Dom Perignon, Rose 2008

This shows incredible depth of fruit with strawberry, cherry and phenolics. Full-bodied and layered with an incredible, three-dimensional element to the wine. This is so transparent and dynamic with dark fruit, yet it remains vivid and bright. Refined and precise, it goes on and on. Really savory, fresh and incredibly pinot-noir-like. What a wine. 13 years of maturation in the bottle. So drinkable now, but it will age for many years ahead.

The 2008 Dom Pérignon Rosé seems to have put on a little weight since I last tasted it, especially in the mid-palate. Bright and classically austere, the 2008 sizzles with all of the tension that is such a signature of the vintage. Finely drawn, sculpted lines shape this wonderfully saline, taut Rosé. Crushed flowers, rose petal, chalk and sweet red cherry build with a bit of coaxing.

The newly released 2008 Dom Pérignon Rosé is a dramatic, perfumed wine, bursting with aromas of blood orange, iodine, sweet citrus fruit, peach and pear mingled with hints of buttered toast, smoke and spices. Full-bodied, textural and enveloping, with terrific concentration, racy acids and a pillowy mousse, it concludes with a long, penetrating finish. It derives its intense hue from red wine produced from Pinot Noir grown in lieux-dits Chants de Linottes in Hautvillers and Vauzelles in Aÿ.