Opened to celebrate a number of past and current events, including my birthday. As others have pointed out, this is in a great spot right now. A very fine, delicate mousse, bright acidity and minerality. Light fruits, pear comes to mind, almond, honey. Not getting the lemon zest others mention, which is good for me, as a prefer less lemon in my bubbles.
Drinking perfectly if a bit younger than expected for its years. Amazing nose of florals, pears and lemons, brightly acidic but also intensely fruity on the palate with a long finish. This was one of the favorite wines of my daughter’s 21st bday celebration.
Excellent, as last bottle. Decanted a bit to A-B test vs glass--decanted more complex but loses a bit too much fizz: best to serve a decent serving in larger glass to maximize favor evolution. Had as aperitif with comte.
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Light yellow in color with small beads. Fabulous nose of yellow florals, Meyer lemons, ripe orchard fruits, dried honey. Very rich and opulent on the palate showing of ripe summer orchard stone fruits, pears, tangerine oil, decent acidity and a super long and fruity finish. This is drinking incredibly fresh, and although quite ripe and flashy, one can't deny the vinousity, density of the fruit on the palate.
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Fresh minerality, citrus, almonds, brioche and hints of crushed hazelnuts. Absolutely lovely, still young but with emerging maturity. Popped to celebrate the entrance of Sweden into NATO on this day!
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Yellow gold. Aroma of intense citrus, coconut, butterscotch and blood orange. Caramel and creamy palate entry followed by grapefruit and sweet muscat grape. Long finish of sweet lemon drops and caramel. Juicy, rounded, complex and full-bodied Champagne with lots of life ahead, very enjoyable bottle!
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Simply delicious. Popped open and let breathe 45 minutes then drank over 45. Golden yellow color, very refined bubbles. Nose of spice cake, golden apple, brioche, lemon peel and some perfumed rock. Powerful entry on the palate, rich and unctuous, great lift, finishes long, fat and buttery. In a great drinking window.
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Yellow gold color. Lemon peel, brioche, toast and yellow apple. Full and creamy body, extremely long finish. Tight initially but opens up with a bit of time in the glass. This is showing beautifully. There is something about Dom Perignon that makes it quite distinctive and unique. Excellent!
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Wow what a delicious champagne one of the finest out there. Golden yellow color, tiny fine bubbles. Nose of creamy brioche, golden yellow fruits. Fresh yet unctuous on the palate, finishes fat yet with great lift with notes of flowers. Drinking extremely well.
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M&PD Tasting: Italy (Seattle, WA, USA): Mmm, great way to start a tasting. Opens up fabulously complex, maybe a teeny bit oxidative for Dom but so expressive. The palate is fresh, creamy and mineral. Very Dom.
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Dang! What a great DP, and a great champage in general! Nose of white wildflowers, honey. Palate is yellow mature peaches, funeral flowers, a hint of ginger, honeysuckle, lemongrass, a HINT of "lemon herb foccacia" almost reductive style breadiness (which I don't usually get with purely oxidative style Champagnes). Just hitting on all cylinders. Probably one of the best bottles of bubbly I've had in a while, although the 08 Billecart on the table challenged this wine and gave more of a youthful presentation with the oysters on the half vs. this 02 Dom. Drink or hold 10 years.
Quite youthful right out of the bottle, but what struck me was the immediate openness of the nose - a fragrant plume filled the room as soon as the bottle opened. Fresh despite the age with lemon rind, apple, vanilla, brioche and moving on to a long finish with almond and sherry showing the age. Over time it mellowed and improved. This is drinking excellently now but there's no need to rush to open any bottles you have in the cellar.
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Bought recently. Medium straw golden colour, light perlage. Yellow fruit, red apple, almond paste, nuts, brioche, and some smoke, with good acidity, creamy mousse, and impressive persistence. Opened up slowly. Still (too) young. I usually do not decant champagne, but this time it would have helped. I suggest to hold for another three years at least.
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not blind Very good champagne but again for a DP and 2002 it is a bit "weak". Still on the fresh side, less toasted toast and oyster shell as usually. We had later a Rodez 2002. For many "younger" than the DP. 94
Absolutely wonderful. But it takes a while to open up and from the second glass the evolution was 10 fold. Clearly has a long life ahead of it. Not sure if I can find more affordable bottles :-( I had this a couple of years ago and it didnt impress and how the tables have turned.
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Opened one to take a peek at its ageing curve. Ageing gracefully albeit slowly due to its immense structure, a given considering the 2002 vintage. Still showing a vivaciously bright acid alongside crisp white fruit and red apples, slowly softened by slight tertiary notes of honey and browning sugar. Quite pure and crisp fruit with the tertiary notes quite in the background, this bottle still tasted rather young. This seems to be on track with what I was expecting, but seemed to be a couple years off the peak at least. Hard to complain about opening this vintage today as it is already really enjoyable. Especially when considering the price being comparable to the recently released vintages of Dom Perignon. But I will be patient as I want those tertiary notes to be more dominant. 93 today, expecting 95+ in 2-5 years. Paired extraordinarily well with a Cantonese-styled seafood banquet meal.
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The lemon notes just overwhelmed me - I felt like I was chewing on a lemon rind. 2 more bottles - reminder to self - drink with fish and lemon - it will be great! Not giving it a rating because I just don't want to slam what is usually one of my favorite cuvees.
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Totally at is peak but still trending up. Fresh and bright but complex and rich. Delightful but only going to get better as time goes buy. This is the 96 in 5-6 years. Thank Ed.
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I will certainly draw some ire for this, but I don't get the acclaim for this wine, at least in this vintage. Starts out nicely, a bit of sweetness on the palate, but frankly lacks distinction, complexity, or interest. It's a nicely pleasant sparkling wine. Came back to it later in the evening, and it has turned noticeably sweeter, which dominates. Just not that interesting, and certainly not for what it sells for.
Starting to show some aged character. Lots of brioche, lemon, some herbs, hint of caramel on the nose. Pleasant mellow fizz, mouth filling, deep lemon, great balance. Acidic but not too much. Starting to make sense to me as an aged Dom. Very delicious.
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Chave vs. Allemand (Kitchen Istanbul, SF): Complex aromatics, brioche, really lovely spice; palate is medium bodied, nice mousse, a bit tangy and slight nutty bitterness; medium length finish. Objectively good champagne, but doesn’t resonate with me. 91
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I think 20 years and up is the perfect aging to drink DP in top vintages at least in my book. Delicious bottle with light golden yellow color, lots of concentration, tiny vivacious bubbles. Wonderful on the nose with evolved notes of golden yellow apples, brioche, apricots, pineapples, honeycomb, jasmines, with rich flavors mid palate and superb buttery finish. That's as good as champagne should get.
Palate a bit too vanilla/solar fruit for my palate: after a few hours of I find the hints of Dom P reduction but for me the vintage dominates the house style at least right now
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Opened to start dinner with friends at Field & Main Restaurant in Marshall, VA. The group loved this and justifiably - probably in s perfect spot, with the yeasty brioche notes not overwhelming. A lovely lemon citrus note of the finish.
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Opened for a special occasion—my Dad’s visit for the weekend. This was fantastic and obviously well stored as it drank much younger than its 18 years. Color was light gold, nose of citrus and slightly yeasty but as with most experiences I had with Dom the flavors and texture were concentrated yet delicate. Bubbles were fine and present throughout. Great structure, acid and mineral. So much room to evolve, score is for now
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Wimps - Racine (La Trompette): bit apprehensive about this as there has been a recent thread “has anyone tasted a good DP 02 recently?” Well it’s a fair question, and the answer is a resolute yes. Lovely nose, just a hint of a country church on a spring morning with the sun shining through the stained glass windows. A real structure there, and almost a savoury hint. Some discussion at the table about the “cuvée journaliste” and the variation between different batches of DP - I have no knowledge of this but what we drank from that particular bottle was superb.
Rik gullgul. Duft dominert av hasselnøtter over krem, brioche, smør, mineralitet spiller annen fiolin. Rik og god i munnen, bra mousse. Deilig og god, men er på vei ned
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Sourdough, lemon oil, gunflint and the faintest touch of honey. Evolution was more evident in the colour than on the palate. The yakitori char probably impeded my judgement here but this came across as more burly and rounded than your run of the mill DP. Still an adolescent compared to some other 02s I’ve had of late, maybe another decade worth of dopamine to be found in here.
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We had this for my oldest daughter’s 21st birthday. It is her birth year champagne. It was a little muted on the nose but nice and bready on the palate with an apple tart/brioche like quality. Minerality and acidity on the finish. A tad bit of a disappointment but super nice due to the occasion. She enjoyed it.
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Nice complexity on both the nose and palate. Lemon, apples, touch of butter and toast. Good concentration and focus. This is, however, slightly closed right now. I look forward to trying again in a few years once it has opened again.
Initially tasted blind. An absolute pleasure to try this along with the 1996 and 2012 vintage in the first flight of what had been billed to me as "casual Sunday evening drinks"!
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On holiday in Cephalonia this time. Golden yellow, persistent and even mousse. Nose opens brightly, lemon acidity, buttery, peel and brioche toasted notes. Opening flavours are warm toasty notes, there is a refined acidity in the background, faint honey sweetness. Exhibits the softening of age but is still finely sharp and defined. Very classy superb champagne. Tasting it properly this time lets me move this up a few points to a 96. Superb.
This wine had a medium yellow center, clear rims, and medium effervescence. The medium+ intensity nose was a knock out good right of the bat with its citrus, lemon tart, leesy, and mineral notes.
As is often the case, this wine got better and better with air. It was quite good but a touch on the fruity side for the first hour. Then the mineral component grew stronger and stronger adding gravitas.
While drinking quite well now, this Champagne will easily last another decade.
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Planning Session II (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass plus over an hour. David's bottle to toast the wonderful life and memories of his father. I couldn't think of a classier bottle to pay such a tribute. As always, a classic, elegant, pristine Champagne that oozes ocean character, toffee, pralines, pear, golden fruits, fine minerality and light toast. Long and wistful. Cheers to Richard!
BYO Litteraturhuset "Best Wine": Drukket side om side med Cristal 2002 fremstod denne mer parfymert og dypere på duft med sitrustoner og et hint av tørket aprikos samt et snev av champignon - men mindre enn i Cristal. Godt moden på smak med kamfertoner og sitrus i retning sitron. God dybde, rik munnfølelse med modent sitruspreg og flott mousse, men moussen forsvinner raskere enn hos Cristal.
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Exceptional once again and what more can one add to this wine . Pointless to add but keeps on going and developing and probably this was the best of the experiences we had over the last dozen years too. Easy 95-96
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Citrus at opening evolving to lemon cream over time. Probably slightly better after 20 mins or so of air. Served in wide glasses. Incredibly fine perlage. Beautiful wine that can work as aperitif or with seafood, possibly light fowl meat. Decant next bottles only if large crowd and do so into narrow decanter for immediate consumption.
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A little bit disappointing. At least this bottle left me back with the impression, that age isn’t doing it a favor. Will open one more bottle very soon to give a final judgment.
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PnP and drank over 2 hours. Plenty of bubbles. Cork well preserved. Still had crisp acidity and a freshness to it. Buttered toast, lemon curd. First half of bottle did well as an aperitif, and then remainder paired well with sushi rolls. Man what a good bottle of champagne.
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Similar to prior note after a 30 min SO, another near perfect bottle (unfortunately, my last). Creamy lemon with toast notes and persistent acidity, a perfect accompaniment to the lobster thermidor; outstanding & at peak, drink up
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This was a disappointment, possibly faulty. low/no nose to speak of, a bit flat on the palate, lacking that DP intensity and elegance; Hints of shrooms, wet sidewalk, I feel this was faulty in some way, like very faintly corked, but without corkiness. At Blair's, EWG 2002 retrospective.
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I get the same impression as the last time I had the Dom 2002 back in 2017: a very well made wine but too compliant to the standard champagne format. Blueprint 1A for champagne. For me lacking personality and charm, frankly a bit boring. Sure, there is good acidity, minerals, nice fruit and just hints at maturity but this could easily be mistaken for a standard Millesimes from any of the big houses, in the drier end of the spectrum. It’s not at all a bad wine, quite nice acctually, but not on the level it ought to be. A dissapointment. I’ll have a Bollinger GA or a Comtes de Champagne any day over this.
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Medium to medium deep gold, lotsa bubbles still. Leesy, smoky, even a bit oaky on the nose - fresh on the palate, it is at a mid-way point, just tipping over from youth into maturity - flavours are more in the aged camp. Very nice, but after the '08, this is not hitting the heights. Still great, and lovely to have this for Sophia's 21st. Happy Birthday, legal worldwide!!
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NYE - no notes. Great bottle of DP! Starting to come around and showing how great DP can be from a really epic vintage. Had with a king crab and lobster starter and this really matched. A real treat and a perfect day to pop a great top bottle on. Merry New year!
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PnP'ed, and further stood for ~1hr before serving. Whoa, after having had quite a number of grower champagnes 3-days back, I sure didn't expect this DP to show such beautiful florals and it seemed to get better & better with air! Spring flowers, apples, honey-lemon burst from the glass as it got aired. One could also feel/taste the richness of fruit but it was kept well in check - intense but with noticeable tension, and being framed as if by a most luxurious and satiny cover, exuding controlled-elegance (strong but subtle, for the lack of a better description) as it slid across the palate. This definitely provided the joy (with air), but I'd certainly expect it to hit greater heights in time to come...
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Still very young and fresh. Lots of apple, ripe pear notes, a touch sweet but decent acidity to bring it back into balance and freshness. I think this is the type Dom started moving to a fresher, less heavy style and it is a purer expression of the healthy ripe fruit. Light biscuit and brioche notes that do not overwhelm. Lovely length and energy. Close to the peak right now. Enjoy with confidence. I would drink these rather than sell them if you have them in your cellar!
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I was looking forward to this Xmas day treat… good, but unfortunately not as good as expected… Nose of citrus and ripe apples. The palate was refined and more subtle than the DP 2004, but (for me) less exciting. Still a great champagne! We drank 2 bottles which had been stored professionally. Both tasted the same.
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first time DP 2002 tasted side-by-side with comtes the champagne 2002 expressive and intensive nose, this is ready to drink. sharp, precise and intensive nose full of citrus and some brioche on the background. compared to the DP P2 2002 we had some time ago, this was way more accessible, ready and full of charm. this is overwhelmingly sharp, which distincts the DP from the comtes the champagne and other champagnes. nice and subtile perlage, as I said very charming, like an elder woman which embraces you with her arms. drink now, this is ready, but will gain more tertiary aromas with some more years. but for me personally, I like the champagnes more young than old.
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Duel of 2002 Dom Perignon vs Comtes de Champagne. 6 months ago the Comtes (97pts) edged out the DP (95pts) thanks to higher complexity and sharper acidity. Reversed roles this time: The DP (96pts) won against the Comtes (95pts), thanks to a better definition, sharper acidity, better overall freshness and balance. Impressive linearity. The Comtes showed more seductive with intriguing tertiary development but lost its tension in the glass (92/93 in its weakest moments). Nevertheless, great vintage for both wines.
TN: Tasted double blind. Intense, expressive nose full of citrus fruit baked apple, toasted notes and the streak of minerality. Very round and inviting. Toasty, brioche and bakery notes, citrus and baked apple aromas wrapped around a minerality backbone. Very elegant with fine mousse and harmonious, intense from start to the very long finish.
Decanting: This got better by the minute and currently for sure benefits from a short decant.
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Now fully approachable, this was vinous and minerally with flavours of lemon coated with butter. Constantly developing and evolving it revealed a perfect balance between savoury and sweet, freshness and maturity. Refreshing, classy and polished. CHP 93 pts
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Andy Warhol label (does that matter? Didn’t taste trendy ;-) ). I’ve had the ‘02 before and it’s as fresh as it ever was. I’m such a Dom fan due to its consistency (which is amazing considering its massive production) and balance. The mix here of “just right bubbles,” wood and mineral makes this wine so crisp and enjoyable.
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With more evolution this champagne and vintage keeps getting better. Truly outstanding bottle. Golden yellow color. Nose of perfumed green and golden apples, pineapples, marzipan, a ferrous element, some chalk and brioche on the palate. Very delicate on the palate, like a sparkling top Puligny Montrachet, still quite vivacious mid palate, and a long buttery finish. My kind of vintage, my kind of champagne. Simply delicious.
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SAC: 2002 Retrospective: I remember this being reasonably more evolved than I expected given our tasting last December where the '02s were very far from ready. It's good and toasty and still tight and young but more giving than I expected.
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Light yellow/gold. Apples, flowers, citrus, minerals, smoky complexity on the nose, yellow fruits, good acid, good finish. Drinking beautifully, should continue to do so for years. Excellent.
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Kuon x International Fine Wines: Delicious bubbles, felt a bit more restrained next to the Louise Pommery 2004. Evolved rapidly in the glass, drank in a Zalto Burg.
Not much by way of notes beyond the fact that this was very enjoyable.
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Light yellow in color with tiny, vigorous beads. Very expressive aromas of ripe orchard pit fruits, yellow citrus and florals and hint of brioche on the nose. Rich, voluptuous palate shows the ripeness of the vintage with sweet orchard fruits, pastry dough, hint of dry honey all buttressed with good acidity, and a very long floral and mineral finish.
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Still a bit reduced on the nose. Strange, almost dilute on the palate. Very light, white fruit flavours. Really odd, unpleasant burnt rubber note with air.
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DP 02 is in my humble opinion, well actually in many champagne lovers' view, a bad DP vintage, regardless the hype and price. We opened a fair share of this wine; not to mention the variation, when it's good, it's like 91-92/100 good. And when it's not good... This bottle we had, was so reduced that it's almost rubbery. If it's not that it improved a bit in the glass we will rule it as faulty. However, even after some air, it is still not THAT great. There was just some uneasiness about it.
If it was five years ago I might say keep it and wait. But 2002 vintage has been made for 20 years, and there are already falling apart bottles of this wine, I am not sure I have the patient to wait for a promise that might not deliver at all.
DP 06, or DP 04 if the bottles are well kept, are cheaper and give much more pleasure to drink.
This was sailing, with med. gold color and fine bubbles; Lovely doughy, notes, (sourdough/yeast) very slight caramelly aspect, apple skin and lemon cookie; super fine on the palate, excellent mousse, lovely intensity and long finish. Quite nice, still has some years ahead but I would say catch this now at or near its peak for full enjoyment. Bistro Na's w/S&L. Great with crispy shrimp.
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Best bottle (Weindorf Kirchheim, Waldhorn Laube): Glass: Sophienwald Bordeaux Medium golden color. Fine, complex and deep nose with some citrus. In the background I sensed a bit of cork. Even though I got some cork on the palate as well and this bottle was most probably not perfect, it was a fantastic champagne and a step up from the RD 2004. Wonderful tension, great pressure, depth and elegance. Very mineral, fresh with some ripe citrus notes, fine and everlasting mousseux and a long and lingering finish. Really beautiful! 94-95
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Dom Perignon 2002 Som vanlig med DP er dette bare ungdommen.😅 Stålet har ikke sluppet taket helt enda, men vi er veldig nærme nå. Nydelig mousse. Skyhøy fruktkvalitet og stor konsentrasjon. En 2-3 år til så får dette utfolde seg maks. Rent, og meget fresh. Vokser i glasset. Veldig veldig bra nå - kommer til å bli fantastisk. Power fra start til slutt. Meget lang finish. Elsker dette. 95p
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A bit of reduction happening on the nose. Then citrus, stone and chalk. Very big and dense. Nice balance and super fine bead. Will hold others another 10 for best.
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A full-bodied vintage of DP with a nice balance of risp acidity and powerful fruit. To me this is not fully integrated yet and should improve over the next decade. 92+
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Beautiful pale gold, light crust and lilac scent, insanely fresh, pure white fruit driven palate, energetic, rich, palate drenching, vibrant, the right tension and superb length tonight. Comes alive with air and warmth. Enjoy it now and for years to come.
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Tasted side by side with the Comtes de Champagne 2002. Both wines are now in a beautiful drinking window, open and ready, charming and harmonious. The Comtes (97 pts) edged the DP (95 pts) out thanks the a higher complexity and a touch sharper acidity. Anyway, both wines are great today and should get better over the next few years.
TN: Expressive nose and palate with flowers, bakery/brioche notes, minerality, citrus and apple notes. Round and harmonious from start to finish. Probably a touch too sweet. The acidity keeps the wine fresh and light but could be even more pronounced. Fine mousse. 94/95 pts.
Decanting: Not decanted, no extensive decanting necessary. Needed just a few minutes to start singing.
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Light yellow with hue of development Nose is delicate but complex. Opens up after ca. hour or so. Palate is fresh and clear, balance is almost perfect but the wine lacks depth and complexity. Plays its role without taking any major role. Would say this is very good but not exceptional.
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Chambolle 1er dinner: Very pale and youthful colour, none of that reductiveness in young Doms on the nose. Some honey notes that hinted at its age but otherwise this was still remarkably fresh. Lots of lemon fruit and when warm it was similar in profile to an aged white Burg. In a fine place at the moment.
