Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Oenotheque Vintage:1992 Open-knit dark berry compote flavors

Open-knit dark berry compote flavors provide impressive palate coverage

A touch of reduction does not completely undermine the attractiveness of the otherwise pretty red berry fruit and soft earth notes

comparing the colour to a ballerina’s pump or even the light filtering through the stained glass of the Basilica in Reims

earth and ferrous-earth aromas are in keeping with the equally serious and tightly wound flavors that possess a sleek muscularity on the dense and superbly long finish

Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Oenotheque Vintage:1992 Open-knit dark berry compote flavorsI tasted this at a friends 50th birthday, where we drank several incredible 1966 Bordeaux (the standout being Cheval Blanc 1966 that could easily have featured here). This was of course much younger, but just a brilliant Champagne. Richly textured, perfectly toasted from its 12 years on the lees (it was disgorged in 2008 and these later disgorged bottles have a little less dosage than the 2004 version). Elegant and precise but with layers of lemon