage year (2008) and I can understand why. The 2009 was very much a "forward" vintage, rich and gratifying as a young wine. This wine, very gratifying now, will become legendary as it ages. It is going to hard to keep my hands off of these bottles in the long run. They only solution is to buy a lot of it; enough so I can continue to drink as much as I want and know that I will have a supply for years to come.
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11/21/2019 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
First bottle I have properly tasted in a few months. Good balance here. 94+
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11/20/2019 - Vinophiliac559 wrote:
Classic dom style with structure for days, still needs time imo. Have had this multiple times in the past year or so, while I believe this is an amazing Dom I think patience will be rewarded and I will refrain from popping the few bottles I have.
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11/19/2019 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Warren's. Taut and somewhat reserved at this point, but the refinement is obvious. I need to buy some. Also need to urge Warren to buy the Lenny Kravitz Special Edition. :)
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11/16/2019 - Vino Me wrote: 95 Points
Poured at a tasting. No formal notes. 95 points.
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11/16/2019 - RayOB wrote: 94 Points
Drank at 67
Still very young but amazing quality. Might be even better than the 2002
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11/15/2019 - Scar510 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Ft Lauderdale weekend with Kim/Arie. Was not impressed.
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11/15/2019 - Dulcie and Aylwin wrote:
Well it's Dom after all, and who would forgo a sample at a tasting even if it meant navigating a tight scrum for the privilege? The patina of age alone separates it from the crowd, and I just wish I had more to be able to form a considered opinion. I have to ask though, is it worth the extra compared with many other fine champagnes out there at much lower cost?
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11/12/2019 - mark2eye Likes this wine: 95 Points
Notes are consistent with those from about a year prior although some acid has dissipated.
Nose: river rock minerality, lemon peel, and bready
Palate: slate, lovely acidity, petrol, lychee, and tropical fruit
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11/9/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
La Fęte du Champagne Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Walk around tasting. Complex array of apple aromas and flavors with engaging floral character. Rich from start-to-finish, and a long finish it is. Fantastic now with upside.
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11/8/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sweet wine tasting (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Popped and poured. Clear, pale golden yellow color. Nose a bit closed, smoke, yeast, fine fruit, very fresh and complex. On the palate also very elegant and balanced, with a wonderful pressure and tension. Wonderful, ripe acidity, fine fruit, some nice bitter notes (zests). Very long and lingering. Still very young with great potential. 94
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11/3/2019 - MWiking wrote: 96 Points
tried this beast again. Its packed with fruit, lemon zest, wet chalk, coffee... Its young, and vibrant and will only get better and better. like it a lot and have high hops this wine will be as good as the 2002
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10/25/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
I always feel bad drinking these this young since I know how much age helps, but it's still quite tasty. Bit spicy. A bit toasty. Very young but also very good.
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10/24/2019 - QPRwines Likes this wine: 94 Points
Hints of buiscuit, lemon, tropical fruits. Great acidity and so well balanced. It’s definitey the best young champagne I’ve had. Would love to try this in 20 years.
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10/21/2019 - Strikermax wrote: 96 Points
96+
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10/20/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 95 Points
Nose of brioche, lemon, yeast, slate, shale, and spring flowers, same on the palate, tasted before the NV Krug and twice more this day, big body, very tasty, subtle, complex, needs 5 years to peak, sip, savor, and wait for the future, mouth filling fruit, intense fruit, delicious fruit, almost elegant, and a long, flavorful, promising finish, but hardly bad today.
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10/20/2019 - jrkennedy37 wrote:
Better than the lofty expectations. Tons of citrus and cream coupled with beautiful acidity and minerals. Went back to store and bought an extra case for future enjoyment.
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10/20/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
A Small Fraction of the Wines at K&L's Champagne Tent Tasting (San Francisco): Well, what can I say? It's Dom Perignon, and despite being an easy target, it stole the show. Fantastically taut, fresh, bright, and bursting with energy because of the huge but ripe acidity. At the beginning of the road, but wow, should have decades of evolution in front of it. Reminiscent of the young 1996.
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10/19/2019 - Mot and Rob Likes this wine: 96 Points
In the glass it is a medium+ straw color. The bubbles are excitable and large, but then slowly twist down into a more measured dance of sparkles to the surface.
In the nose it has the subtle, but unmistakable, aroma of pear and toasted cream. It smells like comfort, in a way.
In the mouth, this dry delicious wine greets you with a blend of toasted almonds and vanilla, all cast in front of a slight mineral taste that was hard to pinpoint. Motria also said that it tasted refreshing - as in it tastes as though your thirst is being quenched.
Bright, Beautiful, and young - this will drink for ages, and be a good one for years to come.
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10/19/2019 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Annual Pilgrimage to Piedmont - 2019 Edition; 10/17/2019-10/20/2019 (Piedmont, Italy): The most focussed of DPs albeit is one to have now if one looks for the precision and laser like focus of DP. Ironically was eclipsed on this occasion by the 2007 we had before which is at peak and more round ( Papies 95).
93-94 but really at the start of its journey.
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10/18/2019 - wineismylife wrote: 93 Points
WIML93
Tasted non blind.
Straw color in the glass, clear looking throughout with steady, medium beading. Nose of biscuit, ginger and yellow pear. Flavors of cherry, lemon and a hint of sherry. Medium to bright acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold. I'd hold.
Madison offline
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10/15/2019 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Well that smells amazing. And tastes amazing too. With a touch of earth and then very mineral. Tight right now. Very long. And this is the transition from Geoffory to Vincent. THis does not suck. Apparently its close to 50/50. Smoke and salinity and really tasting great.
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10/13/2019 - berlinhotel Likes this wine: 93 Points
93+
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10/12/2019 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wine dinner with hedonists (Metropolitan Grill, Seattle): Superbly balanced Dom with many subtle notes, none shouting for attention, and very long finish, also balanced. I'm not a big Champagne drinker but it's hard to imagine anyone wouldn't like this.
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10/11/2019 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service. Consistent with previous note!
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10/11/2019 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points
So much energy here, coiled like a spring. Doesn't impress immediately but with ~30 minutes of air, and a little warmth, it starts to strut its stuff more compellingly. Nose is consistently chalky and pleasant, with some reduction, but palate has real interest, with minerals, lime, vanilla and toast weaving in and out, and an overall feeling of compelling freshness and drinkability. Very long. Overall, didn't completely wow me, but showed enough complexity to make me keen to try more.
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10/8/2019 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
A Survey of Allemand (Chicago, IL): Twice in a fortnight (and from the same supermarket chain)? Lucky me. What's more to say about this wine? It's the greatest Dom made in my lifetime, and easily one of the greatest champagne values imaginable. This does show a little white grapey right now, but all the expected material is here. It's a dense, powerful wine with just a hint of the Dom reduction. One for the ages, no doubt.
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10/6/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
Parents 60th Anniversay Shindig (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Light gold color. Drank 2 glasses over an hour. Opened this to toast my Mom and Dad on their 60th Anniversary. A very worthy wine to celebrate the occasion. I think my parents were thoroughly enamoured by this wine. Another brilliant bottle that singing from the start. Very toasty, oodles of ocean air, almond paste, pear, brioche, medium full bodied, feels so airy, brisk minerality and very long. Geez I love all that fresh ocean air on the palate too. Love it.
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10/5/2019 - Papies wrote:
Always fascinating to try this wine at this youthful and bright stage and just monitoring along the way. Very elegant, bright and although young one cannot admire the quality. This time we had it a bit too fast so we will refrain from rating but for sure up there with our previous ratings ( Papies 95)
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10/2/2019 - lightning wrote: 94 Points
Felix- by the glass.
Light gold, fine mousse. Deep toasty nose, notes of lemon peel, almonds and a touch of smoke; energy and tension on the palate, rich and mineral with great draw, citrus on entry with minerality on the midpalate.
