Dom Pérignon Vintage Moët et Chandon 2008

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Dom Pérignon Vintage Moët et Chandon 2008

The wine

The maison's flagship wine, the Vintage cuvée is matured in vats and lightly dosed to qualify it for the brut category. After 10 years of resting in the cellar, this wine develops seductive, intensely fruity notes, complexity, and – most notably – great aromatic persistence. The immediate impression is its aromatic bouquet, made up of notes of flowers, citrus and stoned fruit. Its palate ends in a long, spicy, roasted finish which firmly underlines its ageing potential and remarkable ability to be paired with fine foods.

About the Producer Moët et Chandon

Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk, appointed cellarer in the Hautvillers Abbaye in 1668, marked his time in contributing to the development of champagne, originally designed to be a "still" wine (without bubbles). The advent of Napoleon, a friend of Jean-Remy Chandon in 1804, marks the beginning of an era of uninterrupted commercial success for Moët & Chandon, which is now globally renowned. "The" Dom Perignon, cuvee prestige of the house, is certainly the most famous champagne in the world. Sold from 1936 (the vintage 1921, produced only 300 copies), it experienced immediate worldwide success. This wine, bottled in a particular eighteenth-century flask-shaped bottle, is produced only in the best years. The volume of bottles of Dom Perignon produced is a secret jealously guarded by the LVMH group, now owners of Moët & Chandon.
Benoît Gouez has made a number of improvements since taking over as cellar master in 2005, but the common denominator for a bottle of Moët & Chandon – fruitiness, and a balance between roundness and freshness – has remained unchanged.

Detailed characteristics