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not blind much better and opener than 1 year ago. I prefer it in this stage to the P2. Some oyster shell and toast. Balanced, maybe a hint to sweet but still behind the notch bottles from this vintage. 94-95
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Slightly off the pace of the last bottle I had as it’s lacking a little bit of vigor and verve. But still terrific. Complex nose. Medium bodied, lovely sophisticated palate.
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Dinner in Alma in Singapore with Alex and Ken. Having the Nespresso dinner organised this month. Beautiful golden color. Caramel, chocolate, pineapple on the nose. Med+ acidity, Med body, Med alcohol, med+flavor intensity, long finish. This reminds me of a caramel toffee but with the best salt and chocolate in it. Excellent fruitiness with pineapple and orange in a nice roasted way, a bit like Grand Marnier. Then there is a beautiful and long lingering salinity. The finish takes 30 seconds or so. Amazing now and can certainly age more, the acidity is still on the Med+ side. My wine of the year so far.
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The oldest Dom — and oldest Champagne! — I’ve ever had. Quite minimal bubbles, with fading carbonation. I found this absolutely stunning, offering up tremendous depth. Brioche, coconut, apple, lemon curd, hints of oxidation. Completely enrapturing. The bottle did not last long!
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Consistent to my last tasting notes, I had this now twice in a relatively short time. At age 20, this is really in a top window now. The nose is overtly sexy with brioche, white flowers, short bread, impossible not to love. On the palate it is fresh and aromatic, quite chiselled and light even. The finish could be a bit longer, preventing a score beyond 96, but I am nit picking here. If you have this in your cellar, go for it.
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Golden On the nose: Browned butter, vanilla, gunpowder, date. On the palate: Mineral, gunpowder, cape, dried apricot and grape. Fine tuned mousse Long finish
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Golden straw color. Still quite young in appearance. Nose is somewhat developed but still remarkable fresh. Ripe/roasted apple, honey, apricot, almonds, butter and brioche are all present. Chardonnay notes remind me of an aged pulingy. Somewhat tropical and with exotic floral notes. Palate is rich with a luxurious and velvety texture but with underlying energy and power that still remains quite fresh after 20 years. Good balanced acidity and minerality throughout its opulence is what makes it special. A long balanced finish. This shows no signs of slowing down. As good and fresh as it was a decade ago. Drink now through 2050+.
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Christmas present for my mom. Her first dom. She loved it. Good ox notes and tons of richness. Great pair with 3 month manchego. Clearly a great wine, although not as much my style any more. I feel that the 08 will be a better wine in time. And the 96 is slightly better as well.
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Similar to prior note after a 30 min SO, outstanding & perfect way to start a wonderful meal with the whole family together again, however briefly. Soft & creamy but still with fine bubbles & some lemon notes, drink or hold
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Holiday Champagne Gala (Park Ridge Country Club): In Dom Pérignon flight. Apple, quince, lemon curd supported with sultry spice in the background, this has so much power and brightness. This wine has almost always shown this amazingly well. For me, this was a big step up vs its P2 counterpart tasted next, which has not typically been true.
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young light gold color, impressive nose of citrus peel and roasted walnuts, on the palate this is still a sweet and totally primary giant, full bodied robust ripe fruit, roasted nuts, very long and intense finish, penetrating impact, approachable but still far too young to begin showing all its subtle delights, while I personally prefer the edginess of the 1996- it is the 2002 that is going to be the vintage of our time that takes decades to mature and has the rare opportunity for all of its details to develop over an extended period of time for an optimum result, time will tell if the 2008 has similar potential (I think it does- but it will be another decade at least before we can have better insight.)
**(***), 2030++
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What a special year it was for DP in 2002. Not my favourite year but very interesting nevertheless. and what a difference since we tasted it 3 years ago. So round and soft and somewhat mature in its expression. Very soft and delicious bubbles. Initially quite subdued but opening up with time. Pear, pineapple and peach on the fruity side. Cognac, rhum, brioche, vanilla and some minerality. Good aftertaste. Only medium acidity and still many years of enjoyment.
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Young, fresh and vibrant. Served over chilled and allowed to warm up as we drank. Sharp, tight, precise, steely flint. Lemon and apple, brioche. Obvious high quality champagne that may yet be a little young. At this point I prefer the '06 to both this and the '08 and will wait for those to grow up. Regardless, DP is always fun to drink. Sante'
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Excellent showing from magnum, a bit more autolytic than the 2008 at this stage. Toss up between 08 and 02 now in terms of quality, more about whether you want the energy of youth or the added nuance of age. The freshness and cut of 08 were ringing my bells, so maybe a slight preference for 08 today.
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Siggy Turns "Fitty": The Big 5-0 Blowout! (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN): Tasting pour. Same bottle as Chablis28. Fabulous, everything you expect from'02 Dom. This is such a vivid wine, everything is so expressive and energetic, finessed with picture perfect minerality and acidity. Ultra complex, just sublime. And as Craig says, would have been even better given the opportunity to savor it longer.
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Thank you Leo! Served and instantly lapped up at Siggy's fabulous 50th B'day Celebration at Spoon & Stable. Fortunately, I scored a small pour before it evaporated 5 minutes later. With 33 of us present, I count myself lucky! '02 Dom is one of my all time favorite Champagnes, bar none. Too bad a couple more of these didn't show up :). Likely a higher score in my glass of choice with a bigger pour.
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Starting to enter its drinking window but think wise drinkers continue to show patience for 5 more years to really see some fireworks. Side by side Cristal 02 both similar quality level with the Dom showing more reductive and mineral vs the more voluptuous fruit driven Cristal.
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Dinner out in Jersey with some friends: I still think this is drinking on the very young side. It's a bit tighter and yet I have a feeling that it's going to be one of the really good DPs in the long run. So give it more time if you have any.
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A very good, well cellared btle. Perfect drinking if you prefer your dom to be still quite fresh, vibrant & hint of creaminess back palate. That length and desired rich texture comes through once the btle has warmed up. So if you like your champagne with that mouth feel aged complexity then wait
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Purchased on release and stored at Octavian until delivery last week. Drunk over 3 nights and not much change, hardly any signs of maturity in appearance or on the palate but never really opened up. Not a bad wine and certainly didn't seem off, but not much concentration or length on the palate and it just didn't impress. Not sure if an underperforming bottle or just too young, but either way this bottle was very average. A friend who drinks far more champagne than me has drunk thru his case and has never been impressed by this wine, I was hoping I had a better batch so fingers crossed on the rest!
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Tonight’s bottle is knee bendingly amazing! It is dazzling gold, with much liveliness, but showing signs of maturity like less hiss and fizz. It is very aromatic, with apple skin, all manner of orchard fruit, also with mature aromas, and lodes of flinty mineral, and a creamy richness that is uncanny. Every swallow a shock, and I say to myself, “This is so great!”
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wine has finally come into its own and drinks as a beautiful bottle that reminded me of Ray and the choice to invest, while i once doubted, e=he was right it it s wonderful
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wine has finally come into its own and drinks as a beautiful bottle that reminded me of Ray and the choice to invest, while i once doubted, e=he was right it it s wonderful
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Beautiful bubbly, fully mature and in the zone. I loved how this combined power with elegance, and fruit with a little umami. Terrific mouthfeel and length. Vanished in an instant.
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For Ally's 19th birthday!! From our deck with her 3 girlfriends she grew up with plus our friends 2 doors down. Initially very austere, always chalky, gradually opened up over 15 minutes to become quite magical. Loved by all
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This has evolved quite a bit since I last tried it, softer, rounder more gentle, this bottle possibly lacking a bit of pzazz but still a beautiful expression of mature Champagne.
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Definitely not open for business like other recent notes. Felt like a waste. On the 3rd day it opened a bit but still nowhere close to where it should be. I would imagine another 2-5 years
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Despite having this bottle open for an hour before we started drinking, it remained pretty closed. After a few hours, the stone qualities and some richness developed. It remained a bit on the dry/closed side.
While this bottle was not as impressive as my last bottle, it does not change my opinion that this wine is still you and likely has a point or so of upside in 5-10 years.
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Magnum: one of the best ever tasted. In the sweet spot where freshness and age converge, best of both worlds. Yellow gold color. Freshness, lemon, tropical fruits on nose that continue on the front of palate, plus honey. Lots of refreshing acidity too. Very round and full, rich but never overwhelming or overbearing. Biscuity notes of brioche mid-palate. Stunning and in perfect balance. Calls out for food pairing (drank with Japanese appetizers and sushi).
750: A bit of a letdown after the magnum. Lemon, acidity and brightness still there, but lacking the roundness as the magnum on the palate. Meanwhile, those brioche / bioscuity / autolytic notes never emerged. Still a delicious wine but the magnum was approaching perfection and this was just "very good".
I imagine this can go far longer but in a very lovely place right now.
Note: 96 rating is average of the magnum and 750ml (99+ and 92 respectively).
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Another great bottle after a 30 min SO, but from a new lot. This seemed a little younger with a little more acidity in the beautiful, creamy lemon; outstanding, drink or hold
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At Portal. Hardly as rounded as expected. In fact all the young business still around and very evident. This could sleep for a good while. The symptomatic roundness of DP is just lovely. Aged apples and flint. This is just approaching mature.
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A spectacular bottle. Full of ripe, powerful yellow fruit with some tropical hints, and notes of white chocolate, and some underlying chalky notes. Dense and concentrated but not heavy, the balanced intensity is wonderful. Wide open, whatever early reduction there was has faded, but not mature.
The Roots Fund Grand Cru Charity Dinner (Home): An outstanding wine when it's on, and this bottle was on. Rich, powerful and complex with loads of toasty depth and nuance. Long, driving finish.
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The DP opens with a lovely nose of ripening apples, lime zest - with time in the glass is becomes a bit rounder with sweet meyer lemon, coconut, brioche. Having left some aside over the meal some more tertiary notes start to appear. Really lovely
Palate delivers on the nose - this is a rounder, more generous wine than the Krug and has an amazing persistence flavour.
Really lovely stuff and still feels very fresh
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Champagne of the night and amazing as served against the following Dom P vintages: 1990, 92, 96 P296, 98 (mag) P298, 99, P299, 00, P299, P202, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08. Bright and nervous with aromas of yeasty biscuits. Notably for the depth delicious crisp apple fruits and wet stone mineral qualities. Truly awesome and beat out the P202, another Champagne I always love. Dons Dom P post-Covid party.
Just starting to take on a bit of mushroom development. It is quite peachy and is plump, full and creamy in the mouth. You could feel the dosage in this bottle but it is drinking very nicely.
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Mothers' Day Dinner (The Consevatory, Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Served in white wine glasses at my request. Lovely gold colour. Very energetic and persistent tiny bubbles. Strong legs for a champagne. Lovely fresh hay, toasted marshmallow, fresh-baked croissant on the nose. Palate is massively fresh and invigorating ozone and crushed oyster shells, really scintillating. Feels like it is a much more recent vintage but this is from a case bought on release. A nice light buzzy resonance. Lovely now if you like your champagne young but one day it will match the 1996 for sure. Wow! Fantastic as an aperitif and also with lightly braised Hokkaido scallops with chorizo. It is a good food champagne. Probably the best bottle of this vintage of maybe a couple of dozen I have drank over the years. Had it beeen drank blind, I would have assumed 2002 Oenoteque rather than a regular bottle.....so fresh.
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Light gold, nose is classic Dom from a great vintage. Elegant wine, with no hard edges at all. All in balance, it is not overpowering, but not soft. It has all typical prestige cuvee notes from grande marques. Always great to celebrate with friends with Dom, the extra money are for the brand and not for extra quality vs some other peers but who cares!
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Lovely nose of masonry, tuna oil, almonds, sourdough; palate was exceptional, intense, fine bubbles, super long, killer bubbles, in great shape. With fish tacos. Seattle w/E&K
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Delicious and rich, but it's lost some of the acidity that makes younger Dom (like the 2009) so intense. This bottle wasn't stored in optimal conditions, so ymmv, but I wish I had drunk it younger.
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Light golden color. Split bottle over 3 hours. Opened this to celebrate getting to 2 weeks post second vaccination. Figured we needed a worthy wine of that occasion. Very fresh up front on the nose, floral notes, lift, Tart Tatin, apple danish, Grand Marnier, orange zest and chalk and as this warms and opens further more toast, brioche and seashore notes emerge like expected. The palate is full bodied, layered with great depth, apple and pastry with Tart Tatin notes singing, pear pastry, Brandy and Grand Marnier, chalk, orange peel, kumquat, toast and yeast as this goes on and on. Just a tiche of oxidativeness here too. Excellent.
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Terrific showing for this. Complex, sophisticated nose of orchard fruit, seashells, saline and minerals. The wine is starting to really show layers of complexity while retaining some of its youthful vigor. Really in a terrific place but I suspect the best is yet to come.
Lovely, fresh nose of chamomile, apples, and brioche. Exceptionally well balanced with nice acidity and just enough creaminess. Lots of minerals citrus flavors. Long finish.
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Doftar knäck, lite krut, florala toner och röda äpplen I munnen är det mogna röda äpplen och lite svagt oxiderat. Fin syra och längd men känns initialt lite dov. Gissade på Krug här för jag tyckte det var lite för lite autolytiskt och mer parfym. Efter en timme i glaset börjar krutet växa mer och mer och flaskan förbättras rejält men den har fortfarande en lång väg att gå. Dricker hellre DP 00 just nu.
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This wine had a medium yellow center a light bubbles. The medium intensity nose was rather subtle at first. With air if offered up citrus, apples, minerals, and almond paste.
This was light and balanced at first with decent acidity and good length. As this wine aired, it slowly gained more intensity and complexity. The mineral component and acidity really lingered in the finish. It retained great balance throughout its evolution.
This wine is still clearly on the young side but is still lovely to drink now after a couple hours of air. I would say there is at least one point of upside with 5 more years in the cellar.
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Tight or closed down. It’s a nice champagne right now - very balanced and clean but not showing complexity it had even a couple years ago. We let it warm up and aerate and was still quite closed. Thinking this has entered a dumb phase and needs a few more years to start blossoming once again.
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A solid wine but for me it never really opened up. It is classic Dom P with a lovely touch of vanilla and butter and also a little bit of "toast" but over the few hours it was consumed, it never really showed its potential depth and florality. Nevertheless it is still a solid performance but I would certainly save the wine at least 2-4 years more to allow it to blossom as I know it can.
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This has put on some elements of age, as opposed (doesn't quite have that electricity/cut) to the recent '08s that I've tried. However, a quintessential DP with that familiar nutty/toasty brioche nose (albeit in a calmer manner). Nicely drinking with apples, lemons & some biscuits, this also came across rounder than the '08. Finished fresh & long. Nice!
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Poured for six people out of the fridge and it was my fault it was so muted. Showed lemony citrus and acidity with tight aromatics. The lightness of this vintage needs a warmer temperature to show more.
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A very youthful bouquet. Green apples, lime and just slight brioche.
Red juicy apples and citrus on the taste. Some bready notes but still extremely youthful with playful acidity. This will benefit from more years in the bottle.
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Perfectly elegant, but still too young to provide prime-time levels of enjoyment. Airy, yeasty, doughy, crisp lemon, grapefruit, and some cream on the finish. Currently enjoying the end of the bottle seven hours after we opened it, and it's probably better than the first glass - still lots to give.
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I'm lucky enough to have tasted this half a dozen times in the last 2 years. There's quite some variation in between bottles. This was extremely good. Blew me away. 2002 as you expect it to be.
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Year end Champagne lunch (Singapore): All wines tasted blind. Racy, with green apple and lime, good length, crisp but this bottle was slightly corked, still drinkable though. I would have scored it around 95 disregarding the TCA. Interesting fact. I look at my tasting notes and see that I have logged 260 Champagne and only had 1 corked bottle. Much better ration than with still wine.
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My first bottle of DP, opened to celebrate my Mum's 70th. I am in agreement with the gist of the last few reviews - it's very good, but not stunning....
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It was good, but not mindnumbing good as you come to expect. A nice clean clear taste after it had gotten some air. But worth the money? No way, I regret purchasing 12 bottles of this so-called legendary year.
Its good, but in the same way most vintage champagne is.
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A private dinner with friends (Waver, Ouder-Amstel, NL): A stellar performance tonight. Rich and toasty, magnificent fruit, silky mousse, perfect harmony, exemplary freshness and length. A great DP with decades of beneficial evolution ahead of it.
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Popped and poured, from flute. Brief note. Clear medium lemon. Fine-beaded mousse. Zesty lemon, apple, almond and yeast. Bright acidity. Flavour profile was lighter than expected. This should have been given some time before drinking. No rating from me.
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This bottle was oddly quiet - it drank OK but the aromatics just weren't popping. I parked it for the night with slightly more than half the bottle remaining. On day 2 it showed an utterly ravishing developed nose from the get-go, all the toasty nougat and cultured butter notes you want in an aged Dom. The palate was right there with it, oh boy this is really one of the good bottles of 2002. There seemed to be an elevated bottle sweetness vs day 1 as well.
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Light yellow color, nice toasty start, lovely freshness, good intensity balance and finish. This has filled out nicely since my last bottle a few years ago, now showing more complexity and integration. Drinking very well indeed
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2002 Dom Perignon Lineup to toast life (Newk's hideout, Bucktown, Chicago, IL): Nose: The nose is deep and refined as it permeates in the glass with creams, vanilla, pears, apples, brioche, quince, stone fruits, custard, and biscuits. This is wide open for business with a great mix of maturing tones and primary citrus notes.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is well integrated and balanced now, The feel shows off great texture and depth with pears, apples, quince, creams, vanilla, biscuits, custard, and brioche.
Overall: This is right in the zone. It is gorgeous and deep with the kind of poise that only comes with maturity.
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At SuMi, Noosa Junction. This 2002 Dom opened with a pale colour and fine bead. The nose was restrained yet fine with touches of red apple, lemon and white peach with a touch of freshly cut sour-dough bread. The palate had lovely shape with great persistence and balance. Overall the wine did seem quite closed with plenty of weight but not the lift I was expecting suggesting it needed more time in the cool cellar where it had rested to date. Lovely but not quite at the level I had expected tonight.
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I have had this many times since 2011, but this was first bottle since 2018 (when I thought it still a bit young). It was fabulous - with a light watery mouthfeel but intense and lingering palate. Wonderful stuff. This was taken from professional storage about four years ago and has been in my cellar since, where the temperature has much more seasonal variation (generally between 10 and 16 c) so will be more advanced than a bottle straight out of optimal storage conditions.
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Side-by-side with the P2 and these were both stellar. The original had a bit more depth and complexity but less intensity. Each awesome, but different. I slightly preferred the brightness and raw power of the P2.
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The Triple Threat "165" Birthday Bash (65/60/40) (Minikahda Club, Mpls): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. Toasted, doughy, brioche, pear, roasted almonds, sea air minerality on the enticing nose. Incredibly broad and expansive across the palate, this reverberates with drive and energy yet remains totally refined and graceful on the palate. Very creamy, toasted, almond paste, lemon, nuthorns, light chalk, seashsore, pear, and refreshingly long on the finish. The heat of the night took its toll, but when it was chilled and fresh in the glass, this is hard to beat. 96+ to 97pts.
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Same btl as minndavid60. This is singing and my champagne of the night to be sure. The concentration, intensity and mouth-coating flavors were something to behold. This is the single best DP standard cuvee I've ever had bar none. I had long ago drank my own btls and it was real treat to drink this head turner tonight. I'm going to seek out a btl or 2 soon. Thanks David! Great to share a milestone birthday celebration even if you're still 30 days or so away from your own.
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Same bottle as more detailed to be published notes from rocknroller. This was stunning and possibly my WOTN at our monumental birthdays celebration at Minikhada country club.
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The 2002 Dom Perignon is currently drinking beautifully. Great energy and complexity compared to the recently released 2002 P2, which is still too young. Getting into secondary phase with nice yeasty texture and nutty brioche. Plenty of red apples and toasted autolytic note. One of the top vintages of Dom Perignon along with 1996. (92/100)
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I have been reluctant to post TN's about the 02 DP since my last official posted TN in 1/1/2011 but this was now about the 8 to 10th time I have tasted this with the first bottle upon release and have not found a bottle to be worthy of the hype. To me this was especially disappointing after the great effort these guys put forth with the 96 vintage, so no I am not a DP hater, but this is pedestrian and un inspiring especially in light of so many superb bottles from 02 that can be had at half the price. Tonight SBS with A pair of excellent 2002's William from Deutz and a Delamotte this was clearly inferior.
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Tight at first but with time in glass opened up to reveal itself. Brioche,yeast, ripe white fruits. Balanced, harmonious, stately, composed. Excellent bubbly.
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My experience with this wine was different to many recent posts. This was absolutely delicious and drinking phenomenally with definite notes of secondary development.