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9/29/2019 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Late night MingHin (Chicago, IL): I think this is the best Dom made in my lifetime so far. It certainly wipes the floor with the 2002, and I think this also just has more material and stuffing than the 1996. 1990 would be the only other possibility, but I personally prefer the zesty nature of the high-acid vintage over the riper one here. Going back to the bottle in question, this is just an exercise in raw potential -- so much white fruit and minerality coiled up in a mouthwatering package of acids. The requisite hit of reduction is here too, so giving this wine some air helps to loosen up that tight ball of stuff. There's easily room for improvement with aging here, and I very much look forward to drinking lots of this in the coming years.
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9/29/2019 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
Much better than my first encounter with this a year ago was disappointing (rated 88). The wine was austere and harsh at that time. Although this bottle still needed time to open up and reveal some of what it has in store, the wine was soft and inviting right from the start. No overbearing acidity or too much austerity anymore. It got better by the minute but it’s definitely not as luxurious as the Cristal 08. Anway, quite promising. 91 first steadly increasing over 2+ hours in the glass. 95-97 potential.
TN: Slight brioche, fresh herbs, lots of minerality, fine citrus, green apple, some strawberry scents, some buttery notes. More expressive on the palate than the nose, quite well defined with a fairly soft structure (but not the finest bubbles out there) and medium length.
Decanting: It needs some air, got better in the glass. A solid decant will do good things here.
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9/28/2019 - Umay Ceviker wrote: 92 Points
Yeasty nose displaying a cascade of citrus fruit along with toast and brioche. Youthful and long lasting with arresting purity and vibrancy across the palate.
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9/28/2019 - Arnaud Cbn Likes this wine: 95 Points
By far the most remarkable Dom Perignon I have tasted. Nose is expressive and elegant - brioche, apple, candied melon. Palate: perfect balance between acidic freshness and depth. Just right - complex structure, nervous and pure. A delight for a special occasion.
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9/27/2019 - thewiz Likes this wine: 93 Points
(Disgorged in 2018, 50% PN and 50% CH, dosage 5 gr/l)
Light yellow colour with a greenish hue and a multitude of streams of bubbles that lead way to an explosion on the nose showing oysters, seashells, lime and yellow apples. With some time in the glass it reveals some roasted notes and the potential of what will come. Youthful and smooth at the same time. Lovely fruitful acidity in a smooth way on the palate, creamy on the mid and with a delicious and lengthy finish showing a distinct kaffir lime bitterness and saltiness on the lips. I’m surprised to see how much this has opened up compared with last bottle I had before the summer. But don’t be fooled, this still need more time to show its full potential...
(Best 2023-2038)
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9/27/2019 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 96 Points
First bottle of 2008 Dom and it lived up to the hype. Just a beautiful young Dom with amazing citrus fruit and laser like precision. No doubt this will become a legend. Cant wait to drink these over the next 25+ years.
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9/26/2019 - chablis28 wrote: 97 Points
Our last of six, all too quick, nights in the Tetons and a fitting way to celebrate an awesome late fall week in our, hands down, favorite national park! Had with Thai take out in our cabin. Today was beautiful but tonight is gusty and may rain? So a perfect night in the cabin, with the DP. Toasty aromas. Gorgeous, rich but energetic palate with superb minerality, citrus, brioche, toast and spice. Tremendous depth, concentration and drive. Love this vintage!!! 97pts wine / 110pts Grand Teton National Park.
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9/22/2019 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points
Kuki'o Wine Trip 2019; 9/22/2019-9/28/2019 (Champagne & Bordeaux): Great precision and tension although overall I would describe it as open and inviting. Amazingly accessible at this young age, pretty comparable to the balance and harmony that the ‘02s are achieving right now. Fruits on the nose are more apple and pear with only a spritz of citrus. Mild toast and brioche that I imagine will grow deeper shortly. Have realistically drank a case of these over the past week...
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9/18/2019 - Vinmannendd Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lemon
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9/16/2019 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
TNs: Female Burgundy Winemakers Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): Absolutely lovely. This is just beginning to open up. The nose, which was tight and citrusy a couple of bottles back, has now taken on more expressive tones of apples, strawberries and buttery brioche, with a little touch of mineral and lemon zest in there. Lovely stuff. The palate was just delicious. The balance was absolutely spot-on, with precise focus and definition, yet a lovely soft freshness and transparency to it, all this framing beautifully detailed flavours of red apples, lemons, and gentle spice, with a touch of sweeter strawberry at the edge. All very subtle and unfailingly charming, but there was clearly quality and depth to go around here. Effortless and elegant, this was beautiful stuff, all the way into a long minerally tail. Yummy. I loved this.
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9/14/2019 - petitblanc wrote: 94 Points
Fourth time tasting this, and there has been definite bottle variation. This bottle, like a previous bottle several weeks ago, was excellent, very fresh, light on the palate, lively and clean; very different from my first couple encounters, where volatile chemical notes were quite off-putting. This bottle was pale in color, showing light notes of pleasant reduction that blew off in time, very youthful and almost Blanc de Blancs in profile, less expansive than a couple previous bottles, with vibrant but not unpleasant acidity; this may age well enough, but philistines like me will enjoy bottles like this one now without apology. This bottle made the 2006 tasted alongside seem almost advanced in comparison.
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9/10/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 97 Points
Heidi's Redux Group (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass plus over 45 minutes. This was a transcendent bottle. Stunningly more open and giving than a bottle a few weeks ago. The nose is already showing a lot of toasted goodness, bright fruit, pear and melon, with almond. The palate is riveting, the acid is spot on and this really was harmonious tonight. Pear, nuts, toast and brioche with crystalline minerality; very, long, such lift and tension with a combination of grace and power. Superb bottle. 97(+)pts.
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9/10/2019 - chablis28 wrote: 97 Points
Dave D's btl tonight. All I can say is, Dave thanks for your ongoing generosity and sharing!!! This btl was otherworldly, transcendent and just plain amazing. Went out and bought my 1st 2 today and really had previously decided to lay off the 08 Dom thinking it a but overpriced. I was wrong wrong, wrong if sourced well. Taking one with me to the Tetons soon.
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9/10/2019 - UFGators Likes this wine: 98 Points
This champagne is spectacular. Everything is in the right balance and has the backbone to improve for a decade and keep for ages. More closed than Cristal 2008 and maybe with more aging potential. I can’t wait to taste both side by side in 10 years.
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9/8/2019 - tkdlzhbb wrote: 89 Points
이랑이가 마셔버림 맛있단다
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9/7/2019 - sirpat00 wrote: 95 Points
Slightly citric fruit flavours and some white fruit, fresh green herbacious notes. Very few oxidative notes at first and not very expressive although clearly fine and delicate. Over time, the aroma profile expands adding butterscotch and almond. Good balance with fine acidity. Among the 2008 Champagnes, Rouis Roederer Cristal remains my top pick. But let's see what happens as the bottles age...
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9/6/2019 - Brent25 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Clear pale lemon; clean medium nose of lemon, strawberry, cherry and biscuit; dry; high acidity; medium alcohol; medium plus body; medium plus flavour intensity; pfn with lemon and biscuit dominating; long finish; outstanding quality; drink now or age another 20 years
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9/2/2019 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 93 Points
A bottle picked up at airport checking in again on this as it showed very well at our 2008 blind vertical (back then was legacy edition which has a slightly earlier disgorgement date). Still a lovely bottle this time it came across as a bit "harmless" for top vintage Dom. It was decidedly white fruit with a bit a lack of depth and oomph. I must admit that for me Dom sweet spot tends to be 30 years + so I will be letting my bottles slumber in bond for a very long time.
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8/30/2019 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:
Tasting at Chef Kang Michelin. It was a birthday bottle treat from Chef Kang. Tasty, cheerful, bread, lemon, grapefruit, zesty.
