It isn’t everyday that you get to enjoy a bottle of 2008 Dom P. My wife and I had a perfect dinner occasion to do so and we were rewarded with a fabulous bottle. 2008 was an amazing vintage in Champagne but was one that required some patience. Some of the wines needed a lot of time to get going, as has been the case with the 2008 Rare, 2008 Krug as well as the ’08 Dom Perignon.
2008 has to be up there with some of the great vintages in Champagne, reminiscent of 1990, and 1996. It is certainly the best year of the 2000s. Dom Perignon needs little introduction and is one of the storied houses in champagne. Dom Pérignon was a 18th century French Benedictine monk who is credited with inventing Champagne. What many might not know is that the Champagne region was mostly known for still wine until the mid-19th century when most houses began producing sparkling wine. Launched in 1936 by leading champagne house Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon was the first cuvée de prestige created for consumers. While most of the world including France in the midst of the Great Depression, this was a strange time to start a prestigious brand of a Champagne. But as both Napoleon and Winston Churchill have previously noted, Champagne is not only for good times but it is used to console as well.
The 2008 Dom Perignon (OB, 97) has to be one of the great wines of the vintage. This wine even has wafts of white truffle. It is big, rich and bold — simply sumptuous stuff to enjoy right now and over the next ten plus years. Learn more at https://www.domperignon.com/ and here is my review of the incredible 2008 Dom Perignon Champagne.
2008 Dom Perignon - The 2008 Dom Perignon is a thrilling wine that has really come into its own in the past few years. Wafts of white truffle fill the nose alongside rich melon and citrus fruits and Japanese pear torte.The palate is plush and refined with a silky mousse and marvelous sense of power and finesse. This is silky, sumptuous stuff, that is now slowly evolving into the earthy, secondary notes. Drink 2025-2040- 97