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Popped and poured. Drank over the next hour. This is in a really nice place now. Just crossing over in terms of maturity with some apple developing in the profile vs. the younger lemon/yeast dominance. THese should drink well for many years going forward.
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Side by side with the '08 both in LSA champagne tulips and then a Zalto Denk'Art. A touch of discolouration on the cork, which was noticeably narrower. Pale lemon colour, not appreciably darker than its younger sibling. Bright nose with mandarin, plum, maybe cherry - noticeably darker-fruited, less toasty and saline, broader and sweeter. A second pour brings a welcome caramel coffee aroma. Very intense palate, almost overbearing. There's a note on the middle of my tongue that is quite disconcerting, somewhat bitter. Beyond that, the acidity is high and long lasting.
Initially I was upset by a chemical bitterness on the midpalate, and wondered if it was corked. But it smoothed out with air, although never reached the heights it ought to have. I want to be bowled over by prestige champagne, but that is not often the case (admittedly I like older wine than this). I wasn't going to rate this as at first I thought it might be faulty, but after a while it settled into mediocrity.
Incidentally, the label is darker, smoother, and the various elements have been rearranged somewhat in the later vintage. [Cork + cage; 12.5% abv; Woodwinters, £180].
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This is getting there. Some development starting to show from behind the classic reductive toasty attack. Very poised and focused and precise. Classic DP just starting to unfurl. ****1/2
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A small gathering with COVID safety measures (Reston, Va): Perfectly mature nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, lemon curd, baked apple, peach, brioche, a hint of smoke and limestone. There is a hint of lees that slightly obscure purity. Excellent concentration, nicely layered concentrated yellow fruit, ripe and deeply toned, generous fine mousse, bright acidity and strong mineral, and a medium to long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with brioche and honey at the end. I find the bottle to be not perfectly pure, especially next to the 02 CdC. Drinking nicely.
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Bit of a weird one, not much fizz lots of quite ripe fruit notes and strong vanilla aroma as the bottle got more air. On this showing a notch or two below the live-wire 2008
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From magnum for our first social distancing dinner at Lisa and Sheldon's afterparty (Togni Zoom Event). Again, a great bottle of wine, still youthful, bright, creamy and pure. Lemon citrus, biscuit, apples, and quince fruits. Pure yum in a bottle, this one never seems to disappoint.
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With the release of Dom Perignon P2 2002, which is at an infant stage today, it is nice to re-visit Dom Perignon 2002. Drinking very well today with textbook Dom Perignon expression. Tasted blind - Pure Chardonnay expression of white stone fruits, ripe lemons, and green apples. Reductive, flinty, and elegant. The reductive characteristic and flinty note remind me of Dom Perignon. Chardonnay driven, possibly Blanc de Blancs? Grande Marque, 2002/ 2003? (90/100)
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Golden colour in the glass. Tight bubbles. Struck match on the nose after opening. Powerful with length to taste, acidity but so long on the palate. Savoury, I saw Jancis had used ginger the tasting notes. Drinking well now, but this could go another 5-10. Amazing what LVMH can make at an industrial scale.
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Dom Perignon 2002 is a very promising wine. It is today however not really in its drinking window and I feel a bit betrayed by two showings last year that suggested it was. Maybe slight bottle variation / different storage / disgorgement? In any case this bottle was young, linear and with air only hinted to the greatness surely to come. A duo of 95 & 96 Dom Perignon over the last weeks showed that the 2002 needs time - I guess based on this bottle another 3-5 years - to get in the real pleasure zone for my liking. Today from other very good to great Dom vintages drink 95, 96 and 04 based on recent experiences.
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butter notes and brioche, pickled pear and pickled lemon. You can already sense the 'creaminess' of the champagne just by the smell... A slight hint of caramel / toffee as well on the nose. The 'creaminess' on the palate is truly outstanding. It's almost like the champagne is actually thick! Fresh apple, pickled lemon with both the butter taste and the caramel / toffee just staying in your mouth forever. Impressive balance between the acidity and complexity of the wine.
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Amazingly young in colour, still with hints of green. Small, persisitent bubbles. First somewhat reductive, but that blows away after a minute or so. Nose dominated by green apples, lime, and a fascinating hint of flower nectar (not honey, but that nectar you can taste in some flowers). After a while, also a slight mineral tone. The mouth is - as always with DP - extremely creamy and caressing. Full bodied, but still very elegant, taste of lime and green apples with a grapelike bitterness at the end. Beautiful balance between acidity, sweetness and that bitter tone. Very long. Tasted together with Cristal 02, and the DP is smoother, more inviting, but still a serious wine. At it's peak now? I don't know, I think this will keep for at least a decade, and probably gain even more complexity overthe years. Still, perfect to drink now.
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Two of these this week, one from my cellar one from a friend's, both bottles sourced from London, both very proper and strong. Showing excellent density and weight right now. A powerful palate with a chewable mouthful of white and yellow orchard fruit. Balanced acidity and citrus. Excellent yeasty brioche on the nose with some reduction. A modern classic.
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2002 Tete de Cuvee Champagne Tasting Volume II (Jan's Place, St. Paul, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. This had a glorious nose, almost in lockstep with the '02 CdC. Immensely toasty, great brine and brisk sea air stands out followed by pear, sour dough, biscuit, and fennel. The palate is intense too, delivering a tour de force of minerals and green orchard fruits, pear glace, Meyer lemon, citrus peel, smoke, hazelnut, and apple that simply tingles the tongue and resonates across the palate. The epitome of power and finess with another 60+ second finish. This was just singing tonight. My #2 WOTN. 97+ to 98pts.
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Giallo paglierino, bolla fine, naso tostatura in evidenza poi si distende su note di frutta gialla e bianca, cenni minerali, bocca fine, bolla ok, manca di centro bocca e chiude veloce.
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Domaine de Chevalier Tasting (French Embassy): Deep nose of apricot, graham crackers, biscuits, sea salt. Nervy yet dense on the palate, the apricot, quince mixes with toasty bread, saline, crushed shells. Lots going on, seems young and a bit dense, but beautiful.
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Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): Somewhere in the last year I think we figured out bubbles. We always liked them, but now it's clear that you can have meals without reds and without whites and without sweets, but really not without bubbles. They are the ubiquitous wine that goes with everything. I'm going to disagree with someone who knows about a bizillion more things about wines than I do but at some point it's personal so take this as such. I like old champagne. I want some caramel and the bubbles to have softened and all of that. This to me is still young. It's still more acidic, more brioche, more toast. I like it, but I like it more still in that promise than currant state. But that's me and someone who knows A LOT more about wine in his pinkie than I do in all of me said it's ready to drink. So you decide.
I'm not sure I understand the hype around Dom, even though I just purchased a bunch of 2008 lol. The 2002 is fine but very foursquare, like it was crafted in a lab, which it probably was by LMVH. Nothing offensive but just not complex. Nice $50 champagne but no way worth the $125 on release.
This wasn't quite at the level of my best bottles, but had a wonderfully rich, decadent cultured butter character to it. The bubbles were surprisingly aggressive for a 17 year-old wine. The wine developed nicely throughout the evening, and the last couple of glasses were even better on the next day. I desperately need to keep my hands off these, as they are truly going to be spectacular in just a few more years.
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2002 tillhör, enligt mig, de större DPs som producerats de senaste 20 åren. Sötman från mogna druvor känns redan i doften och följs upp i ett , nästan oljigt, komplext vin som hänger kvar länge i munnen. Det här vinet känns fortsatt ungt och för de av er som har magnums i källaren så kan tålamod rekommenderas (även om mycket gott redan idag)
Very complex and multilayered nose of brioche and nuts with some sugared grapefruit on top. This is ready to drink now, and the palate is very satisfying. Acidity is high but the sheer fruit is balancing it very well. This will drink well for many years. A bit like 1996 but not as complex.
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Christmas day treat for the family - everything about the wine and the occasion was perfect. Creamy, round and poised on the palate, noisette and brioche on the nose, a complete wine in a perfect spot. More white burgundy with bubbles than frothy fizz. Super.
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Variation rears its head; this was much younger and less evolved than a mindblowing bottle one month ago. It was at its best in the first 20 minutes and seemed to close up after that
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Notes of brioche, ripe white fruits, crushed rocks, and flowers. Creamy texture, layers and layers of flavor, with great focus and grip on the long finish.
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Wow in a really good drinking window now. Yellowish gold, nose of brioche, honey, pineapple and citrus. Fine vivacious bubbles, buttery on the palate and a golden yellow apple finish. Delicious.
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Golden yellow with a faint orange hue. Fine bubbles all over the place. On the nose brioche and caramelized lemon. Some fine yeast. Acidity is perfect, beit on the high side. Lovely taste that lingers on for 45 seconds.
Very very good. This bottle outperformed a '96 I had recently. 2002 is amazing when it comes to high quality champagne. Pol Roger Winston Churchill, Dom P, Compte de Champagne.. All brilliant!
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Fifteenth Annual White Truffle Dinner (Lake Bluff, IL): In great 2002 flight. Comes across as mostly Chardonnay driven tonight, but maybe that is partly driven with the contrast to the Winston Churchill just tasted. So much apple and pear with floral and spice hints. So much power and a fresh, almost backward finish with great length. Upside from here.
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From memory last night at Buccan to celebrate my beautiful wife's birthday, PNP & had in large Bordeaux glasses. WOW! DP at its finest, creamy, lemon & bread; it has just entered its drinking window, but definitely no rush
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Lacks definition and clarity. Perhaps a bit simple. I feel it is on the decline but perhaps it was just the bottle. Will try another next year. Also did not have it with a good pairing.
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This bottle was OMFG good. Just an amazing nose and palate of seaweed butter. How they are able to do this at this scale is unbelievable. Easily in my top five Champagne experiences of the year.
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This continues to be lovely, and is starting to come around very nicely. The nose showed a nice melange of white apples, redder strawberry accents, toasty earth and a bit of minerality, all starting to take on a more matured, biscuity undertone. As always, it was on the palate where this really shone. Already soft and round, this was a lovely mouthful of fleshy apples and a hint of red berries lined with a really nice sense of flinty minerality that trailed off into the distance on a bed of gentle acidity and creamy mousse. Balance was lovely, and this had a beautiful sense of poise and elegant definition to it.
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Pausing for the Cause 2019 (Chicago, IL): Smells like Dom -- this has got a bit of that funky reduction on the nose here. Very good, with a lot of steely white fruit and plenty of potential in a really taut package. Pretty consistent with some other recent experiences, and to my taste, a wine that needs a little more time still.
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Dom Perignon 2002. Salt og steely i uttrykket - dette trenger mer tid. God intensitet. Som alltid er boblene perfekt. Ung uforløst frukt på smakt - knytt. Kveldens yngste vin. Masse potensiale her. Høy fruktkvalitet - dette kommer til å bli en stor DP. Lang presis finish. 92-93p for nå, med mye å hente.
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Have had this wine a few times and this was one of the best bottles that I know of. Very crisp and fresh. Just a touch of vanilla. Very nice and bright.
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Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): It's been around a year since I last tasted this; I don't think it's changed much. There's a slight bit of reduction still, and this is a really tightly coiled wine. Fabulous concentration and complexity, with a good sense of ripeness, but I just get a feeling that there's just way more hidden under all that taut acidity. This needs a few more years to loosen up.
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A bit disappointing, perhaps because I had higher expectations. Muted nose, quite dry and not v long. Not as good as recent Piper Rare 02 or Billecart Nicolas 99 that were both wow wines. This was not.
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Regular dinner group (@ JvT): WOW! In fact really impressive. Mature, but beautiful acidity and elegance. See also my previous notes, but for tonight this was a great and lovely surprise, poured fully blind at the end of this tasting.
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Yellow gold. Nose seems a bit restricted to me. Lemon and bit of toast. Quite rich but fresh as well. Some roasted nuts on palate. Lingering finish. Not as good imo as the 02 Cristal I had last week
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2002 Vintage Champagne horizontal (Elystan Street, London): I love Dom Perignon in general and the 2002 in particular. Very happy to see when the wine was revealed it was in fact Dom. Inimitable Dom richness and funk and smoke. This is going to be titanic with age I am quite convinced. To me Dom is best at around 30 years of bottle age for standard bottles so fasten your seatbelt around 2030-2035 but no harm checking in till then at all. Today maybe just one small step behind the absolute WOTN but I think with time this can be up there. It was just beaten for WOTF by the Cristal.
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Light gold color. Opened this for our 35th Anniversary. Split bottle over 3 hours plus. Beautiful and seamless; wonderfully toasted, brioche, pear and fine lemons, creamy mousse, roasted nuts, lightly chalky minerality. Quite elegant and a long finish. My wife always being more generous, scored this a point or two higher. I wil not be arguing with her. A great bottle on a special day. 96-K, 98-V.
Lots of brioche on the nose. Color showing some maturing pure gold now. Very vivacious but not a lot of fruits beyond the brioche and some stony mineral elements. Compared to the 2008 this was not up to what I expected. Still a very enjoyable and dynamic DP.
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This had a nice developing character and darkening appearance. A striking contrast between a very rich and buttery brioche quality and firm, structured acidity. The dosage sticks out slightly today but not in a bothersome way. There's an exotic, almost over-the-top fudgey ripeness, perhaps coming from the chardonnay which reportedly was very ripe in 2002. It's not solidly in my wheelhouse, but delicious enough. For my preferences, will try to wait another 2 years before opening another bottle.
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Surprisingly, this is my first official tasting note on this champagne, as I have had it a few times. This is definitely starting to really come into its own. I had this around 3 years ago and it was still fairly primary at that stage. Now, the wine is really starting to develop complexity and depth. It's still a fairly light straw and has great freshness, but lots more savory notes on the nose and palate. Without doubt, this got better and better as the night went on, and the last pour that we saved for dessert, was the best, after about 2 hours of bottle air. This is a superb champagne, and should keep getting better and better.
Drank with SW & SM at WT dinner.
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Needed about 30 minutes to settle down and show its best. The aromatics are floral with a hint of herbs. The palate is very structured still and you can tell this is going to be a long ager. The wine has great purity and poise. There are lovely tropical fruits, peaches, seashells and minerals on the palate and the wine is showing early complexity. The finish on this wine takes a little time to come out to play but when it does after about 45 minutes it illustrates how well integrated and focused this wine is. This will continue to improve and has a very long life ahead.
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this bottle was not like any 2002 I have had before, thin, a bit short, and not the powerful expression we have had in other bottles. Its was not bad but no 2002 magic either.
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Fantastic. Tiny bubbles, lemony gold, fragrant, elegant yet powerful, slightly creamy mouth feel. Loved it. So much better than the bottle I had two years ago
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Lovely DP beginning to be close to maturing only a few years to go before full potential. Golden green / yellow color, vivacious bubbles, nose of yellow fruits and brioche and very mineral yet fragrant on the palate with a gentle weight and nice finish.
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Beautiful golden yellow, fine mousse, with a nose of apple, lemon and a bit of baked bread. On the palate, white stone fruits, lemon, brioche, and a saline note. Full bodied, concentrated, with a mineral presence and plenty of acidity, this came across as a bit tight compared to previous bottles. Seems like this could easily (based on this bottle) use another 5 - 10 years or so in the cellar to gain maturity. Still an excellent bottle of champagne.
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Beautifully mature yet youthful nose displaying decadent ripe yellow fruit with a hint of white, lemon curd, lemon zest, apple, peach, white flowers, candied ginger, smoke, brioche and limestone. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated ripe yellow fruit, generous incredibly fine mousse, bright acidity, strong mineral and a long decadent yellow fruit driven finish. The palate has developed beautifully, i.e. the generous mousse is so fine that is weightless. For the past couple of years, the 02 Dom has really blossomed. Drinking beautifully but a long life ahead.
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Q2 2019 Tasting - Alsatian White Varietals (The Apt): Lean and mean and still with some toasty and somehow overall just a bit easy which doesn't totally make sense to me for '02 Champagne and esp not '02 DP. It is missing some of the pizazz though that I associate with DP. I think it's just a producer that really needs some extra age.
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The 2002 Dom Perignon directly from the cellar is stepping into its drinking window. Rich and robust yellow orchard fruit, pronounced buttery brioche, gun smoke, bruised apple and a charming Burgundian minerality which I really adore. Full bodied, generous on the palate, textured lees and honeyed toast. The boldness resembles 1996, sexy and exuberant. Drink over the next two decades. (95/100)
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Superb but three to five years away from being an approachable young Champagne. Again, this is excellent, but more so than any other ‘02, say Bollinger R.D., Taittinger CDC, or even Krug, this feels too tightly wound and closed at the moment. Big lemon lime citrus but the brioche and DP character isn’t fully expressed yet. Linear, focused, and definitely powerful. Densely packed and will surely open amazingly. Glad I own a bit but will definitely be letting these sit for a long while.
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Dracks under en halvblind provning av Dom Pérignon 00, 02, 03, 06, 08 och 09.
Jag upplevde den som ljus men lite mörkare i färgen än 09an och med intensiva bubblor om än lite lugnare än 03 och 09. För mig så var det den här flaskan som verkligen skiljde sig från de andra, den var annorlunda, vilket flera höll med om. Det var doft av blommor och mognad. Andra omdömen var vita russin och rom. Den var väldigt blommig i smaken och mina tankar gick till BdB. I snacket om den kom det fram av andra att det är tannin, tyngd, ingenmineral eller syra, vita blommor och liljor. Ingen hade denna som favorit. Jag rankade den som kvällens minst bra flaska medan andra hade den högre upp.
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Pale golden yellow with good steady flow of bubbles. Nose is showing lemon citrus, light hay and very gentle toast notes. Palate has good pétillante, fresh citrus with light pineapples and fresh camomile. Lovely brioche undertones as well. real weight on the palate and long persistance. Excellent DP - still young though, with plenty of life ahead of it. Could drink now but best to wait another 2-3 years. Drink 2022-35.
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Acker April 2019 (Marea in NYC): Bubbles for breakfast which is a favorite of mine. Served next to a 2004 from magnum. This is definitely the better vintage - there's so much there and going on - but it also comes across as a lot younger. It is very bright and at the same time very tight. You can tell there's a lot going on, but it's like the whole song is crammed in one second and needs to lengthen out so you can hear it all. More lemon and crisp style.
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I feel like this is light years away from where it needs to be. I’ve had this wine multiple times and I’m still waiting for it to “seem like the right time.” I prefer Dom on the long tooth side of things, and this needs at least 5-10 years, to hopefully hit the stride of the ‘90 or ‘96. Lastly, I have had a higher percentage of corked Dom, way beyond any other wine. Probably 20% or more, which sucks for an older vintage that’s $3-500 bucks. Some of them are so lightly corked, you can only catch it by nuance. My wife refers to it as “Dirty Dom.” This seems to be one of those bottles.
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I was really taken by this. DCWino note is spot on. This has started to show superbly and is very giving but will probably be even better in 20 years time as my personal preference is for this cuvee to have ample bottle age. Glad I loaded up on this and am going to me monitoring its trajectory from here on.
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Slightly more ripe and evolve than the last bottle we had but still a beauty. A bit less vibrant and fresh but could well be down to bottle variation and as this was stored in a friends kitchen fridge and had seen good amount of travel. Still a solid 92-93 but nowhere need the 95 we rated this not that long ago. Will not rate this time.
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Chateau Leoville Poyferre vertical with Sarah Cuvelier (Le Cafe Descartes at the French Embassy): The 02 Dom is on fire for the past year or two. Perfectly mature yet youthful and energetic nose displaying decadent white and yellow fruit, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, fresh filtered apple juice, honey, smoke, brioche and limestone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered decadent yellow citrus fruit, sweet and decadent without compromising purity and freshness, generous fine mousse, bright acidity, strong mineral presence and a long decadent yet pure and energetic yellow citrus fruit driven finish with brioche and honey at the end. I am really loving how the 02 Dom is drinking. If kept properly, this can easily improve for another two decades, becoming sweeter and gaining tertiary notes.
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Holiday dinner at the French Embassy, Washington D.C. (French Embassy): A far better showing than what I had experienced in November last year, which may have been a less than top bottle? In any case, the wine here is lovely, tight and elegant. Indeed, there is a vivacity that seems contained and beckons a bit more time in your cellar. Now, having written this, it was quite revealing to have enjoyed this once again along with the Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 1996, which again revealed itself as superior to the Dom 2002. Given the pricing, it is oh so clear that the latter was a better buy than the Dom Perignon.
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Had the Krug, Dom Perignon and Comte Champagne, all in 2002. They were drunk over 6-8 hours. The difference (and cepage) was evident. The Krug had the most layered nose but was quite restrained and not so wild and toasty as the ie 1996 or 2000 is. The DP was very charming and had an open nose, easy to drink. The Comte stole the show! The most sexy nose, like a Meursault from Coche. The most creamy palate. Wow! None changed much during 6 hours.
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Straw gold. Aroma of strong mint, brioche, ginger and yeast. Palate entry of juicy tangerine, blood orange and yeast. Caramel, butterscotch, and lemon peel mid-palate. Lingering finish of mint, caramel and ginger snaps. Full bodied, complex and balanced Champagne with great acidity and long sweet finish.
