Moet & Chandon - Dom Perignon Brut Rose 2008 (750ml)
Price: $489.99
| Producer | Moet & Chandon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Sku | 4933 |
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The bouquet bursts forth with raspberries and wild strawberries. Persistent powdery notes of iris and violet immediately meld with the fruit aromas. After breathing, greener nuances arrive, evoking privet, angelica and camphor tree. The initial sensations are tactile, full-bodied and silky as they unfold like a caress, gradually becoming bolder. The acidic foundation that is the signature of the vintage weaves into the structure of the pinot noir, vibrating the heart of the wine. The affirmed, persistent finish is redolent of peonies and white pepper.
Blend: 55% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay
James Suckling: 99 Points
This is a super Champagne with roses, strawberries and orange peel on the nose but then it's medium-boded with a raciness and beauty.
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
An impeccably balanced and graceful sparkling rosé, with a plushly creamy mousse. It's hard to tell where the firm spine of well-honed acidity and the expressive range of pureed raspberry, candied ginger, tangerine and lemon thyme flavors begin or end. A rich hint of smoky toasted brioche plays on the finish.
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2008 Dom Perignon Rose is magnificent. Rich and deep in the glass, the 2008 offers up on exotic melange of aromas and flavors. Sweet red cherry, mint, orange peel and rose petal all grace this bequiling beauty. Bright acids and little less still red Pinot (21%) than in most recent editions yields a Rose that is delicate and light on its feet, with less of the vinous intensity that marked vintages such as 2006. There is a classic feeling of austerity in the 2018 that is mesmerizing.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
The 2008 Dom Pérignon Rosé continues to drink brilliantly, exhibiting aromas of orange, red berries, pear, pastry, spices and some smoke with time in the glass. Full-bodied, charming, broad and fleshy, with pristine balance, it’s a seamless, complete and vinous Champagne of compelling purity and maturity.
