Dom Pérignon - Chef de Cave Legacy Edition 2008

Tom Cannavan

2008 was a marathon harvest for Dom Pérignon (lasting almost an entire month from start to finish). The nose is classically 'Dom Pérignon': supremely fresh, with a polished, flowery autolytic character adding an extra dimension to the forceful fruit and toasty aromas. A real zingy kick of acidity leads initially on the palate, as the mid-palate develops, the fruit gains momentum, the acidity integrates. The finale is exceptionally youthful, long, bitter and dry. Clearly ripe, and showing weightless concentration. Nervy and tense, sacrificing width in exchange for length. This is a supreme Dom Pérignon of cracking complexity, that will join the pantheon of great DP’s. Potential to reach 98/100 (magnums likely to score higher). Drink 2023-2048.

Falstaff

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Unquestionably the finest Dom Pérignon of the decade, the 2008 Dom Pérignon is drinking brilliantly today, wafting from the glass with notes of citrus oil, ripe orchard fruit, peach, buttered toast, pastry cream, iodine and smoky reduction. Full-bodied, rich and fleshy, it's vinous and layered, with a deep core of sweet fruit, racy acids and a long, saline finish. The 2008 is aging very gracefully.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin

Otroligt snygg från start. Kristall klar, ren, vibrerande fräsch utan någon som helt störande syrlighet. Ren harmoni från dag ett. Djup mullig bouquet som minner om fornstora dagars koncentration. Aromer som sammanflätas till den vackraste symfoni. Varm generös brödighet, anklever med brioche, smörstekt karl-johansvamp och en sammansatt yppig frukt som spänner från gulgrön till orange. Texturen är himmelsk med ett tätt lager av silkighet över den pirrigt friska syran och kritiga mineraliteten. Precis lagom till Richard Geoffroys pensionering släpper han alltså sitt livs bästa vin. Vilken Grand finale och vilket ståtligt avsked.