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8/28/2019 - Barry Rothof wrote: 94 Points
@ The Lobster & Ox | Young, vived with lemon and peach, generous richness, lovely freshness and powerful long!
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8/26/2019 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:
Paired with Japanese food. Selosse Exquise was yeasty, oxidative style, honey, ripe white food.
A distinctive difference as compared to the 2008 Dom which is fresh, high acidity, bread and Henri Giraud MV07 which exhibit cedar, toast, flora.
Personal preference ranked Selosse first, Giraud MV07 then DOM2008.
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8/26/2019 - maxima wrote: 92 Points
Bu au chalet de Bulle (René) avec la gang des Fouduvin pour
ce beau souper weekend Annuel.
Très belles bulles même si elles ont été bues en fin de soirée (minuit)
autour du feu.
Beaucoup de bulles très fines. Nez un peu muet.
Bouche sallivante, levuré et bien minéral.
Bien aimé!
La dernière des 13 bouteilles bues en moins de 12 heures...et OUI
on les a TOUS goutés, n'en déplaise ;-)
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8/26/2019 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 Points
I gotta say, for drinking now, this is no match for a Comtes de Champagne 2006. Of course its not a Blanc de Blanc, but, who gives a shit. The most remarkable component of this at the moment is the intense acidity, which makes everything under it seem a bit hollow at the moment. Definitely felt like it was fighting with one hand tied behind its back, and got better as it warmed in the glass, which means that the future is good! For now, its just here to serve your sense of curiosity. Good things to come in about 10 years...HOLD
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8/24/2019 - Bobhelge wrote: 94 Points
Show classic DP developed aromas of ripe citrus, dried apricots, sweet white flowers and slightly oxidised Chardonnay notes of dry hay. The palate is really fresh and lively with a fat backbone structure. Green apple, minerals and sweet spicy flavours.
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8/24/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Drank immediately following Krug 159eme and while I usually find the Krug leaner in style than the DP - today it was the opposite. This DP is still a baby and showing more in a racy style - clearly built for aging - if you own these hold onto them for another decade and let them develop. Still enjoyable but quite spooled up for now.
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8/24/2019 - pgrzesik Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really special vintage champagne here. On the nose this has lots of citrus fruits, notes of dried apricot, and a ever so slight vanilla presence. The palate is rich, velvety, the bubbles are very well integrated and just coat your palate with elegance and enhance the flavor profile even more. Good finish with lingering toasted wheat.
Really excited to have tried this vintage of Dom. While it may get better over the coming years - it is incredibly approachable and very enjoyable now. If you have some of these in your cellar I would have one now and see just how good it is.
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8/22/2019 - afaheem Likes this wine: 94 Points
Give it more time
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8/18/2019 - lepetitchateau wrote:
A coiled beast that gives divine hints of what is hiding underneath. This is a classic Champagne. Thank you Scott, a great way of seeing the new house!
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8/16/2019 - syrahshiraz Likes this wine: 90 Points
Oyster shells, lemon, yellow apples. Only very slight hints of butter/croissants and nuts. Not as exciting as I'd expected given the existing TNs, as this is still shy to me. It's nicely balanced, with quite a bit of acidity, and a long finish. Looking forward to revisit in a few years. But, to be clear, this is a pleasure to drink right now.
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8/15/2019 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent! Only wish I had oysters to go with it.
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8/12/2019 - HPringle Likes this wine: 94 Points
Incredibly rich and rounded mouthfeel. No doubt more to come- one should wait, but tricky when so delicious!
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8/10/2019 - tobyc Likes this wine: 90 Points
Colour: Clear, pure, clean and light yellow.
Bouquet: Med intens and reductive nose (which is surprising giving my last tasting produced a more oxidized profile), pineapple, flowrs, apples. Somewhat shut down.
Palate: Dry, med acid, med+ body. A bit burned/grilled w. butter, nuts and some liquorice-like bitterness. The bubbles are more pronounced than last time but the afteraste is still fine.
Overall: Not entirely balanced. And still too young.
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8/9/2019 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
Lovely nose of lemon, yeast, green apples, and a hint of chamomile. Great acidity and very fine bubbles on the palate with flavors of lemon, tart cantaloupe, and apples. Long finish. Outstanding Champagne, although very young. Try again in 5 years... 96++
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8/9/2019 - Stevelayden Likes this wine: 96 Points
God, this is gorgeous. So fresh and subtle, absolutely effortless on the tongue. Salty and mineral with a cleansing acidity that will structure this to age for years to come. For such a light Champaign this is surprisingly fruity and accessible and will drink beautifully both now and decades down the road.
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8/8/2019 - Rupert wrote:
Educating the Youngsters (67 Pall Mall, London): Very fresh, pale, light, grippy, mineral and citrus. I can well believe this will turn out to be fantastic, but it's quite simple at the moment.
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8/8/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
not blind
in perfect shape, easy drinking with great substance. For the next 30 years. 96(98)
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8/4/2019 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 Points
Killer nose - vanilla creme some mint and green peas. Minerals and rocks. Squirt of lemon. Delicious and young on the palate with vanilla, sweet creme lemon malt just delicious. Long beautiful malt and vanilla finish. This is super elegant and very perfumed and will have a long life. This didn't have the burning intensity of the Krug 164 but it has more perfume and complexity. 08 brings a certain focus and urgency that is potent and wonderful. Right now, I don't think it is a persuasive and the 164, but I expect with time this could overtake it. Nose - 5-5.5+/6, Palate - 5.5+?/6, Finish - 5.5+?/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/+?2 = 17.5-18+/20. (with 18-19/20 potential.)
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8/3/2019 - BradE wrote:
Three bottles. All very good, drunk with the 2009, and the 2008 is clearly the better champagne.
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8/3/2019 - TDV Likes this wine: 94 Points
Yeah I think this is probably as good as it’s cracked up to be. Pretty nose, white peaches, flowers, whiff of smoke. Palate fine bubbles, rich but poised, touch of bread with the fruit. Cleansing. Long. The future is surely bright.
Day 2: opened up a touch more. Apricot on the nose, saline slight bitter edge on the palate, like apricot skin. It’s delicious now but I imagine there is more to come.
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8/1/2019 - peternelson wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful yellow-gold; nose of perfectly mature stone fruit, subtle baking spice, yeast, wild flowers, yellow apple; such purity and balance. sits elegantly on the palate, seamless, pure flavors, long, and just feels like home to me. So nice. Okamura for Hiro's b-day.
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7/31/2019 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 94 Points
A stellar showing. Youthful and tight, with compact effervescence and a restrained bouquet. White stone fruit and saline dominate the palate. Great tension. A real pleasure, and even more to which to look forward.
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7/31/2019 - decaturwinedude wrote:
See my previous note. Still firing. Though, must say, I slightly preferred the '08 Veuve Grande Dame on the same table tonight.
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7/25/2019 - Livermore wrote: 94 Points
The stuff of champions. Balanced, flavourful. Despite its young age it was fantastic. Can't wait to see what the future has in store for this champagne.
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7/21/2019 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Same btl as R&Rler Very impressive concentration and material but youthfully tight at this point. best to let rest for at least a year or 2.
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7/21/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
Chez Dalluge Celebrates The 25th Anniversary of The French Laundry (Chez Dalluge, MN): Light gold color. Small glass. Very promising, has all the components of a great vintage of Dom. Some of the '08's will be better in a couple years, while others are open and so giving already like the '08 Veuve Cliquot. This is going to be better so I think patience in in order. Drinking next to the '06 and '02 portends what is to come from the '08 with time. Currently 94(++)pts.
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7/21/2019 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
A small gathering of friends - 71 Cristal, 08 Dom, 90 DRC GE, 01 Rayas, 90 Monfortino and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Obviously primary yet beautifully balanced nose displaying fresh white and yellow fruit, fresh lemon, lemon curd, pear, granny smith, white flower, honeysuckle, smoke, sea breeze and limestone. Perfectly harmonious palate, very finely layered fresh pure white fruit, incredibly elegant and detailed, abundant very fine mousse, perfect amount of acidity, strong limestone mineral and a seamless long sweet pure white fruit driven finish. I am drinking a lot of the 08 Doms lately and it is amazingly consistent. Another excellent example.