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Birthday drinks (Indianapolis, IN): In a fantastic place right now. All the ripe fruit, doughy richness, and power I could expect from a young Champagne, but age is starting to add more savoury complexity with light vanilla butter and smoky accents, and the palate presence here is remarkable - so polished and silken, and a finish that goes on for a good while.
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It could have just been my bottle, but it seemed to be in an awkward place - the freshness of primary fruit starting to fade a little, and the secondary characteristics still in the process of emerging. Still, there was no doubt that the wine possesses an excellent core and structure and I would be interested to see how this evolves in 5 or 10 years.
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Holiday Champagne Gala (Park Ridge Country Club): Small glass brief note. Seemed very big but very tight tonight, pointing to its great potential but not as forthcoming as some previous bottles have been.
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Holiday Dinner - Champ, Burg, Piedmont, Rayas and a ringer, Bordeaux and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Perfectly mature yet vibrant nose displaying decadent yellow citrus and white fruit, lemon curd, candied lemon zest, apple, white flowers, candied ginger, smoke, brioche and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of ripe lemon curd and fresh apples juice, generous very fine mousse, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and an incredibly long sweet citrus fruit driven finish with strong brioche and smoke at the end. It is interesting to compare to the 96 Oenotheque. For me, this shows the power and decadency of Batard where the Oenotheque shows the finesse and subtlety of Chevalier. When I first tasted it In September of 2010, it was near perfect and showed incredible potential. A lot of people didn’t care for it back then, perhaps not recognizing that Dom Perignon really needs time. It is nice to see that most people love it now as it has reached the perfecting drinking window. Another exceptional showing.
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This is a racy and zippy champagne. Much too young. It's got great promise and I stick by my earlier assessment that it makes me understand young Dom a bit more. Still, I imagine the best years for this wine are 15+ in the future. Lots of bubbles. Lots of acidity. A fun spicy and toasty nature to the wine. Enjoyable.
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We enjoyed this beauty with our first several courses at Eleven Madison Park. Light to medium yellow gold color, with notes of ripe apples, lemon curd, toast, crushed stones and hints of hazelnuts. Medium bodied, with a creamy texture, good acidity, and a long and well delineated finish.
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I haven't had this in years, and it's in such a better place now that in its youth. Whereas I once found this pretty tight, it's now generous and broad-scaled, with layered yellow fruits and brioche. Powerful with nice acidity. Decades to go but awesome now.
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Tasted blind. Very Dom P nose with yeasty brioche, yellow and white fruits. Palate was a bit creamy and soft at first but the lemon profile and acidic spine bring it all together. At first this came across and soft and creamy, but will time in the glass certainly firmed up and showed a bit more balance in terms of forward fruit and acidity/energy. I'll likely keep my hands off for at least 5+ years. 93+
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Jordan's Fine Wine Dinner (Boka - Chicago IL): This wine just keeps getting better. Green and yellow apple with some lemon and lemon peel on finish. Great power, very good length with a mineral-driven and bright finish. Good now, better 2022 forward.
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Tasted at the Three Borders Wine Group, Hampshire, UK. Fine Wine Evening. For some of our group, this was the first opportunity to taste Dom Perignon, others had tasted it once or twice before. So there was high anticipation for our first wine of the evening and we were not disappointed. On opening, there is less fizz than expected, but there are plenty of delicate bubbles in the glass. Medium gold colour. The nose is rich, full and biscuity, with apples and yeast. The palate shows great class, it's rich with flavours of apple and candied creamy lemon. The finish is very long. Overall, the wine is excellent and gives a comforting warm feeling as it's drunk. The group thought that it was drinking perfectly now, but it would surely keep for several more years. Personally, I don't drink that much champagne, but I could happily drink this every day!
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Paired with Korean BBQ. Served alongside the '06 Taittinger Comte - this was clearly much richer and toastier in style. Brioche and golden buttered toast with minerals coming through on the finish. Still very youthful and should continue to evolve and deepen with more cellar time. Very nice.
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A most enjoyable wine lunch (Eddie V's Prime Seafood McLean Virginia): Loved the toasted brioche nose, touches of burgeoning tertiary but still more primary red apple and lime aromatics. The palate is very smooth, a fine bead with bubbles caressing the palate - and maybe just a bit boring, when compared to the Comte de Champagne 1996 that was in this first flight. Could it be a less optimal bottle? I just recall having enjoyed this vintage more on previous occasions.
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Reductive nose, nutty, early maturity stage with great freshness. Its prime time is still ahead. Vintage driven champ.
I had the chance to taste this vintage of DP on several occasions and there is a significant difference between them all. Most of times it's just not there yet. Will save a bottle for 3+ years.
Annual Chicago winos visit - Champagne, DRC, Yquem, SQN and etc. (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC): Another incredible showing. Incredibly energetic and fresh nose displaying cool clean white fruit, fresh lemon juicy, apple, pear, white flowers, ginger candy, perfume and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, beautifully layered fresh and pure white fruit, abundant very fine mousse, perfect amount of acidity, strong mineral and a long seamless white fruit driven finish with strong limestone mineral at the end. The ripeness that worried some folks are no longer there. The fruit expression is pure, energetic and refreshing. Excellent showing.
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Meget flott formfull nese som oser ut gule frukter, florale toner, kjeks og stein. Flott mousse. Over i munn kjennes ungdommeligheten godt. Metallsmaken i fersk DP er fortsatt tilstede her. Trenger mer tid. Bra punch - mye å bygge på her. Bra friskhet. Strammer seg opp i finish. Sitter lenge med uttalt mineralitet. 92-93 for nå.
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I liked this a lot. Fresh with lots of life in it. Liquirice character on the nose which I really enjoyed. Drank next to 1990 (which was not a good bottle) and 1998. Wheras 98 was more withstrained for me the 02 packed a lot more punch.
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Pausing for the Cause 2018 (Chicago, IL): Don't get me wrong -- I love the 2002 Dom (I just like the 2008 a little more). Anyway, this is really reductive and shows a bit of flint on the nose. The palate is rounded out and rich, but it seems like this will still need a bit more time to fully integrate.
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Tasted blind: Pale straw color; white orchard fruits, appley nose, very fine and mild bead, creamy textured but with no complexity whatsoever. I was shocked to see what it was, then mortified when I realized I had purchased some with, and from the same source as, our host. WTF? Hoping this is just in an awkward adolescent stage.
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Huge nose of rich baked apple, smoke and brioche. The palate is voluminous with rich white fruits, brioche and mineral. Powerful and youthful. Great stuff.
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Dinner with José (Hugo's Frog Bar Naperville): Just had a small glass, but the impression was of a creamy, middle-aged Champagne. Very nice indeed, but also very unlike previous showings, where this seemed eternally fresh and youthful. Excellent provenance on this bottle.
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Q3 - 2018 Tasting - Whites - ABC Anything but Chardonnay (New York, NY): 13/18 white wines tasted double blind. Another surprise Champagne in the line-up. Usually I find Dom to be a richer styled champagne - but in this line-up after a white hermitage - it seems lean and racy. I guessed this was a grower champagne that was zero dosage style. Clearly demonstrates how differently your palate can perceive something based on what you consumed just prior. When I revisited this later in the tasting - after cleansing with water and food - tasted like more like classic Dom although perhaps a bit less giving than the '04 and '06.
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Anything But (still) Chardonnay - ABC wines | Q3 Wine Club (The Apt): Wine #13: One of the first times I've really enjoyed a young Dom. The bubbles just melt in this wine. Like they are hardly there. It's very nice and crisp and there's a bit of the dried apple notes. Quite tasty. (5 pennies)
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At Hollywood Bowl picnic. Brief note. Nose and palate are rich and open for business showing lemon confit, yeasted flakey pastry, bitter pineapple, caramel/creme brûlée, well judged nuttiness/oxidation, and serious crushed sea shell minerals. Midpalate was full and rich showcasing the tropical ripe fruits laced with racy acid that drives this to a long and complex finish that is very moreish. A beautiful wine with many years ahead of it.
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Absolutely exciting champagne. First reaction was that it was the best bubz ive had since the 96 Salon. Great tension, perhaps sweeter, if a bit less long. No notes taken besides BUY MORE. 95-96
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Champagne BBQ at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Continues from strength to strength and nothing more we can add from our earlier TN. Just a superb wine. Drink now, hold, store. We bought a few of these as an investment but i don't see us selling any.
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Spectacular! Bubbles small and medium strength. Lost some effervescence because of age. Color was still very bright and clear, no sign of oxidation. Mousse in the glass lasted a number of seconds. Flavors were still tart, bright, and crisp. Medium long finish 10-15 seconds. Aftertaste was clean with no signs of being over the hill. I would say the window, preserving the fruit and clean flavors is probably 2 more years. A stellar vintage! The wine looks straw colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like grapefruit, dust, mineral, forest floor, stoniness, skunk and bready. It tastes like grapefruit, skunk and bready. The body is light/medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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This bottle has improved considerably since my last try. It is coming into its maturity and it suits the wine. Not that it has become great. Good nose and soft taste of citrus, verbena, pear, chalk, stones, rye bread, brioche, hazelnuts. Soft bubbles and good aftertaste. Good acidity. Looking forward to follow its ageing.
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Mothers' Day Lunch (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Drank from white wine glasses. Very good mousse. Nose of ozone, fresh hay, warm sand. Palate is extremely minerally and Epsom Salts. Really young. Extremely fresh but added more body with time in the glass as it got to cool room temperature....like fresh hazelnuts. Gorgeous but this was a very young bottle and I had to check that I hadn't pulled a 2002 Oenoteque by accident because it had that kind of later disgorgement freshness and limestone back-end dryness. I need to keep some back for 10 years. Drinking a final glass 5 hours later, my notes haven't changed.
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CRIBBS @ La T (La Trompette, London): Tricky one this. One senses it has the potential, but this bottle is slightly strangled by a super reductive mid-palate vice. A faint suggestion of corkiness but this blows off to reveal more of a reductive nature. A super wine viewed through slightly frosted glass. Needs time. **(**) 92
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Better than 3 months ago. More DP style than vintage typical. Toast, oyster, great balance between acidity and sweetness. Great opener for the evening. 93-94
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A DC Wino hits Chi-town (RPM Steak): Fresh clean bright with toms of fruit yet also very mineral driven with everything in balance. A great showing and a great vintage for DP.
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Part of a trio of Champagnes brought by SDR to BWE 18 DC Thursday dinner: 2002 Dom, 1995 Krug and 2005 Cristal.
Way too young to show well, but I don’t usually like Dom until it hits 25 or 30 years old. One or two said not enough acidity to age well but I think this will turn into a fine Dom. In 10 years.
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A light gold color, looked quite young. Notes of fresh green apple, cut flowers, with hints of croissant and crushed stone. Medium bodied, with a creamy texture that still managed to have structure; good balance and depth. I suspect well stored bottles will improve for another two decades!
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Dinner for Blair Walter at Noble Rot (Noble Rot, Wellington, NZ): Light gold. Small bead. Good mousse. Mandarins, yellow spices, pears and lemon rhind on the nose, with a note of bonfire. A little oak on the bouquet, with some almond croissant autolysis also present. In the mouth, opulent and creamy, with mandarins and tangelos, poached pears, smoke and some burnt butterscotch. Round and appropriately oxidised. On the reveal, surprisingly evolved and available for a 2002. At least for this bottle, there now for drinking. Very much in the Dom Perignon house style. Very good.
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It was all that and then some for Valentine's day. Great champagne. Full and round but not the least bit heavy or tiring. With homemade fried chicken, with which it was a great, if not classic, pairing.
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Haut Brion Vertical -1998 to 2009 (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC): Lucky to drink this again only two weeks apart. Absolutely brilliant showing consistent with the last bottle. Perfectly mature yet youthful and vibrant nose displaying candied lemon, baked apple, granny smith, white flower, ginger and crushed rock. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered decadent yellow fruit, bright acidity, strong mineral presence and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. Once again, there is a hint of bitterness that still needs to be resolved. The 02 Dom has reached its youthful peak. Excellent showing.
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Semiblind Tasting of 17 Champagnes from the great vintage 2002
I mixed it up with the Orpale. Discreet shell of the oyster, not so much toast as usual. For me DP is good but not the best expression of the vintage 2002. I missed the typical creamy aspects of this icon. 93-94
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Sine Qua Non dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): It is a pleasure to see that the 02 Dom is fulfilling the initial promise. Upon release, this was very rich yet perfectly precise. From 2012 to 2016, most of the bottles showed very ripe fruit expression, turning from white to yellow. It was finally entering the second stage of development last year. This is the first bottle that expresses the full glory of a perfectly mature yet energetic Dom. Absolutely gorgeous nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, sugar coated lemon peels, acacia flower, fresh apple juice, tarte tatin, ginger and limestone. Excellent concentration, densely layered decadent yellow fruit, very fine generous mousse, creamy, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long decadent yellow fruit and cinnamon driven finish. There is a hint of bitterness from Pinot that is still not fully resolved. It reminds me how the 96 Salon and Krug suddenly transformed in the past couple of years, gaining warm and decadent yellow fruit while retaining the precision and energy. For my palate, this can further develop for a couple more decades becoming like the 90.
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A16 Pizza, Sideways, & Some Fine Wines (Chez Dalluge, MN): I don't know who's bright idea it was to open '02 Dom after a gazillion pinots, but damn, it was genius - thanks Dave for opening this gem. Ok, where to start, it's '02, it's Dom, do you really need anything more. Fine, this is aromatic, gorgeous fine bead and creamy mousse, power and sophistication, toast, fresh baked bread, pear, intensity, brilliant minerality, impeccably balanced. Thank you sire, may I have another... and another...oh for pete's sake, just back up the truck. A wine I continue to adore.
Instantaneous smile on our face! This is what this wine did once again. This is now and very consistently with our earlier notes over the last year ( Papies 93-96) just a beautiful bottle. yes it can age for many years but the joy of it now will make us for sure open more and more of this sooner than later. Our previous note holds "Lively and vibrant, more citrus, mineral than toasty or rich. Firm, focussed and had a feeling of laser beam precission" 95 and drink at will!
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Getting lovelier each year. My second favorite DP for the past 2 decades or so after the wonderful 1996. Greenish yellow color, on the nose showing a bit of secondary aromas of brioche, green apples, apricots, citrus, and some stone. Beautiful balance and vivaciousness. On the palate very gratifying to the senses. Very elegant but not lacking in power. More complexity to come with bottle age.
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An amazing wine, with all the richness of a GC white burg. Secondary notes just starting to come thru, and still feeling quite young overall; better after sitting open for a little while. Aromatic, luscious, lovely.
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Popped and poured. Drank immediately after a 2004 Pol Roger Winston Churchill. Fantastic contrast in style while each was in itself were clearly fantastic wines. Very classic DP profile of lemon and bread dough while being backed up with very good acidity. Every time I drink this wine the word " precise " comes to mind. This should drink well for many years to come.
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This feels like it’s just starting to show the pleasures to come, but wasn’t the most expressive, it was a stylish drink, but I wouldn’t open another some a few more years yet as it’s fairly tightly wound
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Drank while making Christmas Eve dinner 🎄 Balanced and elegant Apples, faint honey, citrus, dried floral/hay element/juniper and lemon pips on finish Long finish
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Last year at this time, I was studying for the hardest exam of my WSET studies and wondering what the fuck am I doing with my life. This year I'm still doing the latter, but in a bit more ritzy style. After tasting the 1990 (birth year Champagne, yay), 2002 was the second DP to follow up on the mind blowing. Not that aromatic as I remember the '90 - more on subtle notes of buttered toast, ripe Honeycrisp apple, lemon zest and vanilla stick. Excitingly fresh with probably the most refined mousse I have ever tasted in any beverage. The balance of acidity and alcohol is hazardous, making you want to gulp down a 170 euro bottle of wine like it was your grandmother's rose syrup. May we live and prosper to drink more of both.
Gina's Birthday Dinner (Kai Garden, Marina Square): Good stuff - this is coming along very nicely indeed. The nose was a very attractive melange of fresh red apples, florals, toasty almonds and buttery brioche. The palate was eminently drinkable, with fresh acidity and really fine, lacy mousse woven through delicious flavours of red apple, cream and white flowers, and then a nice little hint of lemon zest and minerality at the finish. A bit soft and advanced, but certainly yummy. I do not think it will the longest lived DP, but it will give a lot of pleasure over the next decade.
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Unstated power, finesse, elegance with lots of depth. Fine acidity, gentle mousse, lemon curb. Flavors are well balanced, harmonious and precise. Very long mineralic finish. Very drinkable and delicious. Bottle disappeared too soon and I wished I had more to contemplate.
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Fresh peppermint, but unlike some other youngish DP I have had, this had a superb balance and it seemed very complete. A bit reductive, but it had pleasant sweetish finish.
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Game dinner with friends: Beautiful and expressive bouquet with smoke and some rustic impressions, truffle, oak and finesse. On the palate autumn forest, truffle again, beautiful acidity and length, A touch of pleasant sweetness. Great length and complexity. This is superb now! I wrote down 97/98, but I will put 97 in CT, so I have an even better score for the next time I taste this wine ;-)
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Pnp. Could have used some time to breathe. Progressing perfectly, but still a few years from entering it optimal drinking window as the typical Dom P perfume still seems a little "green" and unripe to me. The coffee and flinty notes did however start to appear with a little time in the glass.
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Been awhile since I've had this - 2011, it turns out - and since then it's turned into a really classic Dom. Not the primary fruit bomb it once was, though it still has youthful pineapply fruit with plenty of vibrance, now augmented by some the flinty metal shavings that always mark DP when it gets into character. The profile wasn't totally dissimilar to the '99 Peters we started with but the pixellation here was finer and more high-def. This is still young but in a great, expressive drinking zone. I preferred it to the '04 rose.
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Pour moi ce fut la plus belle surprise de la soirée. Un grand Champagne qui montre une superbe complexité aromatique, il n'y a rien qui cloche l'équilibre est parfait, c'est frais, riche et vif en bouche. Servi à l'aveugle je m'attendais à un vin plus vieux tellement il dégageait ses arômes sucrées de miel, amandes grillées, etc. 98p
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Wine Dinner Extravaganza (Mirabelle - Washington, DC): Cross-section of apple aromas and flavors with some lemon peel. Comes across as very Chardonnay-driven. Very fresh, bight, long and powerful. Drinking well now, with upside from here.
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definitely of my favorite champagnes, very bold next to the Gosset Celebris 2002 - very interesting to compare the two, both fantastic in their own way!
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Same btl as R&Rler & Brad E. Incredible champagne! Balanced, concentrated, energetic and expansive. Crystalline precision! Elegance & class extraordinaire! A head turner and reminder to grab some 08s when those are available!
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A Lot of Older Gems at The Kenwood: A Burgasm & a Few Bordeaux (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. A couple things; one, I don't have nearly enough of this wine; and two, this is just an immaculate, evocative beauty right now with a long life ahead of it. This is a wow wine from the start, of course it pretty much always was. The nose is explosive, brimming with a cornucopia of bakery aromas, yeast, brioche, and toast on top of the almond custard and white floral notes. The palate is at once immensely energetic and powerful, yet still is wonderfully elegant and lifted. This just has that seamless, crystalline character of great Champagne. There is a gorgeous, fine bead, creamy texture and impressive balance and length. 96+ to 97pts.
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Still young but explosive with yellow fruit, with a gentle mousse. Notes of citrus, apples, brioche, toast, honey and nuts. On the palate there are ripe flavors of pear/apple, some nuttiness and the classic flavors of brioche. Full-bodied and dense, powerful with medium+ acidity providing freshness. Very long finish. A very beautiful Dom Perignon but still very young at the moment. Significantly bigger than the Gosset Celebris 2002 next to it.
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Dickere, vollfruchtigere und traubigere Nase als Gosset Celebris Extra Brut. Auch am Gaumen deutlich dicker als Gosset, leicht nussiger, buttriger - mehr Hefeteig. Aber toll und wirklich gross, meine Präferenz liegt aber beim Gosset.
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Meget stort potensiale i denne! Bøttevis med frukt av flott kvalitet, fresh syre og god struktur til å bli noe stort. Dessverre for ungt å åpne nå i min bok.
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All magnum Produttori dinner at Aromes (Aromes Restaurant, Baltimore): The overall expression is in line with the May and June bottle. Youthful medium expressive nose displaying sweet ripe yellow fruits, lemon curd, granny smith, baking spices, honey and mineral. Excellent concentration, ripe yellow fruit driven palate impression, fine mouse, bright acidity, good mineral expression and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish. It remains youthful but the fruit expression is very ripe at the moment. It is enjoyable but it still needs another decade to reach the peak. I suspect it will develop similar to the 90, very promising. Showing excellent concentration.
