Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, seared scallops, roasted capon
✨ Technical Specifications
The 2008 vintage in Champagne is celebrated as a modern miracle, defined by a cool, overcast summer that was saved by a glorious, sun-drenched September. This unique climate gifted the grapes with an extraordinary balance of intense aromatic maturity and soaring, precise acidity. For Dom Pérignon, the 2008 release holds a sacred place in history as the final vintage fully guided by the legendary Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy before he passed the cellar keys to Vincent Chaperon. The wine is a masterclass in tension and athletic structure, having spent nearly nine years aging on its lees to achieve its signature harmony. It opens with notes of white flowers, stone fruit, and toasted brioche, underpinned by a saline, mineral-driven backbone that speaks directly to the chalky soils of the region's finest Grand and Premier Cru vineyards.
🍾 About the Producer
Dom Pérignon traces its lineage to the pioneering viticultural innovations of 17th-century Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon at the historic Abbey of Hautvillers, though the house was officially launched as Champagne's first prestige cuvée in 1921 (released in 1936) by Moët & Chandon (LVMH). Rooted across premier crus and historic grand crus in the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs, the estate's vines flourish in pure Belemnite and Micraster chalk terroirs that impart profound minerality and tension. Guided by Chef de Cave Vincent Chaperon, Dom Pérignon operates exclusively as a vintage wine, crafted only in years capable of exceptional aging. Blending roughly equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the house emphasizes reductive precision, reductive lees aging, and textural interplay without oak intervention. Alongside its flagship Vintage Brut and Rosé, the benchmark Plénitude releases (P2 and P3) reveal metamorphic secondary and tertiary complexity, exemplifying the pinnacle of Champagne's structural grandeur and longevity.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%