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7/16/2019 - tbabes wrote: 96 Points
I was shocked at well this bottle showed! Notes of crushed stones, orange zest, cut apples, and toast. Medium bodied, with great depth, focus and delineation; a long and refreshing finish.
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7/13/2019 - rnellans wrote: 95 Points
Quite bright, laser like acidity. Brioche, apple, lemon. Long. Should develop into a great DP with all of its structure.
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7/12/2019 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Incredibly energetic and perfectly precise nose displaying white fruit, pear, granny smith, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, light honey, honeysuckle, light smoke and wet stone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered fresh white fruit, abundant very fine mousse, rich and concentrated yet beautifully balanced and detailed, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet white fruit driven finish with smoke and limestone at the end. Observed over two days and it gets slightly richer. I have no doubt that this will be the greatest Dom.
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7/4/2019 - Otaku Oenophile Likes this wine: 93 Points
Yes I opened this for 4th of July but you're doing yourself a disservice opening this now.
Incredibly delineated with sharp acidity, preserved lemon and hints of castelvetrano olives. Despite this the finish is still creamy with a almond, flinty finish with hints of gun powder.
Give it at least 5 years or even better 10 before another bottle or just get champagne that's in a better state right now. 06 Dom and SWC Pol Roger are doing pretty great right now.
Finished it the next day with some Church's Chicken. I described the nutty note as almond but it's more walnut/sherry like.
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6/29/2019 - Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 94 Points
WX Dinner: This 2008 Dom really stood out among a sea of Champagnes. Unbelievably ready to drink, yet so complex and nuanced to where you're taken aback by its brilliance. The only thing better was the 2008 Cristal, but at that price, I'd rather buy more Dom.
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6/27/2019 - vespasian wrote:
Smoke and mineral complexity on the nose, complex nuttiness. Reminiscent of fine burgundy; incredible poise and tightly coiled energy, a very fine mousse. Delicious, great potential. Incredible freshness from the acidity here. Really has extraordinary refreshment, not harsh at all. Epitome of refinement. Very long. Complex flavours spreads like a peacocks tail, builds in intensity on the palate. Totally convincing.
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6/26/2019 - vespasian Likes this wine:
A tiny amount of reduction on the nose but not in a way that detracts; pretty glorious on the palate, alive with energy and vibrancy, beautifully balanced and with so much to give. The finish is superb, dry and complex, leaving lots to contemplate on as the flavours remain for a considerable amount of time. I don’t remember ever liking a young DP as much as this. Great potential but hard not to want to drink it now, it’s that good.
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6/25/2019 - Mtnmd1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Focused with a long finish. Look forward to a few more bottles over the decades
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6/22/2019 - springdrive Likes this wine: 94 Points
Butter and cream, saline minerality (oyster shell as others have said?), almond, citrus. Apple and pear, white peach, honey, focused acidity.
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6/21/2019 - bengemarräng Likes this wine: 90 Points
The potential is great but already a very good wine today.
Yellow apples, citrus and a touch of coffee both in mouth and on the nose. When as a still wine after a few hours it's really oily and burgundy like with a little spice, fanntastic.
90-91p
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6/19/2019 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
This is now in full blossom and albeit has a long way to go it is simply stunning.
Rounder wine, polished, focused and precise but the acidity is very polished and does not attack the palate in a way older DPs used to do in there use. A lot more impressive than about 6 months that we tried this last ( Papies 93) albeit that was at the last DP tasting with Richard Geoffroy. This is elegance in a "young DP" and stunning. 94-95 and full of potential.
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6/18/2019 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Dinner at Kazu (Kazu. Cuppage Plaza, Singapore): Way too young, but very lovely indeed - this will be a legend of a Dom Perignon. Quite an achievement given the millions of bottles produced. A bit too tight and unyielding when first opened and too chilled, this really came into its own after a few hours in an opened bottle and served at a cool room temperature. The nose was lovely by then. More biscuity and brioche-y than a usual young Dom, there was a nice toasty, bready aroma alongside more typical scents of red apples, hint of strawberries and a nice almond and macadamia nuttiness at the sides. Really nice, mealy stuff. It was really impressive on the palate. It showed lovely breadth and depth, and impeccable balance, with wonderfully judged acidity and a firm but fine mousse wrapped around a strong, but very pure core of red apples and berry flavours lined with little bit of citrus, some spice, and again that mealy, yeasty, brioche character. There was a really nice sense of completeness and balance to this, from the round attack, through the full mid-palate, and into a long, satisfying finish that had more than a hint of saline minerality to it. A lovely wine, that had surprising depth and seriousness for a young DP. Very harmonious too. Still too young of course, but I do not think this will take forever to come around. It should be lovely in 6-8 years’ time. Bravo.
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6/16/2019 - Kirk Grant wrote:
There is a delicacy and depth to this on the palate that reminds me of the 1996 back in the summer of ‘07. Both the nose and palate offer a depth that is rarely seen in young Champagnes I’ve had in the past. These will reward a long nap sideways.
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6/16/2019 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 91 Points
Nutty, stoney aromas. Full, robust, fruity, packed mid-palate. A little funkiness and I u understand the concern of our group with a slightly off putting chemical component. Very fine mousse, creamy, and high acid. Long, saline finish with shellfish character. sensational balance and mouthfeel.
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6/12/2019 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wine Group Dinner #169 - 2005 Bordeaux Part 2 (Urbane Restaurant, Brisbane): Wine Group Dinner #169, Urbane Restaurant. This is a fine albeit very young Dom with a very fine mousse and pale colour and a nose of lemon, apple, pear, brioche and limestone. The palate is quite dense and reserved with plenty of matiere and grip balanced by an expanding gossamer web of flavour and minerals on the back palate that is very refined. The dosage seemed a little prominent to me but it perhaps balances the razor sharp acidity of the finish.
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6/9/2019 - RolfT wrote:
Champagne tasting. No scores but ranked from best to worst.
1. 2000 Dom Perignon P2 - blind. classic big house prestige cuvee style. High class, but a bit generic - didnt guess Dom P.
2. Selosse Initial (deg09) - another beautiful initial, this time with almost 10 years post-deg aging which it carries effortlessly. However, some thinning in flavour. Maybe not one to save much longer.
3. 2004 Cristal - still very youthful, but has substance.
4. 2008 Dom Perignon - surprisingly accessible already!
4. 1998 Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame - deliciously mature, but on the downslope - DRINK NOW
2008 Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame - very young, but accessible to some degree.
7. 2006 Taittinger Comtes - much too young, should be stored.
7. 2011 Pierre Peters Chetillons - young and rather anonymous
9. Krug Grande Cuvee (deg2003) - poorly stored
10. Ulysse Collin Rose (12 base. 18deg) - very young and complete lack of complexity.
11. 2009 Pierre Paillard Les Mottelletes - easy drinking and good value, but a tad too sweet.
12. Grande Siecle (fra start 2000'er) - Cork tainted
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6/8/2019 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Five winos excellent adventure , mostly in Burgundy; 6/7/2019-6/15/2019 (Beaune, France): Typically, it takes twenty years for Dom Perignon to shine. The 08 is an exception. Perfectly harmonious nose displaying fresh white fruit, pear, lemon, honeysuckle, cool mountain stream and limestone. Perfectly harmonious palate, very finely layered pure white fruit, incredibly fine abundant mousse, elegant, harmonious and energetic, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a seamless long white fruit and mineral driven finish. The 08 has to be the best young Dom Perignon of my life, epitome of elegance and refinement.
