Last Call! It is well-known in the wine world that magnums of Champagne are just plain better than 750 mls. The mousse is finer, the flavors are more integrated and often more complex (from longer lees contact).

And what could be better than a magnum of one of the finest Champagnes to be released in the past few years?

Dom Perignon 2008 Magnum (1.5L)

Sale $499

98+ pts Vinous / 98 pts Jeb Dunnuck / 98 pts James Suckling / 98 pts Decanter

“The 2008 Dom Pérignon is fabulous, but quite remarkably, it was even more open when I tasted it a year ago. Bright, focused and crystalline in its precision, the 2008 is going to need a number of years before it is at its best. Lemon peel, white flowers, mint and white pepper give the 2008 its chiseled, bright profile. Several recent bottles have all been magnificent. What I admire most about the 2008 is the way it shows all the focus, translucence and energy that is such a signature of the year, and yet it is also remarkably deep and vertical. In other words, the 2008 is a Champagne that plays in three dimensions.” – Vinous

“The 2008 Dom Pérignon is the first time the estate has released a wine out of order (the 2009 was released before the 2008) but the estate loved the wine so much they felt it warranted additional aging. This is a rich, powerful wine that still shows incredible purity and elegance, with a stacked, concentrated feel on the palate. It’s rare to find such a mix of ripe, pure, concentrated fruit paired with this level of purity, focus, and precision. This is a legendary Dom that surpasses all the great vintages of Dom I have experience with, including the 1990, 1996, and 2002.” JD

“The best Dom since 2002. A vintage with very restrained, powerful style that has been released non-sequentially after the 2009. This has a lighter stamp of highly curated, autolytic, toasty aromas than many recent releases. Instead, this delivers super fresh and intense aromas of lemons, grapefruit and blood-orange peel. Incredible freshness here. The palate has a very smoothly delivered, berry-pastry thread with light, sweet spices, stone fruit and fine citrus fruit.” JS

“Pure gold of colour, temperament and inclination; resinous, rich and complex beyond peradventure; silky with a spicy backdrop, honied and taut, a wonderful weave of spellbinding contradiction.” Decanter
 

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