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A DP that really starts to show its class. The colour is starting to acquire a deeper shade of yellow, but it it still light and lucid. The bubbles are, as always, ultra-fine and persistent. Intriguing aromas of green apples, lime, white flowers and that hint of honey that comes with age. Round, silky in the mouth, bubbles that are caressing and not aggressive at all, perfect balance between sweetest and acidity, long aftertaste dominated by citrus and honey. A wonderful wine from a top vintage. Close to the summit right now, but will progress well at least five more years. Drunk with a DP 2004 that was extremely younger in the profile, but not as intriguing.
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Hög kvalitet och alla klassiska toner på plats men inget wow i just denna flaska. Kommer med tid högst sannolikt. Betydligt bättre än 2003 vi provade parallellt som var salt som en Muscadet och betydligt mindre elegant med en nästa kladdig mousse, dålig flaska? Sämre årgång!
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Very classic with brioche, yellow and green apples, fresh oysters and hints of honeysuckle. On the palate very elegant mousse, fresh acidity and quite ripe fruit. Some cream and with time in the glass develops notes of roasted nuts, nougat and orange peel. Seamless and elegant, very classic, like a blueprint for good champagne. Finish is long but perhaps not as long as one could wish for in a wine of this dignity. A great wine, but even so, or perhaps because of it, just a tad uninteresting. Champagne model 1A - I've seen this before. The 2003 we had alongside was objectivly not as good, but in a way far more interesting.
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Interesting spearmint note on the nose. Vigorous initial mousse softens quickly in the mouth. Crisp, fresh and nicely balanced with a hint of black treacle on the palate giving it a slightly bitter finish. Started to broaden a bit with air but still very tight.
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DP @ Medlar (Medlar, London): As with all the following wines, served in a Riedel Vinum red burgundy glass (didn't do any of the wines many favours). Pale to mid straw. Mute nose initially, rather lost in the glass. Fuller and richer on the palate and more obviously DP. It does it are a while to open up though. All seems to be there but needs time. **(**)
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3 very consistent and very beautiful bottles on the night. We worried this would be young but it gave us a magical moment. We recently had a 2002 Cristal that was excellent but this Dom02 had nothing to fear vs that. Lively and vibrant, more citrus, mineral than toasty or rich. Firm, focussed and had a feeling of laser beam precission. Very giving now and just about in its drinking window but really an amazing bottle. We were planning on ageing these for 20years but really we will start drinking here and there because the evolution of the wine is one to follow. 96-97
Beautiful and structured on this tasting. Crushed rocks, flowers, apricots. Great finesse, and layering with still a strong backbone of acidity which should promote long term aging.
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I was apprehensive about taking this bottle to a restaurant because the 2002 has shown a lot of bottle variation. Tonight, however, the wine was really shining. Crisp, precise, and refined notes of green and yellow apples, candied ginger, lemongrass, and crushed sea shells.
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Mouton dinner with Philippe Dhalluin and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): I feel that the 02 Dom has entered the second stage of maturity. Very ripe nose displaying lemon curd, apple pie, cinnamon and honey. Excellent concentration, quite dense, ripe yellow fruit driven palate impression, fine mousse, bright acidity, good mineral presence and a medium to long finish. This seems a bit disjoined and awkward. Upon release, this showed an excellent precision. I still believe this will be a great Champagne in another decade.
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Pale yellow color with a fine, lively mousse. Complex aromas of Fuji apples, lemon curd, toast and minerals. Ripe, beautifully balanced fruit in the mouth with great depth and length. Nicely creamy and persistent on the palate. In beginning of its peak drinking period.
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This particular bottle is quite ripe. Medium expressive nose displaying deeply tone yellow fruit, lemon curd, baked apple, cinnamon, honey, white pepper and mineral. Excellent concentration, sweet and dense, medium fine mousse, good acidity and mineral expression, and a medium to long finish. The fruit expression is quite ripe. Perhaps it is entering the second stage of maturity and being a bit awkward. Hoping for a bit more definition.
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Lys gul, lett grønnskjær. Edelt treverk, tent fyrstikk, grønne epler, grillet sjøkreps, moden sitron og kritt. Superelegant. Frisk og nokså slank i munnen, med veldig god konsentrasjon. Bra grep. Legger seg ut en del med luft, men er hele tiden ganske stram. Flott vin, bare litt tidlig. 91-92p.
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My Birthday Dinner (Seasons By Olivier E., 3/F, Two Lee Gardens, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong): Golden and rich in colour. Vigorous and persistent bead. Lovely bready, toasted, more-ish, sniffable nose. The palate is deeper and similarly more toasted than in the past with an extremely lemony - especially fresh lemon juice - mid-palate and a Pomelo rind dry finish. Quite heady and resonant. Super. This vintage is still young but is really starting to come into its stride and DP is one of my favourites within the vintage. This had the weight to take a Comte-based amuse bouche and another of roast suckling pig in its stride as well a the Sea-Urchin starter for those with some left in their glass.
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Floral and citrus profile. Light, elegant and still tight after 3 hours. There is a lot here but feels a bit young - think will improve with age. A nice bottle to celebrate a memorable day for my son. (92+)
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My first bottle in 6 years. The lovely struck match reduction is no more. Initially quite reticent, green apple, mineralite. After 4 hours open really gets going, elderflower, sea shore, biscuits, passion fruit. Still incredibly young, the length is really something else, goes on and on. My main bugbear is that you pop the cork, but it really takes several hours to open up.
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Tasted the 02, 04 and 06 DP together and the o2 was the clear winner with the 06 the clear number 2 but with some distance between them. the 04 was not impressive.
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A blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay. Glorious. Rich and complex nose, brioche and a hint of honey; very energetic and tightly wound palate, silky mousse, ripe lemon, seamless texture; very good length. Power and finesse. Has developed very well - years ahead of it.
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2002 Burgundy 1er Cru Lunch (Fragrance Teochew Restaurant): Another consistently good Champagne, but this really paled in comparison to the singing bottle of Cristal 2002 we had alongside. By itself though, it was a really nice wine. It started out with a lovely DP nose of toasty bread andd yeast aromas floating around a core of ripe apples and sweet floral scents, all patted down with a gentle whiff of earthiness. A lot more developed and mature a bouquet than on the last bottle of 2002 DP I recall. The palate was really quite delicious, with a lovely balance and poise lent to it by its creamy mousse and gentle acidty. While less fine than the Cristal, there was also a good sense of clarity and purity here along with a lovely depth of flavour its notes of cream and ripe apples moving into a midpalate and finish that had a real sense of depth and bredth. A fantastic Champagne given the fact that they produce about a million bottles of this each vintage. Drinking really well now, but it should continue to show well over the next 5-6 years at least.
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Nyĺrsmiddag hos A+N (A+N, Duvbo): Light yellow colour with a stream of fine bubbles and a wonderful nose showing lovely layers of hazelnuts, minerals, red berries and hint of dried herbs and butter add to the complexity. Palate shows fresh lime fruit and still with lively acidity and a wonderful long finish showing fruit sweetness that last forever. This was a wonderful showing tonight, but needs more time to open up. Best 2017-2032. 93p.
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The 2002 is getting better and better. Hold long and strong. It might become one of the best ever. Very complex, young and fresh. Lemon, pineapple and berry aromas.
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This seems to be just approaching its long drinking window; but may easily improve over another decade +. Nice golden green to the flute with medium to aggressive small bead. Well balanced nose of steely elements with brioche, honey, and some marzipan. Good mineral character with a hint of oxidative / yeast notes. Vibrant on the palate with yellow fruit, bread dough, lemon, and tangerine. I think this will score higher with 7-10 years bottle age. Nice offering that paired well with Kumomoto oysters on Christmas.
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Light yellow with small vigorous beads and good mousse. Initially tight that over time reveals a mix of golden delicious and granny smith apples, fresh cut flowers and orange citrus oils. Palate is pure magic- sweet, honeyed ripe greenish-yellow fruits framed with excellent acidity, that comes across as dense & spherical but with great grip and verve. Long, long perfumed finish laden with minerals. Excellent.
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Beat your 2016 WOTY Dinner: Graphite, pear, apple, grapefruit and lemon aromas. Pure and layered on the palate, there is a tinge of sweetness to the fruit which works really well. Great length and carry.
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This seemed to have "calmed" (gained elegance) down quite a bit since I last had it almost 2-years ago... Single-blind (I knew what this was since I brought it) - this didn't have that much of the toast/oxidative nose/notes as I recalled from my last tasting of it. Now it's more white-flowers, green-apples - very nice! On the palate, the minerality and linearity also seemed to be more apparent, amidst notes of citrus/lemons/green-apples. Grippy and long. Great!
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Ai - her har det reduktive preget fortsatt ikke sluppet taket. Mye spennende som lurer i bakgrunnen, men de "steely" aromaene styrer showet. Svær konsentrasjon og bygget på flott fruktkvalitet. Likevel er det stramt, tilkneppet og uforløst her også. Lang og stram med skikkelig sting i finishen. Kommer til å bli steinbra - la den få hvile noen år til.
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Really lovely, superb example. Lots of burnt orange and zest. One of the better champagnes I have had in recent times and consistent across two bottles.
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Although a soaked, compacted cork led me to fear the worst, this was in fine condition. Mousse short and fine. Colour clear and light green-yellow. Nose all on the toast, butter, nut and honey end. Palate all that and some actual fruits. Quite a long finish which highlights the extent of the development of this wine. Because I've enjoyed these in the past they have become freighted with expectations; it met them fully. I'm happy to report this wine lifted my spirits, eased my soul and put me directly in touch with the nicer version of me. Life is good.
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No detailed notes on this one. Nicely balanced with plenty of life. I wish I had hidden this away.....had it with nachos. Probably not my best pairing ever.
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Been a year or so since i've last had an 02 dom. Still has that saline bite on the back end. Fresh and clean. could use a bit more fruit on it. shy like a first date, needs some time.
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Lost some of the punch and tension of its youth ...now gloriously rich and mouth filling. Very fine bead, rich yellow colour, beautiful but now more "vintage champagne" rather than previous rocket ship.
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(Disgorged in 2010) Lovely light yellow colour with a youthful greenish shimmering and a stream of fine and tiny bubbles. In the beginning there's an explosion on the nose showing minerals, seashells and fudge before the more fruitful notes of apples and flowers take over. This is still very youthful which also is showing in the acidic palate, not in a powerful but with more nuances showing a mixture of juniper, bitter almond and red berries. The finish could feel a bit short, but at the same time show some lovely intensive bittersweet blood grapefruit finish. This cuvée, although very delicate and interesting right now, is in a middle phase right now. The youthfulness is starting to fade away, and the maturity hasn't really evolved yet so I recommend keeping bottles for a couple of years or so before opening again. Best 2022-2042.
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Aroma: Light aroma and holds an extremely light touch of the classic musky scent that characterizes Dom Perignon. Very faint notes of liquorice and anis in the background.
Taste: Very bright, slightly Light body with oak tones in the background. Further followed by green apples and a very light musk flavor.
Comment: A nice and easy to drink champagne but unfortunately slightly too young. Should be drunk within 5-7 years.
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BYO Blind Tasting: Blind. As a mouth cleanser between reds and sweets. Initially served too warm, and the small pour when it was chilled made it difficult to judge. Seemed to have quite high dosage, youngish, smooth - yet tight/struxtured, elegant, and very good weight to it. Rating just tentative.
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Lite för varmt lagrad vilket gjorde att den var mycket mer utvecklad än någon Dompa 2002 jag provat tidigare. Härlig champagne med kolatoner och fin syra. Bådar gott för mina perfekt lagrade flaskor!
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Light gold color. Split the bottle over 2+ hours. Opened this for our anniversary at The Kenwood. We couldn't have been happier. From the second you smelled it, you knew it was special. The nose wafts with a wonderful toasted scent, white flowers, yeast, brioche, white fruits, and more. While the nose can captivate, the palate is where this shines even brighter just oozing with class and character. There's an ultra fine bead with a great creamy texture, lacey really, the same toasted quality with so much depth and power, but not heavy in the least. The fruit is white peach, pear, and lemon, with floral notes, spice cake and excellent acidity. The minerality is woven seamlessly into the entire picture. Wow, very fresh and very long. Really hitting its stride.
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This bottle showed a creaminess that was not present when I last had this from my cellar. Clearly moving into early maturity, the added texture and depth really complimented the other strong points here, the fine mousse, vibrant acidity. Very little "brioche" and very fresh clean fruit -- white peaches with hints of apple and citrus. Nice texture, balance and finish. This will certainly get even better over the next decade, but is certainly a vibrant, festive and delicious champagne today.
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Golden colour showing some maturity with only a light mousse. Fine nose showing some pineapple, white peach and light honeysuckle. Palate is ripe, round and quite defined with a good zip of acid. White peach clearly showing with good balance though feels it has more integration to come on the palate - lovely biscuit notes. An excellent wine with more get to come (nb feels more like a white wine with a few bubbles than a sparkling wine). Would suggest leaving until 2020 and drinking for another decade thereafter.
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It was built like white Burgundy and had great intensity and precision. There were white peach flavours and some flint and bakery notes. It was fine, long and very classy.
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Fresh and refreshing nose of citrus, lemon, peach, apricot. This classic floods the mouth cavity with a big structure and a current high level of acidity which should promise good aging. Unusually large bubbles. Flavours of salmon, white truffle, white asparagus and citrus puree. Long graceful finish. A classic.
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Did not expect it to be so youthful. Like a racehorse clearing Beeches Brook with a few feet to spare, vibrant, but there are clear signs of maturity on the nose, delicious. Has the structure, definition and class of all things great, but I enjoyed it now . Hard pushed to decide if I prefer the 2005, for different reasons. Long, long finish.
Oro limpido, naso vaniglia, caffè, frutta gialla tropicale, è lui... bocca ricca, generosa, carica di materia e chiusura tostata. Ancora in piena giovinezza.
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medium acidity; smells like almond, hazelnut, melon and toast. Champagne finishes medium tastes like pear and limon tart. The wine looks straw colored and has polished texture. Very good DP
My first 2002. I found this to be quite singular and one sided. Steely nose with some hints of mineral and stone. Palate was very toasted oak and bread with little counter balance. After finish of alcohol as well which was no to me for Dom. Perhaps going through a dumb phase at the moment but none the less a disappointment.
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I must say this was a disappointment. I kept trying to grasp for more complexity and nuance within a set of light and ephemeral flavor notes. Faint suggestions of toasted almond and lemon but that's bout it. A thin finish said it all.
It's hard to imagine this lasting another decade. A champagne at third the price would have provided a better experience.
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Lots of great wines with friends; 12/19/2015-12/20/2015 (E, 4th St.): Amazing how they make so many bottles of this great consistency. Regular bottling. Light gold in color. Lots of tiny bubbles. On the nose, slight toast, some honey, some mango and some ginger. Warm and fuzzy. Just smells good. On the palate, smooth. Great cut. Nice pears and ginger. Long, long finish. Still drinking quite youthfully. Lots of depth. A beautiful wine.
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Champagne - 100 Vintage and NV Champagne; 12/15/2015-12/15/2020: Discrete and complex nose of bakery, minerals, flowers, very elegant and deep. Enters the palate with fine perlage. Excellent length, aromatically refined finish. Great vintage of Dom. 96+
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Lunch at The Ocean (The Ocean, 3/F, The Pulse, Repulse Bay Beach Road, Hong Kong): Drank as an aperitif and then with the amuse bouche of a fantastic seafood-themed lunch at Ocean. No detailed notes but this has added some weight since I opened a previous bottle of the case 18 months ago but it still retains a lovely ozone freshness and youth. Behind the bubbles is a very serious wine with increasing notes of lightly roasted almonds and hazelnuts and understated brioche and it can only get better with more age. As Lauren Sorokin noted recently, it is amazing how they can achieve such consistent top-table quality with the volume that they produce.
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2015 Villa dEste Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/3/2015-11/9/2015 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): I have been saying how great the 02 Dom is since the release and my European friends also think this may be one of the greatest DPs. Expressive nose displaying incredible fresh white fruits, fresh lemon juice, granny smith, honey and spicy spices. Exceptional concentration, decadent sweet citrus fruit driven palate impression, fine mousse, bright acidity and lovely long clean finish. Simply delicious but it will improve for a couple decades. Dom ages incredible well and I highly recommend this great Dom.
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Labour Weekend at Pokai Parera (Ekatahuna, New Zealand): A regal wine. Tight, mineral and long. This has perfect proportion and is the essence of the Moet style. Like Mozart to the Pol Roger Cuvee Winston Churchill 2002's Wagner. Just a baby, but this is certainly opening up with time and could continue to grow in stature over the next couple of decades in a cold cellar.
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Amazing!!! Thrilling, explodes in your mouth, but with rich understated elegance and then evaporates like a ghost. Bubbles feel like pin pricks. Vanilla, lemon bread but restraint, heaven.
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Nice DP. Toast, brioche. Nonetheless fresh and fruitful. The nice thing is: Where usually this needs a very opulent carrier to transport this broadness of impressions to your gustatory sensors, the DP 2002 is rather compact and precise.
The only think I did not like about (this bottle?) was the winey taste to it. I would expect the DP2002 to be still in it's youth, but that tone was somehow a big question mark to me.
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Nose: lemon lime, pine, vanilla, almond, lemongrass, creamy orange marmalade & honey, unripe honeydew melon, maybe cucumber, strawberry and grape jam, floral, little ammonia French bread (like the thin po-boy bread) bagels, olive salad, pineapple, kiwi,
Palate: Nose smells right, + peach , brioche or pound cake , cinnamon, white balsamic, Granny Smith apple, golden delicious apple, Bosc pear, key lime, maybe little meringue, little salty, malty, smokey, leaves a taste of lemongrass and mint on the finish
Mouthfeel: carbonation feels like cotton candy dissolving
I think the bottle was stored standing up like a trophy because the smokey taste was only in my last glass
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Delicious! Lost a lot of the baby fat it has at release. Tight bubbles, crisp and creamy texture and a nice slightly acidic attack on the palate as the bubbles do their thing. Some yeast and floral notes as the finish dissipates and I reach for the bottle for more...
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Pale, green color - borderline limpid. Gunpowder smoke so typical of Dom Pérignon in the expressive yet tightly wound nose. Underneath, aromas of green apples, citrus fruits, some ripe yellow fruits and hints of powdered salty liquorice. In the mouth, the first impression is steely and smoky reductive, but quickly the flavors of ripe citrus fruits, brioche toastiness and Granny Smith emerge. Even though it is hard to pinpoint the exact flavors of the wine, the taste seems nuanced and complex. Mouthfeel is quite full despite the obvious acidity, giving the wine a silky and easily approachable character - further emphasized by small, creamy and elegant mousse. Generous aftertaste with flavors of ripe yellow fruits, stony minerality and slight nuttiness. Elegant, complex and long finish.
This wine showcases easily why Dom Pérignon is so acclaimed: it is elegant, complex, balanced and silky. However, it seems so polished it lacks those edges and other characteristics that make grower champagnes so interesting. One still has to take the wine's age into account: this DP of extraordinary vintage is currently so young it is barely capable of showing the potential what it will be in the future. For current consumption, I'd go with something way less expensive - this wine needs 10 more years, minimum. Not worth its price (146,90€) in its current state, but it can be rectified with extended cellaring.
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Tried this one last week and wasn't impressed. So had to try again. Slightly better but no where what I would have expected. Too week mousse and seems out of balance. Maybe it's just at a bad point right now.
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Quite disappointing after reading all these fine reviews. This was definitely drinking very nicely. Almost too nicely and smooth. It just didn't remind me of DP. My wines has recently been moved quite a bit so I am hoping that has something to do with it. Well, I have another 17 bottles so I guess I will find out.
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Lost Thursday Wine Lunch - Blacksalt (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Another bottle supporting my belief that the 02 Doms show a lot of bottle variation at the moment. Unfortunately the nose seems quite subdued. Mostly fresh apple driven nose, a hint of honey and mineral. Polished palate, strangely clean but muted palate impression, btw definitely not slightly corked, good acidity and clean medium finish. I prefer the palate to the nose.
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Tasted blind. Very fine mousse, fresh nose of white flowers and brioche. Structured, yet with a nice core of fruit. Some flint on the finish. Very fine, and has years to go.
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Magnum. A wow nose with gorgeous, lifted and complex aromatics. Palate is chiseled with power and precision. Amazing lift and cut - it's a weightless impression. Light biscuit notes with citrus rind and apples. Long, precise finish. As a good as Champagne gets in my book.
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The Godfather Turns Sixty: Go Big or Go Home - Rousseau, Margaux, Lynch, a Trio '02 Champagnes and More! (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Light gold color. Drank a 70ml pour over an hour. Quite interesting in that this didn't seem to carry the same weight that I typically expect from Dom or this vintage. This seemed like it was in a somewhat different place, more weight came on vs the Comtes eventually, but still quite suave and singing with a brighter more citrus driven fruit profile tonight; lime, lemon, grapefruit, kiwi, and something a tad more exotic on the backend. This too was nicely toasted, fuller body, but not heavy, with good acid, and mineral density, yeast, more of that dry extract that leaves you on the finish with great length. Hard to pick a winner between the '02 Dom and the '02 Comte, but I think i favor the elegance of the Comte by a hair. Quite happy to drink either.