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6/6/2019 - esw423 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Served at Arrow & Branch tasting at Rittenhouse Hotel. Super refined and just delicious. Wonderful note of sweet bread - like the flake off croissant
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6/5/2019 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
2008 Champagne horizontal (Medlar (London)): Clearly the best wine in this flight and besting the Winston Churchill pretty much unanimously for the table. Lots going on, great deep nose, flinty, mineral powder, sweetness of high quality ripe fruit. This is going to be tremendous Dom in time surely. Glad to have a few cases. This was the Legacy edition btw (which was disgorged a few weeks earlier than the regular label).
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6/4/2019 - tinybubbles Likes this wine:
Not as precise as bottles were a year ago.
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6/1/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
First taste and the buzz is warranted here, an excellent wine, certainly the best since ‘02. White Burgundy with bubbles, good tension, cut, and minerality. I like this now and will like it even more in a few years.
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5/28/2019 - tdiehn wrote:
Spectacular!
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5/28/2019 - BigJ Likes this wine:
Fantastic, super fresh and young, but already giving lots of pleasure. Nose of limes, toasty brioche, crisp apples and a nice mineral kick.
Palate is so crisp and clear but quite tight. Lovely mousse, extremely refined and looonnngg. Great
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5/24/2019 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Lost Friday afternoon gathering 08 Cristal and Dom, Raveneau, Rayas, Chevillon, Gouges and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Expressive yet surprisingly elegant nose displaying fresh white fruit, granny smith per RJ, pear, fresh lemon juice, a hint of white flower, rain water and limestone. Just like the 08 Cristal, already showing exceptional balance and harmony, very finely layered elegant white fruit, incredible focus and perfect precision, very fine mousse, bright acidity, strong mineral and a long seamless fresh white fruit driven finish with limestone at the end. Although quite rich, not as rich as the 08 Cristal. This is surprisingly elegant and has no bitter end which I often get in young Doms. It has to be the most refined young Dom Perignon going back to the 90 vintage.
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5/24/2019 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 92 Points
1989 Bordeaux Dinner (Joseph's Place, Wong Chung Hang, Hong Kong): My first time with the 2008 and didn't pay it enough attention as we were quite a big crowd getting to know each other. Fresh, vibrant and not too different to the 2005 on first impressions.....until I paired it with Chinese 'Thousand Year' Egg...then it took off to a higher plane. This has greatness hidden away somewhere and I suspect will become an outstanding food Champagne. Must revisit....
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5/20/2019 - salil wrote: 96 Points
Another showstopper. Very much along the lines of my last bottle, except this one went with fried chicken and a hot honey sauce. This absolutely lives up to the hype.
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5/20/2019 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 98 Points
First reg 08 DP, as the last two bottles of Legacy I've had have been brilliant! No down shift here...amazing out of the gate balance...pure crystalline freshness of citrus, orchard fruits...just a tad under picked pucker...energized bubbles exploding on the palate, then falling back to the finish on a snowflake. Everything set up for some aged complexities in the coming decades...subtle vanilla and caramel creme, smokey/chalky minerality, salt stone, ginger mint tea...pretty lemon blossom florals...so precise and engaging. If you're ever going to go deep on a Champer...it's THIS one!
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5/19/2019 - zimmy07 wrote:
Consistent with last note. This is humming young and will only get better.
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5/18/2019 - Gerbos Likes this wine: 94 Points
En intensiv inledning tydligt driven av citrusfrukt, diskret marsipan och drivande äppletoner, i den ordningen. Elegansen är imponerande och smakspektrat smakfullt integrerat. Avslutningen är lång och intensiv med en tuff syra som ändå balanseras av en subtil sötma som knappt ens märks men skapar ballans.
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5/17/2019 - Nanda wrote: 95 Points
HDH Celebration of Burgundy Dinner (Everest): Outstanding young Dom. So much stuffing and chewy fruit, yet is vibrant and highly energetic.
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5/15/2019 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. Rather closed nose, broad fruity & nutty attaque with a long and crisp aftertaste! Very refreshing and salty.
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5/15/2019 - Jammy Wine wrote: 93 Points
As much as I would like to believe 2008 Dom Perignon lives up to the hype (since I bought many cases), I feel these few bottles of 2008 (came directly from the estate) did not live up to its hype, and certainly not as good as the 2008 Cristal. Young and focused with bright acidity and rounded tree fruits. Surprisingly simple for a 2008 and seem to be missing that special oomph. Uncomplicated at this stage and definitely needs another decade of cellaring.(93?/100)
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5/14/2019 - Dale M wrote: 95 Points
Spectacular.
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5/10/2019 - valedeniro wrote: 97 Points
Very pale colour.Started off with a very mineral and lime driven nose.On the palate,oyster shells,crisp lemon and lemon peel with bracing acidity and chalky minerality.Great energy and lenght.This wine has it all.It has an incredible combination of ripeness and freshness.It's so delicious even now,one can't be blamed for opening a bottle.This wine has so much potential.Everything is in place for a long and great life.
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5/9/2019 - AllRed wrote: 97 Points
Opened to toast our arrival in wine country on a family vacation. Light color with notes of apple, pear and almond. Subtle ginger and honeysuckle as well. Fine bead. Balancing acidity.
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5/9/2019 - Massimo Alessandria wrote:
Forse un po' troppo presto per berlo. Giovanissimo, con una bolla fine, rispetto all'aspettativa ha un profumo meno "Dompè" di quanto atteso.
E' comunque un vino equilibrato, ma l'imponente acidità credo saprà farlo maturare a meglio.
Da aspettare.
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5/9/2019 - KPB wrote: 95 Points
Very pale yellow, with small bubbles; almost seemed like a still white. Lovely nose showing lime, mineral dust and brioche. Extremely lifted and crisp, very balanced and long finish. Delicious, elegant champagne.
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5/8/2019 - Raizes wrote: 90 Points
青柠、柠檬，一点酵母和吐司的味道。有很好的酸度和有力的气泡，所以入口的爽脆感很好，只是香气并不突出，所以欠缺一点优质香槟的愉悦感。醒酒或许会更好一些。89-90
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5/7/2019 - SinawoyCellars wrote: 97 Points
So different than the '09 and I like them both. The '08 is so powerful, precise and has darker berry notes both on the nose and through the early signs of a mousse-like finish. Should age well, but hard to keep these in the cellar!
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5/5/2019 - WineDuq Likes this wine: 97 Points
Loved it. First Dom I’ve ever had and it was one of the finest champagnes I’ve ever had. Really intriguing nose, there was a beguiling spice/floral note. Upon opening it was quite acidic and linear, opened up over the course of the bottle. Really fine mousse, great texture, no nuttiness or mushroom which I’m not a fan of, lots of lemon brûlée. Will improve with age, certainly, but so enjoyable now.
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5/3/2019 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bästa unga Dompa jag provat. Och bästa 2008:an hittills. Sjukt bra redan nu.
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4/28/2019 - DrZett wrote: 95 Points
Absolutely delicious, perfect acidity fruit balance. Fine and harmonious perlage. Already drinking very nice!
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4/27/2019 - soyhead wrote:
nose - honey, jasmine, peach, toast, touch caramel, and as pointed out by others a whiff of petrol/Riesling character. intriguing nose.
mouth - pit fruit, quince, superbly elegant, delicious, drinks great. tasted blind sided by side with the 08 Cristal and this was the clear winner.
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4/15/2019 - tobyc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Made from the three main grapes: pinot noir, chardonnay and meunier. NB: Red and Black has noted to me that it is 50/50 PN/CH and I'm inclined to belive him/her as I am not particularily well-informed on the grapes.
Colour: Very transparent and clear. A bit yellowish.
Bouquet: Slightly perfumed, very clean and med intense w. apples, liquorice root, nuts, flowers, hay and green pears.
Palate: Fine bubbles. Dry, med acid, med(+) body. Creamy texture w. mushrooms, apples, liquorice, pears and nuts. Oxidized profile. More bisquit than toast but still noticeable. autolysis. Wonderful finish.
