2008 Dom Perignon Brut Champagne [JS98][JM98][JD98][D96][WS96][WA95+]

Producer: Dom Perignon  Region: Champagne, France  Blend: Sparkling Blend Year: 2008  James Suckling, 98 Points  "Deep and generous, yet driven, with delicious salted-butter and salted-caramel notes underneath the initial lemon and chalk. Really expands on the palate in all directions. Lemon cream and shortcrust. Creamy, yet underpinned by a sharp backbone of acidity throughout."  Jasper Morris, 98 Points  "Believe the hype! I've tasted this over 20 times since its release. Richard Geoffroy (ex-chef-de-cave) used his experience of the similar 1996 vintage, waiting for a little extra ripeness before picking (waiting for that critical phenolic ripeness). A champagne that is evolving at a glacial pace, my tasting note is almost unchanged. Still that superb freshness of fruit (with just a kick of creaminess beginning to show on the finish). Weightless intensity is married to precise and gorgeous aromatics, a long pithy finish with plenty of dry extract waiting to develop."  Jeb Dunnuck,