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Exceptionel, epic, wonderfull glas of champagne. Nice soft bubbles, some toast, green apple, moisty, smell of a green garden after a rainy day...Nicely balanced acid.
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It could simply be my imagination but it is interesting how the 02 Doms are showing differently from bottle to bottle recently. Opened for a July fourth gathering, this is drinking perfectly in every ways. Very fresh cool delicate white fruits, a hint of lemon zest, apple flesh, honey, sweet spices and mineral. This bottle is unbelievably airy, incredibly fine mousse that is almost creamy, fresh cool white fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and lovely long cool finish. This has evolved incredibly well. Once again I am pleasantly surprised by how ready it shows. This is a great Champagne. Definitely superior to the 02 Salon at less than half of the price. I highly recommend.
Game dinner with friends (@ t Jachthuis): Tasted this wine in between two cuvees of Selosse and it is so different. The Selosse so special, complex and exclusive, probably only for Champagne addicts and then this wine; so luxurious and open. For everyone to love. Lush, tasty and full bodied with a smoky bouquet, ripe yellow fruits, mild minerality, lovely and soft acidity and also smoke and beautiful complexity, but in a completely different way. This 2002 is still a baby, but already such a great pleasure and open. What a feast!
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Nice apples and lemon with some nuts just starting to show up in the background. A typical delicate Dom that allows the flavors to come through the bead.
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Excellent bottle, this DP has evolved since my last tasting two years ago. Golden green, lots of vibrant bubbles, very mineral and fresh nose of honeyed green apples, wet stones and brioche. Excellent weight and richness on the palate, developing a bit of complexity but still a few years from maturing.
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Blind Champagne Tasting: Smoke, lemon and toast aromas - does have layers and complexity. Beautiful mouth-feel, there is richness but there is also excellent depth. Superb.
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Purchased at release, this is the first bottle that is showing close to full maturity. No longer showing primary fruits, lemon curd, a hint of golden delicious, honey, sweet spices and mineral. The palate impression is no longer dense, quite airy, creamy, fine mousse, delicate yellow and red fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and lovely clean finish. This has evolved as I predicted. I am somewhat surprised by how ready/mature this bottle is compare to the ones from last year. Beautifully balanced. I highly recommend.
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Very disappointed. First time I tasted a Dom Pérignon, and I expected much more from it. Yes it's good, but not more than the typical NV cuvée from a great Champagne house. Not much personality, completely overpriced, I'll stick to Krug, Selosse or Philipponnat.
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Dinner with the guys (Hakumai @ International Plaza): This came across as "more feminine" than the '05 Philipponat CDG. Some white flowers and that familiar "oxidative" Dom-styled nose. Palate-wise, the fruit also appeared to be of a lighter shade then the Philipponat. Very fine, with nice minerality, grip and length. Should be able to keep for quite a while...
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From a beatiful magnum. This is definitely developing nicely, starting to show a fuller and more approachable side. Rich, ripe and creamy this is on the way to greatness. 93 for the moment.
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I am not an expert in the style, but I thought this was a very lovely Champagne. It certainly evolved over the course of the evening. It was balanced and elegant with a long finish. I definitely got the yeast notes, but they were not as in your face as I have experienced in other Champagnes.
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brilliant platinum w/persistent mousse; too cold to start, so aromatics & flavors muted; becoming citric & minerally, subtle toast, very clean & balanced acidity, long & youthful showing, w/positive development likely. (1/6; reasonable value at $118 on release.)
Had this bottle at a blind tasting. Finished 9th out of 9 champagnes and finished 16th out of 16 wines overall. Even after unwrapping and knowing what we were drinking it was clearly outclassed when comparing to others half its price. Fancy bottle good for New Year’s or Weddings. Other than that save your cash.
The Great Barolo Tasting (Taberna): Very good indeed. 2002 is turning out to be a very quickly maturing vintage. The Dom Pérignon, which is probably the 2002 that we have had the most of, is a case in point. The last bottle we drank was already noticeably advanced, but this was even more so. It had a creamy, buttery brioche nose, with white fruited aromas flecked with little floral hint and a little mineral undertone hiding underneath. The palate had a lovely roundness to it that made it drink like a much older Champagne, showing sweet red apple flavours with a little honeyed kiss. The mousse was starting to mellow, but this was still driven by little rivulets of fresh acidity, so that it was lively all the way into a decently long, if not exactly great finish, with lemon zest and gentle mineral and spice notes fanning out on the tail. Very delicious, and starting to drink precociously well. On reflection, and taking into the speed of maturation, I am not sure this has all that much room to improve over the very long, but it is yummy and it will develop quite nicely over the next few years.
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Pale gold. Nose of brioche and vanilla, pear. Taste was more pear and citrus, acidity poking through on the end. Will age effortlessly for 10-20 years.
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Oops. Shouldn't have opened this one. This is coiled so tightly at the moment, and not giving up very much. There are strong aromas of brioche and smoked almonds -- where'd the fruit go? Insanely steely, with some tart green apple, but that's just about it. There's plenty to give, but the wine is greedily hanging on to it all. Put them away and drink your '00s and '03s in the meantime.
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Medium sized bubbles, bigger than both the Veuve Clicquot and Bollinger.
Completely different odors. Something against cardboard. Powerful much aromas. Green tea? Limestone.
Nice round mouthfeel. Very nice balance between acid and fruit. This is different than the two before, with some more fruit and sweetness in the mouth. It is, however, not as long.
50 + 5 + 11 + 16 + 8 = 90p.
Other wines in this flight, all tasted blind: 1996 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin La Grand Dame (90p) 1997 Bollinger La Grande Annèe (91p) NV Selosse Substance (93p)
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Tasted blind. Lighter on color than the Grand Annee 1997 and La Grande Dame 1996 tasted earlier. Assumed this one was younger than those. Nose is fresh and expressive with sea and salt and a slight barnyard. This one has a hint of an off nose, with some old sweaty gymwear, but very little. Not really very noticeable, just a hint of it. Palate gives me big and powerful bubbles paired with a fresh acidity. A calm and long middle palate with lots of intensity and a slight sweetness. Fruity and long finish. This is a classic and very good wine.
50+5+11+14+9 (89p)
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This bottle lacked the punch and depth of prior bottles I've had. Not sure why but it seemed like it was either fading or going into an awkward phase. It also lacked the classic domininant green apple characterisitic of so many Doms, although some was present.
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Andrew's and Howard's birthday dinner (Hippopotamus Restaurant, Wellington): Light colour. Much fresher on the nose than the Bollinger, citric, but in an oxidative style. Sweet on entry, the impression of a high dosage, also some sulphur on palate. But this is a youthful, primary wine with brisk acidity. Oxidative and quite sweet across the palate, but with nice minerality on the back. This Champagne, showing clear Dom house style, was complex and very classy, but really needs 10+ years cellar time.
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This is sensational. Creamy with lots of acid, brioche, nuts, citrus and maybe pears. A very wide and complex palate that will improve further. Drank from a whitewinecup.
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Sunday Night Sine Qua Non Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Lots of apple and pear with Meyer lemon hints, all with very good concentration. Seems the youngest in the flight of 02/03/04, also showing the greatest Chardonnay character.
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This Champagne is just fantastic! an intensive nose of minerals, toast, toasted barrels, fudge and more stuff, in the mouth the wine just exploding of tastes, toast, creamy, brilliant minerals, small citrus, crackers, small perfect bubbles. the taste stays forever.
I just stopped thinking when I drank this wine and poured me a second and third glass to make sure I wash´t wrong, and I sure, Im in love with DP2002!
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Incredible Wines at Private Wine Dinner at Collyer Catering (Westport, CT): We moved onto the Dom next and I loved this the other time I had it. Get some more toast and almond on this nose but also a touch of citrus. The last time I had this is was more creamy, which I prefer in my Champagne, but this was more focused with interesting flavors of slate, mineral and toast. Ended with a beautiful finish. Tows the line between elegance and power.
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(1989 Haut-Brion dinner) This is probably the best bottle of champagne I have ever tasted. The balance, mouthfeel, texture, complexity and medly of fruits were all singing in harmony. Absolutely amazing!!! Note: This was one of the glow in the dark fiber optic bottles.
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Strong bead. Color just starting to turn a twinge golden. Granny Smith apple, hints of lemon zest and hazelnut, excellent acidity, a very nice long finish for this full bodied champagne.
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Doft av krut, bröd och äpplen. Tydlig smak av röda äpplen, inslag av söt citrus och (brynt) smör - Oxiderat!
Denna flaska hade inte alls lika bra syra som föregående flaska som jag drack i våras. Föredrog flaskan i våras! Saknade den syrliga tropiska frukten! Detta är fortfarande en väldigt god champagne, men jag hoppas att de flaskor som jag har kvar har högre syra och åldras bättre än denna flaska.
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Best showing of my 3 bottles. Notes of bread, rich mouthfeel, a hint of lemon. Absolutely delicious on opening, and it got better over the evening. I regret having but one remaining.
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Belle couleur jaune paille avec des reflets verts. Bulles fines et nombreuses. Joli nez d'agrumes, complété de fruits blancs sur un fond toasté. Bouche sur les agrumes bien marqués, soutenus par un joli fond acide. Beaux arômes de toasté et beurré. Merveilleux champagne toutefois en retrait derrière le 1998 et le 2004. Plus vineux que le 2004.
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Star for me of a 5 champagne tasting. As long as the Dom Ruinart, but richer nose and mid palate. Not yet as pronounced with the secondary flavours and, especially, on the nose as the PR 2002, but oh so balanced. Lots to come.
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Beautifully balanced champagne. Great nose mainly of apples and lemons. I was hoping for more of a bread or biscuit characteristic, but I didn't get that hear. Better than the 2000 I had in the past.
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Eclectic Wine Dinner (goosefoot - Chicago IL): Probably the best bottle of this wine I can recall, this is ever-so-slightly starting to soften, while still retaining lots of verve and energy, showcasing great lemon and lemon zest aromas and flavors throughout.
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Large scale,with lots of bright qualities. Still quite primary showing vibrant tension. Wall of pure white fruits and dry extact, spices and a touch of anise makes this quite interesting and just a tad raw. Long live seemingly ahead.
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Friday Lunch (Rosebud Steakhouse - Chicago, IL): Is there more to say about the 2002 DP? Not sure, but here are a few additional thoughts. It still has tons of power, structure and citrus fruit. There's a lot to like here and you have to think this will only continue to get better.
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Excellent bouquet that remained strong until the end. Bread and fruit flavors in the taste. Long aftertaste. Went well wigth salmon, creme fraiche and July 4.
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Upon opening it took a few minutes to get through a funkiness but after that it was nothing but smoothness. This was very mellow but complex, the acidity wasn't too intense. Nose had nice bouquet of flowers and palate was buttery. This is singing right now and had potential to get a little better, probably another couple of points better.
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Doft av krut, bröd och äpplen. Bra syra, smak av syrlig ananas, smått omogna gröna äpplen och en lång eftersmak där citrus dominerar. Med värme i glaset så tar smaken av äpplen över mer och mer och med riktigt mycket värme i glaset så är det mogna röda äpplen som dominerar.
Mycket gott redan nu, men kan klart lagras en längre tid. Problemet är väl att det blir svårt att låta bli flaskorna framöver.
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Classic! Very complex, couldn't put it down. Starting to sing with notes of dried fruit, nuts, brioche, etc etc. Doms get quite oxidative when they are older and this is showing that perfect middle ground. Open but with lots of acidity and mousse. Highly recommended for that special celebration.
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Initially some yeast but then a lovely nose of strawberrys, flowers, yellow fruit, lime, light toast and some chalk. Feels quite light and fresh: still young. On the palate goood mousse, citrus and rich yellow fruits with sometimes almost tropical notes, but still retaining freshness and vibe thanks to the realtively high acidity. A smooth, almost seamless texture and excellent balance. Finishes long with more citrus and some chalk. Very good with upwards potential.
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100 RP Points plus some extra's (@ Bottles): Beautiful bouquet with yeast, minerals and even some pleasant barnyard impressions. Same on the palate with beautiful acidity and tart citrus. Really great Champagne.
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Texas Brisket for good friends - Dom Perignon, Craggy Range (Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand): As fine as Champagne gets - in my experience. This is the essence of the Moet style and is all about balance, equilibrium and intensity. This is like a fine Swiss watch in manufacture and boasts brilliant complexity. Showing some tertiary character for the first time, in my experience. This has always been a knock-out and will continue to be one for the next few decades.
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First one out of a six pack. Not disappointed. Initially a bit of reduction, but this cleared. Citrus, mineral, complex aromas. Rich on the palate with very good acidity. Lovely stuff.
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Young but great. Crisp, structured and minerally. Served alongside '02 Comtes and for today at least the Comtes was preferred for it's openness and depth of fruit. Perhaps that will change with time? 93+
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Wondered if the bottle was old / stored properly as the cork popped out very easily and hardly any flaring / skirting.
Very strong nose of yeast and biscuits initially before slowly revealing baked apples, citrus, chalk and metallic minerals. The palate had similar flavour profiles with a long length. Lovely.
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Dinner at Beco (Kushiyaki Beco, Hong Kong): I have to say I am not generally a champagne fan but this is something else. At this young age, already very sweet, toasty, ripe, fruity creamy you name it. Hits all the right notes for me I have to say. Oh and nice long finish. I'd like to buy a few bottles and put them away for 20 years, would be a champagne amusement park-worth of bubbly pleasure to drink by then I bet
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Pale yellow, very fine bubbles that lasted the night-very unusual! I see where some added age helped this immensely. Nose all brioche and freshly toasted bread. Mouth shows the underlying acid backbone, but it is much more part of the whole. Taste had hints of lemon and pear. Delish and still an adolescent.
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Very good but not great. Took a while to open up. If I had another bottle I'd wait 5 years before opening it. I think there's a good chance it could develop into a great wine.
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Drank alongside: - 02 Bollinger GA - 02 Dom Ruinart - 02 PJ Belle Epoque - 02 Tait Comtes - Krug Grand Cuvee - 04 Grande Dame - 98 Dom Ruinart
....and it was my favorite of the tasting. It definitely took 2+ hours of air and a bit of warmth to shine. The complexity was unexpected and the balance was impeccable. Looking forward to trying these over the coming years, though absolutely delicious right now!
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Rich and creamy with a biscuity nose and lemony finish. Had with blini and osetra as a first course on Christmas night. Perfect match with the salty roe.
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Vibrant and enduring beads of small bubbles after a brief mousse. Just starting to take on a medium gold colour. Nose is light yeast, lightly toasted white bread and a lovely whiff of sea breeze. Palate is smooth with warmed fresh-peeled young hazelnuts, brown granary toasted bread, yeast , hazelnuts and sun-dried lemons. Mouthfilling at near room temperature with a lovely refreshing citric acidic cut in the finish and considerable resonance inside the head on the finale. This particular bottle was showing the beginnings of development towards where the 1996 is today. Lovely....never disappoints.
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Flavors of citrus and pear, with decent effervescence. A little disappointing, actually. We drank it a little warmer than I would normally, that might have had something to do with it. It went flat quickly.
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I popped the question (she said yes) then popped this open. This is outstanding. Perfect balance. Long finish. This is a medium bodied champagne. My only critique is this is not perfectly weightless. At this price point, dare I say good value!?
I had the 2002 DP a number of times over the past weekend, and also have had it around five times during the past six months. It is really growing on me, particularly compared to tastings closer to release. I like it for current drinking, but also love it like all 02's for the long haul. Its definitely worth buying some at the current price point.
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Tight out of the bottle, but began to show after 20 mns glass time - this can be great, but need to wait 3-4 more years before the next bttl - regardless, don't see this hitting its prospectively lofty stride for 5 - 7 years
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I have never been a huge fan of the Dom Perignon style, but this 2002 is extremely good and has improved dramatically since the last time I had this champagne roughly two and a half years ago. The nose is now much more open and gives off aromas of sweet flowers. The flavors on the palate kept improving over the course of two hours and included red and green apples, salty sea spray, honey, white flowers, biscuits, yeast, toast, and some mild spices. The finish is now much longer than it was in the past and I can tell that there are still some additional layers to this champagne that will continue to reveal themselves with more bottle age. This is a really good Dom Perignon that will continue to improve with time, but is already starting to enter its first drinking window. I would recommend trying this today for anyone who has multiple bottles.
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Even lighter yellow than the 98 as one would expect. However, already showing far more. Noticeably more PN in the blend than the 98. Amazing depth. Genuinely showing like a grand cru white burg! Fizzy Corton Charlemagne in fact! My first time with the 02. Delighted I bought lots.
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Dom Perignon @ Medlar: Pale straw. A little reductive on the nose. Similar freshness to the 98 but without the puppy fat that's developed. A squeeze of lemon here. Mineral and still a little reductive. All in place, but for current enjoyment **(**)
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CT Offline VI--San Antonio Edition (San Antonio, TX): Sweet, smooth, lots of wildflowers, with honeysuckle, and honey notes. Less acidic and less citrus notes than the 2000. Extremely smooth, approachable, just a hint of yeast and toast. Best Dom tasted out of the '00, '02, and '03 this weekend. Absolutely fantastic effort!
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CT Texas VI - Return to San Antonio; 10/18/2013-10/19/2013 (San Antonio): Great nose of citrus, light toast, and sea air. On the rich, yet focused with lemon curd, green apple, pear, and quince. Linear focused finish with sharp acidity. Already great, this will be one to try again in a few years. Strong buy recommendation at current prices.
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Mildly green hint to the yellow colour with large and copious bubbles, nose was mildly bready and green fruit. Palate dry but with a bit of fruit sweetness taking edge of the dryness. Acidity, alcohol all balanced with a pleasing reasonably long finish with no aftertaste - very quaffable with spicy apertif.
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Very sweet ripe fruits, yellow fruits, honey, apple, acacia flower, sweet spices and mineral. Start to show sweet fruits but still fresh. Fine mousse, dense sweet fruits, mice mineral expression and bright acidity. It is developing nicely.
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Wow, simply stellar. A very full, rich and easy vintage of Dom that reminds me a great deal of the 1996. Unusually toasty and bready and, well, easy. Approachable and round and vinous. Where Dom is usually edgy, a little creamy and fairly citric, this was expansive, complex and incredibly approachable. Truly delicious.
Fortunate enough to taste two vintages of Dom Perignon with one week. This DP 2002 is no match for the perfect 1990 from magnum, but is still a quintessential DP, with the exciting tension between the complex fruity nose and citrus-freshness, acidity and lightness on the palate. Still very young, even after 11 years...
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Very closed upon opening. After about 1h the wine opened up and displayed lovely concentration with lots of fruit and perfect acidity. This seems to require a few additional years of wait.
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R, B, H, B @ Harwood Arms (Harwood Arms, London): Slightly reductive nose, but starting to open up. Glasses a bit narrow to do this justice. Still quite tightly wound on the palate. Quite yeasty. Silky smooth. Very fine stream of bubbles and mousse. Lots of precision. ****
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Out on the patio at Fish in Sausalito on a hot sunny afternoon. A bit overwhelmed by the fried food and the ceviche and the sun and the crowd, but this remains a high water mark for brut champagne. The nose is ridiculously beautiful. In the mouth, more yellow fruit today than the last bottle. Persistent finish. Simply unfair how quick a bottle like this is empty. Happy to have most of the case to work through over the next decade.
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Wonderful wine. Complex with a terrific finish. Bubbles exploding in the glass - fun to watch. A big Champagne with a ton of flavor. Is it worth the price??? Loved the wine. I have a feeling that it will be better but much different in another 10 years. As it is the wine is 11 years old and tastes fresh.
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Medium yellow with a gentle mousse. Complex nose of citrus, apples, brioche, toast, honey and nuts. On the palate there are ripe flavors of pear/apple and again a certain nuttiness and the classic vintage champagne flavors of brioche. Medium-full body with medium+ acidity providing freshness. Very long finish. A very beautiful Dom Perignon but still very young at the moment. It will probably get even better with additional complexity through bottle-age.
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Opened one hour before serving. The 2002 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon is medium yellow in colour with a gentle mousse. on the nose, expressive ripe pears, fresh green apples colour the bouquet alongside honey and nuttiness (hazelnut?). Upon entry, there's an initial sweetness just to entice one before quickly allowing the fruit flavours (of ripe pears, apples, apricots) to enter and finally ending with another round of gentle sweetness. The acidity was quick to step in for a clean cut finish. A very playful palate indeed. Well structured and refined, many years ahead ..
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Birthday Celebration (Grace Restaurant, Chicago IL): Identical to the bottle opened a few days ago. A delicious mix of lemon peel, red apple, brioche and minerality. Lots of energy. A great vintage for Dom Perignon.
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Fairly tight upon first opening and after 20 minutes or so it began to soften up some. Notes of lemon peel, red apple, oyster shell and slightly toasted brioche. Lots of focus and intensity on the palate. Fine bubbles with great acidity. Medium bodied, with a long, energetic finish. A really great Dom Perignon.