Too young, way too young.
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4/11/2019 - lepetitchateau wrote: 97 Points
Very excited to try this, but the enthusiasm was tempered by how all the comments on CT and IRW were that this is super young and not ready. Perhaps I like young DP, but I thought it was amazing - and enjoyable now, with the understanding that it will be even better with time. It sports the usual descriptors that you find with DP but what I found so impressive was its combination of power, grace and integration. This is a seamless wine! Its intense but in a marvelously sophisticated way. Stock up....
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4/7/2019 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
Wow talk about explosive bubbles. Bright, super lively, very linear, delicious and compelling. After a few hours this started to reveal some of the creaminess I expect from DP.
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4/7/2019 - the godfather wrote:
Young but fantastic.
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4/7/2019 - Tony T Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very fresh and pleasant, but should improve a lot with some years of further cellaring.
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4/6/2019 - hprphf wrote:
Acker April Auction 2019 (sad day) (Marea): Hard to estimate given the hype.
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4/4/2019 - ETT95 wrote: 92 Points
I’m not a big fan of Dom Perignon, but this 2008 is undoubtedly a very well structured and robust wine with great potential. Unlike the 2009 which is already quite approachable on release, this is quite muted at first, and starts to reveal more (but not everything, yet) after 2 hrs. Very fresh white fruits, an elegant and lingering nose. On palate it is very dry, with more yeasty aromas and refreshing acidity. At this moment I’d say it’s too early to have it, and half day breathing is recommended. The score will go further up as it becomes more drinkable with more depth from ageing.
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4/1/2019 - LWI wrote: 95 Points
Nose is most reminiscent of a great white burgundy, big nose, violent wine without becoming vulgar. Wonderful balance between moderate dosage and acidity. Long, big bodied.
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3/31/2019 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
pale champagne color, magnificent nose of roasted nuts, mousse and hints of rose petal, tart apples and almost zesty citrus, the sort of marshmallow feel and scent to which I am accustomed is there- but compressed and reserved despite its intensity, on the palate this behaves like no Dom Perignon I have ever tasted at release- a massive impact that lands with a certain grace, a tidal wave of lime acids cushioned by layer upon layer of bright and as yet undeveloped cream, tightly wound and tense with evident fruit- but for now the smoky and nutty textures are in command, persistent, intense, lavishly layered, after two hours the "lemon wall" (as I have come to call it when speaking of this vintage) comes on with blistering intensity as this shuts down harder than any other 2008 I have tried to date, comparisons are very difficult as there are none for the vintages I have sampled in their youth, looking back further the best comparison I see at present is the 1966, but however the details fall into place in the years to come- it is clear this is going to be a truly legendary vintage for Dom Perignon and a singular one as well. The only downside is that for we who love Dom in its full creamy maturity there is a very, very long wait ahead.
(*****)+! 2035++
(Note- the exclamation point is for the fact I have- for now- given this 5+ stars. The scale goes to 5, but as does Broadbent in his use of the 5 star scale, I permit myself the very occasional 6th star or potential for such. In nearly 25 years of tasting and thousands of tasting notes, this is perhaps the 4th or 5th time I have taken the liberty.)
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3/30/2019 - fred o. Likes this wine:
belated bday dinner for ESTEELE90 (Kali Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA): Legacy edition. Stone fruit flavors, very high acidity, with some waxy/honey notes with time. some saline hints towards the finish. textured in the mouth. overall seems coiled and very young, pleasurable now but I feel like the glories of a vintage Dom are more evident with age and this isn't there yet. 94 pts with upside
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3/30/2019 - BillyNelson Likes this wine: 96 Points
Delightful. Loads of white fruit with piercing acidity - incredibly more-ish. Feels very, very young. Stands out from other DP vintages I've had recently as being a little bit special ....
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3/28/2019 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points
Judgement of Bishan night. Popped by birthday boy to give us an inkling of what all the hype about this vintage release Dom is about.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Fine bubbles.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of toasty brioche, delicate nectared flowers, stony minerality, lemon drops and rinds, white peaches, nuts with more air. Developing.
On the palate, dry, very high saliva-inducing acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet honeyed nuts, ?macadamia, lemon drops, brioche, honey nectar. Long finish.
Very good quality. Young and embryonic, though it does flirt intermittently with you at the moment. Don't be deceived and don't give in. Please let this rest another 4-5 years at least.
Conservative score for now.
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3/28/2019 - salil wrote: 96 Points
Brilliant showing. Drank this over a couple of hours and it only got better with air. First impressions were all about rich white fruit and lots of doughy, biscuity goodness. Air brings out more minerally and chalky flavours, and after this was open an hour or so, the fragrance brought JLL's "soil to glass transfer" phrase to mind. All the while, there's fantastic power and balance with bright acids matching the richness perfectly, and an immensely long finish. One of the best young Champagnes I've tasted, and I'm wondering if I own enough of this.
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3/24/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
Not blind
The best young DP I've had in my glas. Very similar to the Cristal 2008 which we had side by side. Oyster shell, lime, biscuit, discreet, elegant, precise, accessible. 97(99) I can't say which one I prefer. This is a porn star, Cristal Kate Moss. A monster forthe next 30 years
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3/24/2019 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points
DFS annual event (Singapore): Fairly rich white fruit, round with great balance already. Very enjoyable to drink - still I slightly preferred the minerality and clarity of the 2002 Piper Heidsieck Cuvee Rare served next to it.
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3/23/2019 - thelostverse wrote: 95 Points
4th Saturday Group dinner bottle. Allred brought this along - we had just consumed a Legacy Label bottling the week prior. No discernible difference to my palate. Ginger and cashew notes. Still very young, but drinking well already.
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3/23/2019 - AllRed wrote: 96 Points
4th Saturday group uptown tasting (R&D's): A nonblind transition before we started on the dinner wines. Orchard fruit, ginger, roasted almond and dough notes. Fine bead; lingering mousse. Good backbone.
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3/22/2019 - HerrMelin Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nose: red apples, citrus, shaved coconut, butter
Taste: very high acidity atm, needs a bit time in the glass to develop, green and red apples, citrus
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3/17/2019 - bthatton Likes this wine: 94 Points
Laced with various citruses and gorgeous texture while remaining light on its feet - an immaculate pairing with cheese. Extremely effervescent. Served after being open a couple hours. Given the hype I would say it has tremendous potential but today is "quite nice". A bit tight today.
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3/16/2019 - nywine68 wrote: 95 Points
This is a gorgeous champagne. Had it twice this week and on each occasion it shone. Really nice mature flavors with bread and yeast notes giving complexity to the great acidic backbone and apple and lemon flavors.
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3/16/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Sheldon's 60th Birthday (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Small glass, brief note. Complex array of apple and lemon aromas and flavors, with both ripe and lean character throughout. Very bright and brilliantly textured.
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3/16/2019 - MWiking wrote: 93 Points
Had my first taste of this beast yesterday. It’s heavy and very young, concentrated with bisquit, lemons, green apples, smokiness,, flint.
Will Wait many testa before I open up any of my own bottles. 93 for today’s performance, pretty sure it will grow with some cellaring.
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3/14/2019 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 94 Points
So much mousse upon pouring. Pale straw. Crisp acitiy. Very balanced. Yeast, biscuits and savory flavours. This is tighter than the Cristal 2008. Served blind, but two guest it. This champagne has decades left. This was the legacy edition bottle.
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3/10/2019 - AV2012 wrote: 92 Points
A bit reductive (not as much as '06), but with ripe, juicy fruits already. Doesn't have that typical DP green. Lovely and tasty, but where's the reductive Dom character gone?
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3/9/2019 - vespa110 wrote: 91 Points
Giallo paglierino scarico, bolla abb fine, naso fresco, frutti gialli poi vira su note di caffè e cioccolato bianco leggero, tostato, bocca un pò slegata l'acidità verde, frutti gialli e verdi, bolla precisa, ma da sistemarsi.
Molto giovane.
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3/8/2019 - M.S.L. wrote: 96 Points
Really enjoyed this. It was tight at first with a scent of a sports soda locally known as "Faxe Kondi" (Sorry, you need to be from Denmark to understand this reference). Thought it was Comtes de Champagne 2002, which for me is an absolute top champagne. I thought that I didn't like young Dom Perignon, but now I do!
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3/6/2019 - BradE wrote:
Precise and very enjoyable. A great DP, a very good value, what's not to like?
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3/3/2019 - beezer6 wrote: 96 Points
Braxton Cellars Cellar Raid (Libertyville, IL): Wow. Definitely the best young Dom that I've had. So much energy. ENERGY. That's what kept coming to mind.
Aromatic nose of only slightly toasty pears and apples with some serious funk.
Palate is gorgeous with tons of fine bubbles. So much length. So awesome.
Laser like focus on the back end. Can't wait to grab some of these and cellar for the long term.
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3/3/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 96 Points
Raid the Braxton Cellar (Braxton Cellar - Libertyville IL): Small glass, brief note from memory. This simply crushed the charming 2004. So much power, while also bright and elegant. Great now, yet just scratching the surface.
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3/3/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
Richard Juhlin Top 100 Day 1 @ Gustav Zürich (Restaurant Gustav Zürich): Again delicious, drank it two weeks ago. a wine for the ages. 97(98)
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3/2/2019 - champagne99 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dracks under en halvblind provning av Dom Pérignon 00, 02, 03, 06, 08 och 09.
Ljus i färgen med väldigt intensiva bubblor väldigt länge, som ett smatterband. För mig var doften svag och sade inte så mycket. Väldigt hög syra som förstärktes efter lite tid. Det kändes som att den verkligen behöver lagringstid. Från de andra kom det omdömen som mycket syra, tyngd, mineral och citrus. Jag gissade på 08 eller 09. En person hade denna flaska som sin favorit.
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3/1/2019 - jwsmith wrote: 95 Points
This has to be one of the best young Dom’s ever. Zesty lemon with a toasty backend. Color is bright almost green Chablis super elegant and long. Great wine consumed in both the legacy and regular label identical wines.
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2/22/2019 - canan wrote: 96 Points
T's 40th Birthday (Søllerød Kro): Very impressive and young wine. Slightly toasted oak but very subtle. Nice flavors of green apples and grapefruit.
Piercing acidity and most impressively an impeccable balance. Very lovely and nice to drink. 96-97p
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2/18/2019 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 97 Points
Drank side by side with Cristal 08. Both are equally fine structured,creamy, concentrated and layered. Dom has more minerality, pungent spice and green citrus fruits together with exotic fruits while Cristal express a slightly more complex arrays of ripe fruits from red apple, apricot, peach to BBQ pineapple. Cristal 08 is slightly more approachable now.
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2/16/2019 - Argrath wrote: 95 Points
(Blind tasting)
Extremely youthful and very fruity nose. Yellow orchard fruit. Yeast and biscuit provides shy autolytic character. White flowers, hints of nuts, butter and oyster minerality.
Full, complex, dense and closed palate. Very youthful. High, high acidity. Minerally. Pure and long. But apparently too young.
Very hard to rate this very un-developed version, but the basic material, the length and power is evidently there.
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2/16/2019 - cfrances33 wrote: 94 Points
Served in Riedel white wine stem. Flower / 1019 hPa.
Pale yellow with watery rim. Nose is a incredible rush of chalk, white flowers, and clean brioche. Fairly reduced, though not as much as other vintages of DP. The palate follows suit with bracing acidity and minerality. Lemon, lime, chamomile, brioche, Incredibly long, the acidity and fruit here and really in exceptional balance. My only knock, if at all, is just how primary this wine is. As an acid freak, I love how bracing this wine is, but recognize how good this will get in a few year. Superb.
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2/13/2019 - dagij Likes this wine: 90 Points
Served blind. Light straw colour with hints of green, plenty of small, persistent bubbles. Intense nose of citrus, lime, some orange peel, as well as an undertow of minerals/chalk. Almost no sign of autolysis. quite full bodied with extremely nice and caressing bubbles. High acidity combined with a - for me - somewhat disturbing sweetness. Long and fresh aftertaste dominated by citrus and lime, and some green apples and a bit unripe pears, but also almost a bit cloying. At first I placed it as a blanc des blancs, but when I was informed that it was an "assemblage" I went straight for DP. No other Champagne matches the bubbles of DP! This wine is probably much too young, and it will probably absorb the sweetness over five to ten years' time. Amazing that this wine holds no more than 6.5 grams of sugar. I guess that the wine will score higher in the future.
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2/12/2019 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 97 Points
My 2nd bottle. Trying to re-taste again without reading my previous notes. Burg glass. Pnp chilled it was totally close. Air for 20-30mins and warm then it revealed its charm. Smell of while flower, lime, lemon zest, autolytic, hint of pungent star anise, some smokiness and minerals. Big and focus on palate, layered flavours of apricots, exotic fruit juice, lactic acid, yeast and toasty hazelnut. The refreshing acidity glide thru the palate leading to the long finish while the intense flavours keep hanging on the mid palate. 97+
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2/11/2019 - Poussin wrote:
This is incredibly backward and it’s now plain to see why the ‘09 was released first. I made the mistake of trying to drink a glass straight from the fridge. No dice...I could barely detect anything but minerals and light reduction on the nose, and the palate was closed, acidic and austere. But as it aerated and warmed to just shy of room temperature, the pleasure-giving potential of this Dom began to reveal itself in aromas of almond paste, white flowers and freshly-sliced apples. The palate shows higher acidity and a more structured, muscular style than I recall in the ‘06 and the ‘09, both of which offer a better drinking experience right now. This ‘08 is built for the long haul and offers precious little in the way of instant gratification. Excellent, but unscored for now.
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2/10/2019 - zimmy07 Likes this wine:
Started off a bit sweet, my main issue with Dom and why I prefer others to this wine. But after 20 minutes or so, wow! Bread box, apple, citrus and a mild bead that makes this approachable even young. This will be incredible in a few years and best Dom I have had in a long time
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2/8/2019 - Ebrim Likes this wine: 92 Points
Short note - coco's, nutmeg, red apples, flint, very elegant mousse, long finish, holding back, ery good concentration, needs time, 92 for now
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2/6/2019 - decaturwinedude wrote: 95 Points
A Good Tuesday, Vol II: This so good already. First whiff, smells like great white Burgundy at its core, and it's takeoff from there. Tropical fruit, tangerine, green apple, it's already giving the goods. There is some structure, but so pure and precise. Creamy mousse and acidity for days. It sails on. Powerful. Already more than the '09 and '06 from my recent memory.
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1/29/2019 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 98 Points
(Burg glass, let it air in glass for 30min slightly lower than room temperature) Pale gold. Moderately concentrated yet enticing nose of honeysuckle, melon, apricot intermixing with just enough yeasty and bready autolytic characters and then subtle mineral and peach aroma at the background. However on palate it is so intensive and expansive with a long refreshing acid line while having extraordinary focus with complex flavours of ripe red apple, exotic fruits, mineral, yeast, hints of nut and lactic acids. It is open already with tremendous potential. It is clearly better than the 06 DP I just retasted 2 days ago. The energy, tension and readiness reminds me of Cristal 08. 98+
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1/20/2019 - Pishi wrote:
Made a mistake regarding the vintage and removing them from cellar
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1/18/2019 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points
Chalky vitamin minerality. A soft understated cream. Lemon citrus but the fruit is already a green and yellow apple. Not the ripeness of the ‘09 but far more precision and tension, think ‘06 in terms of acidity and citrus but I find more approachable fruit here. Tight knit and sharp but balanced. Sharing this with some non-wine friends over a cheese plate so no serious notes, but very excited by this.