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Popped to celebrate the first day home with our new twin babies! This a brute of a champagne right now. I enjoyed the full, fruity palate. Improved with air time and a little warm up.
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I must admit I am a Deutz fan if the bottle has been cellared for about five years. Don't get me wrong I like Dom Perignon but my tastes veer to the less crisp deep dough aspects. That being said this bottle showed wonderful crisp biscuit both on the nose and palate. Flavors were laser clean through the finish. Of course my guests just loved it-so I am in the minority–and will be getting more.
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Way young. Starts to unfold as it warms up a bit and with some air in the glass. Real fine mousse, plenty of co2. Signature dryness and elegant style. Subtle. Don't touch for another 5 years and hold for another 1-2 decades.
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We had this with a birthday dinner (both as an aperitief and with the meal) on 7/6/13. It had a rich, ripe, powerful bouquet of orange peel, spice, chamomile, biscuit and pear aromas. The palate was powerful, elegant, crisp, tart and dry with flavors of orange, spice, pear and chalky minerals…spectacular.
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Beautifully coming together. It is easier to note the impressive concentration and opulent ripe fruit. I highly recommend to cellar as much of the 02 as possible.
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Clearly a classy champagne, complex nose of citrus, white flowers and crisp fresh apples. The first hints of secondary complexity coming through but a feeling of restraint. This has a lovely structure and a weighty mouth-feel but still is wound up and tight. Very nice but a way to go - rating reflects current drinking, potential much better. Wait 2 years!
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RP 96. The 2002 Dom Perignon is at first intensely floral, with perfumed jasmine that dominates the bouquet. With time in the glass the wine gains richness as the flavors turn decidedly riper and almost tropical. Ripe apricots, passion fruit and peaches emerge from this flashy, opulent Dom Perignon. The wine's volume makes it approachable today, but readers in search of more complexity will want to cellar this for at least a few years to allow for some of the baby fat to drop off. Geoffroy describes the vintage as very ripe and adds that some of the Chardonnay showed the ill-effects of the hot growing season in it the somewhat burned, dehydrated fruit that came in that year. This bottle was disgorged in July, 2009. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2032
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This is the best bottle of Dom Perignon I've ever had (not rose). I recently had the '98 Krug and I believe this is just as good, potentially better than that. It is harmonious in every way. Light straw color with brilliant, lively bubbles. Fantastic precision and weight and crisp, focused texture from every angle. Simply wow over and over. Excellent.
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Not usually a big fan of DP as it's usually too chalky tasting for my palate, but the 2002 is HUGE! Wonderful balance and crispness, the mouthfeel was exquisite! I'm thinking of buying a case to store.
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Wonderful as always. However, it was overshadowed by Krug and 1998 Taittinger. The evaluation of the tasters ranged from 92-93 points. My assessment was 92 points. Drink in the Huto, a Japanese restaurant in São Paulo - Brazil.
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Nice, but too young...needs probably 5 more years of cellaring to really open up and develop its potential...i will keep the hands of my remaining bottles...
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Serious nose, ultra elegant and full of crisp, clean, serious fruit, very young. The palate is super-fine but tight as a drum. Good to drink but I'd rather age it.
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This is disappointing. Very boring and almost flat. The bottle wasn't flawed in any way. It is simply not a very good champagne. Plus the dosage pokes through.
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Say what you will about DP, but this wine is just brilliant. So fresh, deep and layered, but incredibly elegant. Toasty bread, citrus, stone fruits, honeysuckle... Amazing mouthfeel and the finish went on and on. I could probably drink no other brut for the rest of my life but the 02 Dom and be contented.
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I lack the eloquence to do justice to this bottle. My wife and I shared it matched with grilled lobster tails on Valentine's Day. It was superb on its own and with the lobster.
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A bit of toasty oak on the nose. Some floral aromas, but otherwise a very Chablis-like nose, with a bit of chalkiness and a little hit of stewed apples. On the palate, there is a tone of apple pie (baked with an almond-flour crust) complemented with light bosc pear flavours. Very pretty, if a tad demure; like the girl next door in the checkered light blue dress. Let her grow up before making a move.
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well, I've always preferred opulent Bolly/Krug styles, but DP has never disappointed me quite like this. no nose at all, bitter melon skin palate, so little fruit but also none of the DP elegant toasty subtlety. The sulphurous/burnt rubber notes are very unpleasant, I hope they will evolve away into something interesting. Really hope this was bad bottle, because we got little pleasure from this, although nothing obviously off to call a flaw. no score anyway. I should rate it 80, but just can't bring myself to until I give it a chance by tasting again. I have 5 more, drink another now and see, or just wait 5 years and hope?
edit: marked as flawed because I don't believe this bottle is representative, and in a restaurant I'd have sent it back.
HM's Bruno Clair SLB 1er Cru La Dominode Vertical + Other Gems (Absinthe, Boat Quay): Excellent as always, I liked this a little more than the 2000 Henri Giraud Fut de Chene that we had alongside. Although amongst the more developed bottles of 2002 DP that I have had, this clearly had a fresher nose than the Giraud, with nice little wafts of exotic spice and bready notes of brioche and cream floating around a fruitier core of apples and pears, with a good touch of earthiness trailing on behind – a very assertive, expressive bouquet, quite different from some previous bottles. I liked it. The palate was very good indeed, with a nice depth to its rather straightforward, but powerful flavours of apples and lemons, wed to a solid, minerally spine. Very clean cut, very focused, all the way into a long, mouth-clinging finish where some sprinkles of exotic spice emerged again. Really nice stuff – still tremendously young, but I like the way these have been growing in the bottle. While quite pleasurable now, I will be keeping my own bottles for a good 6-7 more years at very least.
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non blind to me. consistent with previous bottles and notes. overall nice but nowhere classic. again nice fruit, some yeastiness and brioche. but the acid and lemon bite dominate. unbalanced - ? still too young. finish with big palate cleansing acid and nicer fruit on the finish.
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Had the Dom Perignon 2002 and Taittinger Comte de Champagne 2002 side by side. The DP was more toasty on the nose and broader and wilder on the palate with a pronounced acidity poking through in the finish. There was also some bitterness on the back palate. The Comte was absolutely fabulous and the better wine. More "winey" on the nose, like a young Meursault, and the way it sat on the palate was one of total harmony. It just didn't have any hard edges, even at this early stage. The fruit is broad and multilayered, balanced by elegant and well integrated acidity. One of the best young champagnes I have tasted!
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Impossibly bubbly with buttery scents of peaches and pears. Still young and tight but the pedigree shines thru: stone fruits, citrus, pears and apples, crisp minerality, floral notes, and incredible length. Needs 5 to 10 years to blossom completely but already it oozes perfection. Best champagne I've had.
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Rich and creamy and beautiful - still a baby and can only get better. I keep on coming back to this and have drunk 8 bottles over the last year and a bit. I really should let them lie another 5 years... Impossible!
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Opened Christmas and just too overbearing zest, minerality, wound tighter than a .... fill in appropriate visual. This is such a baby, why am i drinking these? Good God, what 5 years will do. Anyway, 3 days in the fridge & this fleshed out, unwound to such a monster beautiful white wine. The Champagne just delicious, ful bodied, huge gobbles of fruit, layers of complexity, lingers for minutes. Delicious.
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My fourth bottle since release. This Champagne i just marvelous, and I only wish I had more left in my cellar. The nose is fantastic & intense with creamy minerals, fresh pears and a small hint of white pepper lingering in the back. On the palate this wine just goes on forever, with a perfect acid vs. fruit balance. The fruit is creamy, rich & pure. Still young, but lovely. Fine bubbles builds a perfect pattern on the surface in the glass. This will only get better and better with more cellar time, and could even turn out be the Champagne of the vintage (and the decade?)! I love this Champagne, and again, this is by far the best DP I have ever tried.
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This shows far more structure than the 4 other 02s at the table. This is locked down but shows the power to go a long time. Stay away for at least 10 years.
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Wenn schon morgen die Welt untergeht (Maya-Kalender!) wollen wir wenigstens mit Stil dem Ende entgegensaufen, daher heute dieser Champagner. Und gleich mit dem 2. Schluck offenbart er seine Kraft: ein nicht enden wollender Geschmacksstrom im Mund - großes Kino!
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Sulfury nose and very tight palate. I didn't notice the concentrated fruit I would like to see from this wine even when tight and young. Similar to other tastes of this wine and it makes me wonder about bottle variation yet again. This is either really on even though young and tight or it comes off like a nice fresh sparkling wine or austere styled Champagne like this one. It just had trouble grabbing me.
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2002 Champagne Tasting (Jan's House): Wonderful showing on this tonight and 2 out of 3 bottles I have sampled have been outstanding. Intense nose of minerals, pear, lemon and apples. The palate is bursting with flavors and they all come together to offer a long finish. Picked up some chalk and dough notes on the finish. This is extremely young and should evolve over a two decades.
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Popped and poured. Light gold, fine bead. Upon first pour the pronounced, powerful nose initially shows an array of youthful fruit, with citrus zest, sliced pear and stone fruits. The aromas grow more complex with aeration and the fruit is complimented by lemongrass, subtle almond biscuit, and perhaps even a hint of something more exotic...cardamum? Medium-light body (this particular bottle showing excellent concentration). While the palate at present doesn't show the same level of complexity vis–à–vis the nose, youthful flavors centered on fruit are equally pronounced and, although one-note, show depth and impact. Moderate to moderate-plus acidity. Long close. Although inconsistent, the 2002 Dom Perignon can be exhilarating to experience, and this bottle was just that.
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Top Rated 2002 Champagne Tasting (Jan's Place, St. Paul, MN): Medium gold color. Drank 1 glass over 1hr+. Very fine bubbles. Big nose with lemon chiffon, minerals, earthy, yeast, a bit of smoke, pear, apple. The palate is full bodied and powerful, and crisp, with intense flavors of pear, lemon peel, baked apple pie, and rounding out with a very long finish with oodles of crisp minerality. This developed a tropical edge to the fruit over time that was very nice. This has so much power, but it still carries it through with finesse. Just barely edged by the Vilmart, this was my #4 WOTN. 95pts.
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We had a good bottle thankfully; I`ve found 2 different expressions from this vintage and the one I like came along for this ride; good acidity, some toast, spice, salt, a dash of pepper amidst fine kiwi, orange and lime notes; crisp and refreshing; YES.
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Only the second time I have had Dom Perignon. This was awesome and was much better than a Krug NV I had a few weeks earlier. Lots of toast and complexity.
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The ULD (Ultimate Label Drinker's) Dinner (Imperial Treasure, Asia Square): Second bottle in the space of weeks, and while this was not as good as previous showings, it still was pretty much in line with the general excellent experiences I have had with the 2002 DP. Even with half an hour in the decanter, I found this closer to the bottle I had in 2010, shortly after release, than later bottles. This was very nutty on the nose, with hazlenuts and toasted almond aromas, a touch of cream, and then fruitier shades of apples and subtle strawberry scents, with a good streak of earthy minerality running underneath. Really nice, but perhaps deeper set and more reticent than some recent bottles. The palate was tighter too, but still very impressive, with fresh white fruit flavours and a squeeze of finger limes couched in lovely juicy balance and lined with a surprising amount of minerality on the midpalate. Past the wine moved into a fresh strawberry and cream finish sprinkled with a charming touch of spice. An very effortlessly elegant show, but maybe just a step behind the last couple of bottles, with the palate coming across tighter and less expressive. It remains a lovely champagne though, and one that we are drinking far too young - if there were less than the gazillion or so bottles of this on the market, I would really wait for a good 8 to 10 years before drinking these.
Disappointingly mute in both nose and palate, not a lot going on here and certainly not what I've had in previous bottles. A bit of pepper, citrus and earth on the nose but very faint. No great expression on the palate, unfortunately. A plain jane, whether through storage or an awkward age.
On the nose citrus and toasted nuts with perhaps a whiff of sulfites, otherwise slightly muted. Quite round and creamy on the palate, however I felt that the dosage was a bit high and the wine was a little lacking in energy. We'll to see how it develops, perhaps not my cup of tea at the moment.
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Hmmmm - a bit so so this one. On initial opening very strong aromas of bread, butter, nuts. I found the palate a touch mute and not really giving me anything over and above a four-square champagne. Hold ....or buy a cheaper champagne.
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Dom Pérignon Masterclass with Richard Geoffroy at Decanter Fine Wine Experience (Landmark Hotel, London): Appearance: bright yellow Nose: toasted notes including toasted hazelnuts, cocoa powder and coffee, yellow fruit, yellow apple, citrus, mineral, flowery with white flowers. More elegant nose than the 2003. Palate: good concentration, citrus, noticeable minerality, high acidity, some spice mid-palate. Aftertaste with a lot of mineral and citrus notes. Overall impression: definitely more classical than the 2003, should have more potential, and interestingly enough came across as more fruity (in particular in the nose) compared to when I tried it the time before, a little more than a month earlier. Young, reasonably accessible now. 93+ p.
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This is just showing better and better! Great balance between the lovely fresh exotic fruits, apples, flowers and creamy vanilla, and the fresh and lively acid and minerals. This is a great vintage overall, and the DP is really one of the great wines from this vintage
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Dom Perignon Masterclass, with Richard Geoffroy (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Light golden, glossy and youthful in colour. Lovely mild nose, with exotic fruit, apple notes and very light yeasty notes. The nose needs a bit of time to evolve in the glass. On the palate it is rich, ripe, light creamy. Beautifully balanced and is very intense and even at this young age to potential is visible. We would suggest one awaits a few years as this will just keep getting better and better. 93-94 for the moment but the sky is the limit as it ages.
Dinner with Mark Roberson of Goedhuis (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria): I know that there have been whispers abounding that the 2002 Dom is not quite worth its hype, but three bottles in and I still find it to be consistently excellent - for my money the best young DP since the 1996 was released. Once again, this took awhile in the glass to get going, but after half-an-hour or so, we were treated to a very pretty nose, where sweet nuances of vanilla and cream floated out alongside gentle notes of strawberries and red apples, some floral notes, and just a little touch of earth and mineral. Very nice. The palate was unsurprisnigly a tight, but still very pleasing, with lovely lemony flavours swathed in the finest mousse on the attack, a lilt of fresh strawberries and cherries on the midpalate, more creamy notes, and then a nice lick of minerality moving into a sweetly floral finish. A tiny bit of gingery spice emerged with time as well. This had lovely poise and balance wed to a sense of focus and precision. Still a baby, but already a lovely drink. Great pairing with Alaskan crab too. the 2002 may not have the longevity or staying power of either the 1990 or the 1996, but I will be happy drinking this over the next couple of decades.
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DOM PERIGNON tasting (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Perfect weather just before the harvest compensated for the heavy rains of late august and early september. The harvest began between september 12 and 28. The DP 2002 was released in September 2010. On the nose quite muted. Palet shows beautiful mineral, acidic expression, fresh lemon, white flowers and creamy, good concentration still very elegant, great balance and very precise, enjoyable now but this will likely improve with years. A great wine and a great vintage!
Less tightly wound than previous samples, to the point where I would say downright open. Round and mellow tasty, toasted yeast. A little citrus and tropical fruit on the periphery, but mainly this was just big. In the money.
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This is probably the best bottle I have drunk yet. So pure and lovely with a hint of dried cherry and maybe dried stone fruit skins, crisp and infused with mineral
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Crazy how this wine changes from bottle to bottle. This was much better than the last bottle I had earlier in the month. Much better balanced, although doesn't have the complexity of better vintages.
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Nice, but this bottle, this day, wasn't drinking up to the hype. Very rich but missing the lemon curd notes I usually get in DP, this left me wanting some more acidity to cut through it. Nice finish with an impression of hazlenut. Light and tiny mousse. (side note, after mostly finishing this bottle, we went to a tasting that had the 03 DP and save a taste for a side by side - it confirmed my impression, as I actually preferred the 03 for the more typical acidity)
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CT Wisconsin Offline 2; 10/5/2012-10/6/2012 (Madison, WI): Looking fresh, with ample small bubbles. Loaded with fresh lemon and white flowers, also melon and tropical notes, with the chardonnay speaking very clearly. Yeasty, smoky, flinty DP character also comes through, terrific complexity already, finishing with lipsmacking salty sea spray. A light and elegant package, very young and acidic, even for my palate, enjoyable already but likely to improve for years.
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drank from magnum, in a club of all places. painfully young, this was not allowed to breathe at all.
nose was amazing. bread, green apple, slight hints of citrus.
was a bit out of sorts taste wise, but after letting it air for 20 min, it got its act together. very good, but not as amazing as what i had been led to believe.
This bottle was not stored completely correctly... but was still excellent. Nose: lemon rind, baking notes. Taste: Very nutty on the approach, with a pleasant and moderately long finish of almost a bitter/sour melon. Really nice.
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Very nice champagne. Had it one afternoon with friend. Colour pale straw. Bubbles small. Nose lively fruit. Taste beautiful, develops in the mouth, rounded, not at all sharp. Makes you want to drink champagne all the time!
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Tasted along side the 1990 Dom Perignon, the 2002 is still painfully young, but oh so promising! Notes of white fruits and crushed rocks, with a hint of fresh baked bread. Great concentration of flavor, impressive depth of flavor, but still young and tight.
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Wow this was really spectacular tonight. Still a bit tight as you could tell it was holding back a bit but upon revisiting a somewhat warm glass at the end of the night I now know this is going to be a spectacular wine. Big nose of green apple, peartoast and a ad of yeast which all performed in the mouth as well. Yum
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Pop and pour. Showed more depth and complexity than the other bottles I've had. The brioche and custard tones on the nose were really turned up and were deep and expressive. The palate had some truffle and almond notes to it - just a big ole bakery from the aromas to the palate. Very enjoyable.
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Frist taste of champagne of this calibre. Light golden, slight mousse. Rather subtle nose, withheld but very delicate - bread and yesty notes, butter and honey and a dash of citrus. Lovely mouth feel, creamy stuff that tickles the palate, very complex. The tastes aren't overwhelming, but contains several layers and is well concentrated.
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Golden colour with fast disappearing mousse. Nose of biscuit and apple, citrus and bread. Tasted of apples and toast with a floral aroma. Absolutely outstanding wine of some length.
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Golden color. Very toasty, yeasty nose, crisp and a little lemon zest. Not much fruit otherwise. Lemon zest and bitter sour grapefruit follows through on the pallet, toasty and a little yeasty, not a lot of fruit here. There is actually quite a bit of bitterness not just on the finish but on the mid pallet too. Med dry on the finish. Medium finish. Low residual sugar. This is well made and excellent quality but you pay for the brand. It tastes better in a big wine glass compared to a champagne flute. I think this needs to age to fully bloom, would love to try this again in five, ten, fifteen years. Too young now.
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The opening wine of our fabulous 25th Anniversary trip to San Francisco, Sonoma/Napa Valley that also included a dinner at the storied French Laundry, this Champagne was an amazing start!! - Light gold, full bodied with a nose of biscuit, yeast, apple, pear, cream and bread, amazing structure, balance and complexity, extremely lively on the palate with a mousse and finish that went on forever, absolutely extraordinary! (96 Points).
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I know everyone's palate is different, but besides having an off-bottle, I'm not quite sure how this can come off as anything but incredible champagne. Freshly baked bread/yeasty aromas leap out of the glass, tinged with a touch of citrus. The melange of flavors and depth of flavor on the palate is stunning, and I liked this more than the '02 Cristal poured beside it. Wow. My #2 favorite champagne of all time (behind the '98 Krug). 95.
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Yeast and apple on the nose, with hints of pear and floral notes. Rich and toasty on the palate, with spice and apple, some floral notes, and a good pear finish.
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Mixed Bag, Mostly Bordeaux in KW (Chris' House): Popped and poured, served blind to the other tasters. Consistent with previous notes, showing a light straw colour in the glass, with notes of lemon, apple, chalk, toast and mineral. On the palate, moderately structured showing a good streak of acidity, with the most minute drying tannin on the finish. The moderate length finish is a touch sweet, but counterbalanced by the aforementioned acidity, framed by notes of citrus, apple skins and minerals. The tasters were rather lost in coming up with what this was, despite having good experience with a variety of Dom Perignons ranging from the late 60s right through to the present day. Sadly, the group recognized that there was reasonable quality here, but could not say for certain whether this was Champagne or Cava. A massive failure for a bottle that bears a $220 price tag in the great white north.
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When the cork was first popped the aroma filled the room, but never really lived up to expectations after that. Typical bready doughy notes, decent acidity and will probably improve with time in bottle, but given this experience I'm not rushing out to get any more of this.
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Very nice on the nose with distinct tones of sulfur and minerals mixed with lemon and flowers. On the palate there's both acidity and lemons mixed with dark chocolate and a nice long finish.
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Beautiful and complex bouquet, brioche, toast, smoke, flint stone. On the palate just as great. Concentrated and tasty. This was a great bottle. Plenty of future, but already so tempting.