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1/17/2019 - vespa110 wrote: 91 Points
tanta acidità, naso fiori e vaniglia, poi leggero caffè, ostrica dopo 2 ore. Bocca bella, tanta acidità, non larghissimo e non elegante come cristal.
Deve affinarsi.
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12/31/2018 - Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: 90 Points
I’ve heard some friends saying the 08 Dom is starting to shut down and my experience mirrors that. My bottle last night was simple and precise with great acidity, but lacked the broad scope of flavors/aromas I enjoyed in my previous bottles. All I got was some white fruit and a hint of smokiness, as it was pretty muted.
It just tastes (to me) like missed potential if it’s not being stored longer. I'm sure I'll have more data points when others bring them out, but I don't anticipate popping my next bottle for at least another 4-5 years.
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12/31/2018 - Vinophiliac559 wrote:
Super wound up, full of tension and verve. This needs some time to really develop into a classic dom. The acid on this hints to a very long life. I never had the 96 young but imagine it would have been similar to the 08. Hope to have many more of these over the years.
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12/31/2018 - B Paul wrote:
Tight at first. After 3+ hours it finally opened up and last glass was the best. Powerful and balanced. Seems to be a great wine that will only improve with age. I'll wait a few years before opening another.
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12/27/2018 - mark2eye wrote: 95 Points
Nose: green apple, apricot, steelie
Palate: stone fruit, cream, lemon peel, touch of ethanol.
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12/16/2018 - petitblanc wrote: 91 Points
I was anxious to open this second bottle after a disappointing tasting a month ago, this bottle coming from a different source. This time we tasted blind alongside 2004 and 2006 vintages. Generally brighter and more Dom Pérignon in profile this time, with very ample acidity, yet already showing a certain pleasant fullness and complexity; but there is once again that occasional nasty note of raw alcohol, especially as this warms to room temperature (something I also find in the 2009 vintage). Not a great wine for my tastes, though I could see the style appealing to other palates more than mine. Three of four drinkers at the table preferred the 2006.
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12/7/2018 - peternelson wrote: 94 Points
Nice aromatics of x-mas spices, vinous, tunafish oil; Nice contrast/darker color after the Dom Ruinart BdB '06; rich, caramel, bread crust yeastiness; nearly evaporates in the mouth, super fine bubbles, very long, powerful, showing very well even now. Mission tasting
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11/30/2018 - Cailles wrote: 88 Points
Merchant Tasting. No formal notes. I specifically visited this merchant tasting to see if I should stock up the great 2008 vintage of DP but I left with the feeling that I should sell the 6 bottles I have in my cellar. Not because it lacks focus, intensity or length (it might lack balance a bit today as the acidity will need some time to better integrate) but just because I don’t overly like the style and aromatic profile (too herbal and austere). I guess storing my bottles away for 5 or better 10 years is the best thing to do with a two paths to happiness: either the wine gets much better and/or my taste evolves to make me like it. If neither happens, I guess I will be able to sell it at a premium, hence a low risk call.
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11/23/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
A Legacy bottle. This started out quite tight but breathed up to show notes of spiced pear, citrus, brioche, toast and flint. It has great richness and intensity and is cut by the vintage's line of precise acidity. The finish is chalky and has preserved lemon tang. Without doubt the best Dom since the '02.
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11/16/2018 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
good length, but acidity still dominates strongly, shame to drink now
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11/11/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy/Champagne Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. So much here. Lemon, ripe apple, candied lemon peel, gingerbread and an intense minerality. Great length. Easily 95+ point potential, I will need to try this again soon in a setting with more than a small pour and a few minutes.
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11/10/2018 - petitblanc wrote: 91 Points
Tasted non-blind alongside the 06 and 09. Identical color to the 09, clear and medium-deep yellow-green, but with a more clingy, glycerine look in the glass. Immediately generous nose of citrus, peppery mango, ripe apple, bread, bit of alcohol. Showing a less smoky, musky, reductive profile than 06 or 09, yet also showing less freshness and energy on the palate, this is more savory in character, darker nuanced and a shade more toasty, though very certainly complex and of some intellectual interest. Lots of acidity through the long finish, with alcohol notes re-remerging. The non-Champagne fanatics liked this least of the three vintages, commenting on a bit of alcohol burn, heaviness, and lack of brightness despite its acidity. Even allowing for its youth, I agreed. This bottle clearly showed quality in bits and pieces and would have undoubtedly knit together with further aging, but overall it disappointed, given the hype. Certainly others will enjoy this more than I, but for me, this lacked something of the traditional Dom Perignon style.
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11/3/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 96 Points
Finesse and lots of depth on the nose with notes of red apples, brioche, crushed stones. Intense and mineral on the palate, fresh, tight. Very very long. Keep. 95-96+
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11/3/2018 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Dom Perignon Masterclass, " Les Plenitudes of Dom Perignon " with Richard Geoffroy (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Light in color, golden/green tint but really a light glossy and sparkly color. Soft on the nose, no need to shout here but definitely gives enough to make a great intro to the palate feel which makes up for all. Very pressie and focused wine, still young and on the start of its drinking window but definitely one to look forward to. We definitely understand why they switched the order of release of 09 & 08 ( Richard Geoffroy called this the miracle year and that it was picked over 4 weeks). One for future drinking and patience. Nicol 94 / Andreas 92 > 93
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9/24/2018 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 92 Points
IMW 2018 Champagne - Prestige Tasting (Hyatt, San Francisco): Usually about 2/3 pinot, 1/3 chardonnay. Probably have a little meunier. Never oak (since 1973 - the vintage when they stopped cask ferments and went to stainless steel). They've been lowering the dosage and increasing time on lees.
9 years on lees, 5g/L. Charles Curtis, MW: preferred drinking window is 20-30 years out, best 30-40 years out. $176
Pale straw color. Lovely matchstick noble reduction verging on skunk (in a good way - I love skunk) and of course sandalwood/truffle/coffee grounds. Powerful palate, feels 6g dosage (actually 5g) - well integrated with the sweetness coming mostly from ripe fruit. High acid (softened by malo and balanced by autolyis, development, and fruit). Texturally it's satiny and lithe. Superb yellow apple, raw hazelnut, pastry dough - iced and toasted. Long finish.
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9/15/2018 - psmith wrote: 95 Points
Yeah, this is a killer Dom. It's classic young Dom... reductive, smoke, saline, and lots of minerals, but there's a weight I don't normally find and crazy acidity. The nearest comparison is probably the '02. It's got that darker, fatter quality, but this has more focus and intensity. Overall I like this more and it's got better acid. Wow.
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9/15/2018 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
HDH auction at Spiaggia (ft. Maison Leroy); 9/13/2018-9/15/2018 (Chicago, IL): One of the best young Doms ever? The nose is moderately reductive, and shows quite a bit of minerality (one of the first times I've picked that up). There's lean white fruit here, as well as some very pleasant floral tones. The palate is long and intense, with powerful, linear acids that drive the sweet and sour fruit to a long finish. This is not as broad and rounded as the 2002, but far more complete than the 2004. The vintage character shows fairly prominently here, as it does with the Krug 164. Fortunately, it's a good character, so no complaints here.
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7/14/2018 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Second try. Just as good. Transparent and complex. 95-96+
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7/12/2018 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Clean, precise and already with great complexity. Store it away, will be great with time. 95+
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3/5/2018 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lovely golden color with tiny lingering bubbles and with a bouquet and flavor of bread and some dilute balsamic vinegar in keeping with its age. Good balance and intensity with a long finish. This is a wow!
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12/31/2015 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 91 Points
Interesting notes of mushroom and earth on the nose with the fruit, biscuit and rich floral tones. Bold, and juicy but nice precision. Not super expressive at this point - but it may have a lot more to show with time in the cellar.
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