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Awesome Dom P. Youthful but seriously approachable and easy to drink. Gorgeous fruit, ample acidity. Medium bodied with a super fine mousse. Just a small notch below the '96
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Toasty, with just the right amount of sweetness for my palate. Medium to full body. Youthful but approachable. Not sure how long my bottles are going to last, but it'd be nice to try one in 4-5 years. I think this will improve over that time.
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Very pretty, light yellow gold hue with fine bubbles and heady mousse. White spring floral aromas with lemon citus edge. Bright fresh citric flavors with solid wall of pure mineral laden apple fruit. crisp, concentrated, and rich with wonderful fizz. Its not 1996, but just astep behind. Quite lovely and likely agable.
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Has fattened up a bit, but still with a firm, mineral-driven profile. Yellow citrus. Clean and crisp. Great backbone. Medium bodied but great clarity and verve.
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Dom Perignon Dinner (NAHA - Chicago IL): Clear and bright fruit - apple to start then quickly showing lemon and lime aromas and flavors. Powerful, long and precise finish. Much like another bottle from a few days ago, far better than when tasted several times late last year.
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Giallo paglierino bolla fine, naso parte fresco di frutta golosa e crema poi vira su note minerali e tostatura classica del dom, bocca fresca, carbonica finissima, fruttato e sapido nel finale tostato lungo.
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Hadde store forventninger til denne, men dette er for ungt! Når du håper at hele rommet skal dufte frukthage, men av et skikkelig magadrag kjenner litt eplekart tenker jeg at denne skal få ligge noen år. Grønne epler , gjær, bitter sitrus på duft. Bra med frukt i munnen, og lengden er ganske så bra. Medium syre. Tror på høyere score etter noen år på rygg.
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Straw yellow. Lots of brioche on the nose as well as citrus and apricots. Good firm structure but drinking nicely now. Excellent mousse and fine bubbles, a sign of quality Champagne. Nice chardonnay flavour, almost Burgundian. Mineral, orange peel, good acidity. Definitely a great vintage of Dom Perignon.
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Light straw in colour, apricot, honeysuckle and brioche nose. Palette has lots of mineral, maybe a little pineapple and stone fruit. Dom is always wonderful, but this needs at least a few more years to really develop I think. Lucky I have invested a few more!
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Had a cold so I wasn't getting the whole show, but it would be hard not to get the intense minerality that runs though this. I got citrus, a hint of toast, and nice acid on the finish. And hey, it's always fun to pop a bottle of Dom.
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JT is having a baby (Houstons - Irvine, CA): I love this Champagne, but there seems to be quite a bit of variation between bottles. Tonight's wine showed stately, restrained notes of sugar cane, green pears, and ginger. A bit austere and linear on the palate, dominated by crushed minerals and a flinty acidity. The finish tapers off a bit, but the structure and quality of fruit is clearly there. 90-91 points.
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This is my favourite of Dom P vintages so far, having tasted several '99s, '00s and a '96. Contrary to the general house style, the 2002 has gained beautiful ripe fruit, especially apple notes and very silky texture in addition to the strong citrus backgound the wine usually has. Very complex and long. Cheers!
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Minerality essence, citrus, tropical fruit, floral, honeysuckle and toast aromas prepare you for the complex, concentrated, sweet yellow fruit and stone filled palate. Creamy, but not as flashy, opulent or open as the 1996 was at the same stage. There seems to be more structure and minerality to the 2002. This needs at least a few years or longer to come together.
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Popped and poured, followed over the next 6 hours. Light straw in colour. Nose of lemon drop, cream, crushed rocks, and chalk. On the palate, really round and lush, showing lemon, minerals and a bit of bitterness. Next to the Krug, this champagne seems like a joke. This is so soft, and seemingly lacking structure. There is some acidity here, but I really expected this to be masculine and powerful.
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Baronne Guichard wine dinner, Ruth's Chris DC (Ruth's Chris on Connecticut Ave, DC): This is another wonderful showing of the 02 Dom. This seems fatter, riper, sweeter and showing more yellow fruits but counterbalancing acidity and strong presence of minerality help maintain the precision. This wine has been quite controversial but it was well received this time. Based on the 90 and the 96, there is still time to buy this at sub $120 but soon the price will go higher. I highly recommend it for cellaring.
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Bordeaux First Growth Trip; 3/7/2012-3/9/2012 (Bordeaux): The opening wine at Cheval Blanc and what a cracker. Floral with rich toasty smell - very much the full bakery. The taste matches the nose - balanced acidity and fruit. This is a great champagne.
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Just had a bottle of the Andy Warhol preceding this one-as much as I applaud that cross branding effort, i still love the classic green label (thus the extra point)
Refreshing, clean, palate cleansing liquid goodness. Nothing frivolous about this bottle. Every dinner should start with a bottle of Dom, or two, or ...
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Seemed the least firm of the bottles I've tried, so that's a step in the right direction. Great energy and freshness on the palate with its trademark big yeasty tones. Very nice stuff.
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Brioche and acidity on day 1. On day 2, this showed more balance and fruit, and was more like the bottle I had tasted last week. This bottle was pretty tightly wound, suggesting how young this wine remains. Glad to have a few more bottles to try a couple of years down the road.
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Smooth, subtle yet flavourful. Brought this along for a top class sushi dinner; the bubbles and lack of heavy yeasty smell complemented the oily raw fish well - very nice combo.
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Third time having this - it is maturing nicely, no longing giving the appearance of being too young but in early maturity. Lots of nice acidity that some describe as green apples, this has good balance and a full complement of meaty and dense fruit. A very nice DP that has a good future.
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Both nose and taste are very green apple-y. Perhaps my score is a little lower than others because I am not an evolved Champagne drinker. Was excellent though.
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Appearance: First bottle (from my cellar and drunk late last year but no notes made here) had superb, fine and very persistent bead that just kept going with almost no diminution even after 15 minutes. Last night's bottle (from a friend who bought it at a shop recently) was just as fine but faded much sooner. The cork was quite hard, too, and did not expand as it should have. May have been standing up for show in one of those new boxes. Hmmm - makes me think they are not a good idea. (I loved the old boxes, which shops would be more likely to lay down).
Nose: Very fine and refined, tight slightly chalky fruit; excellent concentration but, like the previous bottle, was tight and reserved. Needs time.
Palate: Good release of bubbles (although not as prolific as before - probably caused by being stood up in a shop). Flavours follow nose - tight, concentrated, fine, well balanced; needs time. Much prefer the 2000 at this stage. To do this great marque justice, I'm not pulling any more of mine out for several years when I'm sure I'll be more impressed.
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Chú Xī (除夕) Dinner at Home on Chinese New Year Eve (Our Place, Hong Kong): Opened 2 hours before serving, which seemed to add a bit more depth, richness and toastiness without interfering with the vibrant, youthful citrussy element. I love this more every time I drink it....and I think it can only get better.
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Opened another bottle after popping one tainted with TCA. Balanced fruit on the nose with slight florality, meat, smoke, rye bread, ginger, mushroomy wet chalk character and strong autolysis. Fullbodied and pretty powerful dry palate with refreshing fine-grained acidity. Ripe lemon, butter, big chalk and abundant bready notes. A good deal more of the toasty autolysis action here than the last time I had this. Again killer chalk and very good altogether. Evolved beautifully in the glass for hours and is a treat already.
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Tasted non blind at a wine dinner. Opened and served immediately.
Light yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout with medium, steady beading. Nose of lemons, tangy pears and apples that carry through to the palate. Bright, almost racy acidity, medium to full bodied. Drink or hold but I’m leaning towards holding.
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Light golden with small fine bead. Pine, almonds, green apples, and a little lime or some other citrus, a bit of yeast. Very light on its feet, with plus acid and very clean finish. Some notes of pine and citrus..... Needs more time.
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Enjoyed over 6 hours in Riedel Montrachet glasses. Elegant, lifted citrus, Chablis-like, white flower notes on the nose. Creamy, focused, subtley elegant, superb lemony mineralized very long finishing palate. Hiding a lot - just too young. At the 5 hour mark it started to uncoil to show stronger minerality, chalk, a warm biscuity precision, and even greater focus. Less searing acidity than at this stage on the 96, but beautiful harmony of ripeness and cut. A work of art. Glad I tried one now, but really this is all about potential right now. 94++ pts.
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Lighter than I expected, bit yeasty and toasty. Should get better with some bottle age, though certainly good right now. Nice bottle of bubbly to drink on NY's eve 2011.
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I smuggled this into the hospital to celebrate the birth of our daughter and to ring in the new year. Still quite young, with focused and primary notes of apple, brioche, and mineral. Quite steely, crisp and focused on the palate, with a lovely texture, lively acidity, and firm grip on the finish. This should be ethereal circa 2020!
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New Years Eve Blind Champagne: Light straw color with very small streams of very tiny bubbles. Nose mostly dominated by bread toast with just a touch of apple. Very nice balance on the palate with an almost creamy texture.
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A real nice drink. Nose is a bit yeasty and tight. Real soft loose bubbles. Drinks real smooth and easy -- more subtly toasty and yeasty rather than relying on its fruit. Enjoyable starter but certainly not remarkable. Maybe will improve in complexity with bottle age though I'm not convinced. Not like the '96.
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App:Lime green. Petillance(no shit!). Nose:Clean with med intensity. Developing. Palate:Incredible creamy mousse. Beautiful subtlety and elegance.Excellent balance. Beguiling. Long. Absolutely top class. Conc:I'm no champagne expert but in terms of quality this is the best wine I've ever tasted. Outstanding. Will cellar happily for a decade I suspect, if you have the money and patience!!
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My first DP. Not as special as the price would lead one to think and not the finest champagne I have had. Nice to see how this develops. I was expecting more vinous character. Nice bitterness at the aftertaste, made this exceptionally long.
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An impressive Champagne, although still quite youthful and only hinting at the heights it will someday reach. Aromas of white fruits, crushed stones, and freshly baked bread. Quite steely and focused on the palate, with outstanding concentration, depth and grip. I'm having a difficult time keeping my hands of this beauty!
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First bottle of DP. Restrained in a good way, some lemon and a tiny bit of toast, clean aftertaste. Really nice but going to wait a bit to open another '02.
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Perfect to open and share with generous friends bringing presents for the kids....definitely a Christmas-friendly Champagne. Will it be better in 2-3 years time? Probably. Will there still be the same moment to open it then, who knows?
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color: pale yellow verging on green. nose: lemon, stone, chalk, slightly sweet, citrus aromas. taste: fine, but not creamy mousse. good acidity, hint of lemon and green apple, well balanced sweetness, and crisp. finish: medium-length. Improved as it opened up, increased oxygen and temperature, and a very solid bottle. Still very young, and probably will need a few more years (3-4?) before fully coming into its own.
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clear, pale, lemon color; tiny continuous bead, gentle mousse, clean, light intensity, dry, medium acid, medium bodied, long finish with light yeast, not creamy or lactic, not mushroomy, sublte pink grapefruit; fleeting and ethereal and leaves you wanting more.
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Good toast to the nose, not very complex at this stage. Fuller body than the Pol Roger 1999 tasted alongside, but less complex nose. This might be quite good at some time.
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Dom Perignon Dinner (2002,1996,2000 Rose,1971) (Man Wah Restaurant, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong): Very light silver-green colour almost like a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Muted mousse but persistent pinprick bubbles in the initial flute glass but much more wine-like when served in a wine glass over the dinner. Nose really benefited from the wine glass......very immediate citrus, high lifted notes, an element of gunflint and lazer precision. Palate is an immediate impression of complete harmony and balance....really poised as the pinot noir and chardonnay countebalance each other......lovely fresh peeled hazelnuts picked straight from the bush and freshly toasted white bread without any crust.....then good brioche cuts in and there is a really nice toasty oak at the finish. Although young, there is quite a lot of resonance inside the head on the finale. This was nice when drank as a fairly cold aperitif in a flute but it became really gorgeous when drank in a wine glass and paired with foie gras (shaped into a chicken's foot), lightly marinated fresh abalone and a small cube of roast pork belly. This has all the makings of a classic....if you can keep your hands off it for long enough.
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Rated WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Drank from a magnum. The bottle was really heavy which made it difficult to drink from without asking someone to move out of the way. Glowing label from attached blacklight was a plus for sure.
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Seems sweeter, more yellow fruit, not as mineral as some of the earlier bottles, perhaps settling down but still open for business. This definitely has the core concentration. I am starting to guess that if one prefers and is custom to the expressive grower’s signature this may seem to manufactured. Just like a great young Batard, there is a lot going on textually.
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Nose - fresh malted bread; warm; freshly-picked mushrooms; green bananas perhaps too. Palate - fruity to the fore. Like a serious white wine; strong but not acidic. Dark and pleasant. 92 pts.
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Dom Perignon would smile! This Champagne delivers an elegance other houses dream of capturing in one bottle. Emerging your nose into the glass unviels an intense array of aromatics such as fresh lemons, yeast, almonds, and minerality. A rich, creamy complexity of dried fruits, floral components, citrus, and honey arouse the palate while the mouth-feel is dominated by beautiful acidity and a layer smokiness. What remarkable structure! Disgorged in July 2009, the 2002 will benefit from many years of rest, but peeking inside now doesn't do any injustice. RH 95+
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Just so classy yet easy to drink, simple yet sophisticated. I really like both it's pop & pour bubbly personality, all that tight acid fruit wood punk rock dance. Then hours after opening now, more of a tango, last glass, it is pure voluptuous wine, long finish, big huge fruitIf you were blindfolded many of us would call this a syrah, or a zin.
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Had one with Matthias and every time i drink DP i say to myself it is THE best champagne. The taste, the size of the bubbles, and mainly the after taste and gorgeous smell. Unique.
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100 Year Old Champagne and Other Wonders (Kingyo, Marina Square): Excellent again - this reaffirmed my impression from the last bottle that this was as good a young DP as any since 1996. Placed next to a very much in vogue maker's Champagne (the 2002 Guy Charlemagne Blanc des Blanc Grand Cru) this scored a point for the Grand Marques - I thought it was just a sliver better then the young upstart. Though tight and a bit thinnish when first poured, we knew from the previous experience to let it sit in the bottle for some 3 hours before serving it. When we did, the nose was classic DP, with toasty aromas of nuts and yeast, a little whiff of soybean, then pure white white fruited apple scents, some meadow herbs and a nice white flower nuance. The palate was as good as I remembered it from the last bottle as well. There was a beautiful fresh balance here with quite some zip to it, though not quite as acidic as say the 1996 when young - this had rounder, more generous fruit, with bright flavours of lemons and green apples showing some lovely depth. What was most impressive though was the sense of suave elegant that the wine had in its super-fine mousse, stylish balance and graceful lines leading into a wonderfully long finish where the white fruit was lined with some spice and mineral. A feminine counterpart to Guy Charlemange's muscular masculinity. Like the previous wine, this was also a lovely pairing with Aburi Sushi. I can only imagine how many bottles of this will be swilled down around the world come this Christmas season, but it really does deserve at least 6-7 years in the cellar.
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straw color with green tinge - very young, with very fine beads. nose is a bit tight at first pour - yeast, chalk which later develops to stone fruit, brioche. palate is very supple and balanced. potential for increasing complexity with more age. very elegant.
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Sublime. Packs all the elegance and style of DP but with added power and weight. Quite closed still but already very attractive, touch of honey. Finesse, lemon and melon. smoky minerality, magnificent intensity and length. Truly great but needs time. Drink 2015-2032.
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Jen's Birthday (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Almost exactly like another bottle opened last week, although that bottle had the Warhol label. Fine lemon and lemon zest start with good energy, the wine didn't have great follow-through or intensity and showed a hint of bitterness near the end.
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This didn't meet my expectations. I found it subdued and showing little more than pure, concentrated fruit. That's not bad, of course, but Dom promises so much more. That said, this was very tightly wound, and I have no reason to believe it won't blossom into a beautiful wine with time.
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Nice rich round nose. A good ginger flavor, round fruit, good bubblies, slight licorice finish. Nice, but a bit more simple then I remember. Need to visit this again soon. Slighlty advanced.
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Krug/Dom Perignon Wine Dinner (Chef’s Table, One Harbour Road, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong): Very light silver-gold colour, almost Sauvignon Blanc-like. Nose is lifted citrus and minerals, with high acidity, lightly toasted white bread without the crusts together with deeper notes of freshly-risen bread dough. Palate is very young and unevolved, similar to the nose and very enjoyable. The crisp citrus elements paired very will with the two Cantonese dishes. With 2 hours in the glass the lemon acid drops element came very much to the fore. Needs a lot more time to evolve but was well overshadowed by the Krug Grande Cuvee NV that followed it.
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A beautiful Dom P! It's drinking really well now, but surely will deliver much more with time! But if you have many bottles, start drinking now, this will be very interesting to follow! Simply great!
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Lively bubbly and richly yeasty with monolithic beam of lemonyness. Delicious and mouth watering. A strong champagne that knows it's stuff and punches at it's Weigthclass.
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Much better i thought than the 2000 vintage that was in mind simply okayish. Nice pale yellow robe, medium bubble and citrus aromas on the nose. In mouth everything was about lemons again i felt. But the most important thing is that compared to the 2000 vintage, i feel i actually got the bang for my bucks and would be happy to fork out more money for another one.
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Very dense mousse on the nose with tightly wound citrus on the palate. Still incredibly young, but I think this will be a wonderful wine in a decade or so.
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2011 Masters of Wine Champagne Tasting (San Francisco, CA): Stunning – the finest young bottle of Dom Perignon that I’ve tasted! Beautiful bright nose bursting with lemon citrus, yeasty, chalk, and light floral nuance. Medium-bodied palate with bright lemon and toasty mineral flavors. Nicely balanced acidity coupled with the bright fruit leads to an overall profile of youthful power with an assured promise of future elegance. Medium-long finish. Tight and young – as expected – but with truly terrific potential. Drinkable now, but doing so does this wine a disservice – needs at least another 5 years of aging and will benefit tremendously from even more time in the bottle. Significantly better than other recent Dom vintages I’ve tasted and overall this is easily the best since 1996. As much as it pains me to say… this was a very strong contender as my favorite Champagne of the tasting and is one of the best Champagnes I’ve tasted all year. Classic potential.
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Drinking well but needs more time. This has huge potential. Very complex on the nose and palate. Amazing concentration of fruit. Structure is perfect. Medium++ finish.
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The Big Two (Bar Boulud): I like this much better now than I did when it first came out about a year ago. Back then it seemed gloppy to me. Now it's starting to show more focus. It has a nice sunny brightness, and a pretty note of herbal greenery on the back end. But it's heavier on the fruit than the minerality. You get a little whiff of metal shavings in the aroma and it takes awhile before any of that migrates to the palate. It's probably best to leave this one cellared awhile.
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Great elegance and creaminess with good power and line. Loaded with brioche notes and a big squeeze of citrus fruits. It shows great depth and harmony.
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Sipped at Spice Market, NYC, avec Leticia, Antonio, Aline, Priscila et Rodrigo Betti. Unlike the bottle we popped on New Year's eve, this combined notes of almonds, burnt toast and tonic with the vintage's characteristic citric zest. For my taste, still a little unbalanced, but evolving nicely.
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Lite green-yellow. Butter and cream dominate with green apples and hazelnut notes present as well. Very good, but still distant as compared to the 2002 Cristal. The bubbles are fat in this champagne.
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A lovely champagne that is drinking surprisingly well at the moment, but this clearly has the stuffing to age and improve for 20+ years. Notes of crushed rocks and bread. Crisp and focused on the palate, with a long and well delineated finish.
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Impromptu tasting @ Peter Z. (Belgium): Inviting and open, smoky, fleshy nose. Hints of bacon, yellow fruits, butter. Lots of freshness and poise, very young and already drinking very nicely, to be honest. Modest and soft mousse which could integrate in due time. Really very, very good. 18+/20
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A lovely champagne, but oh so young. Very steely on the palate; crisp, with notes of white fruit and mineral. Wonderful texture, grip, focus and finish.
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That Champany kind color. Get all that floral, white fruits, mineral, touch of wood. The acid is perfect for me, it supports the bright fruits, A really big whammy of fruit, followed by a second wave, a third swallow gets it all down and this lingers. White grapes (duh), some exotic tropical stuff, lychee, durian texture, those red hairy things, then the lemon not quite pineapple flavors. There are some nice tannins but thins was open for business for me in a larger mouthed glass and good swirl. A keeper that will just change over the years and I think really get BIG as the fruit is substantial. Can see what Tanzer means, but I saw hints of that Smoky Reductive thing and think it will go more in that direction. I love Champagne but don"t drink enough, note to self, but more of this. Make more money.
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Not as good as the last bottle. Seemed a bit closed. Orange peel, spice, minerals, floral and apple. This has a long finish and really needs some time in the cellar.
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Vintage Champagne and Mixed Wines Offline (John and Erin's): Light gold color. Gorgeous column of tight tiny bubbles streaming upward from the center of the flute, spectacular to look at. Sadly though, while this was very good, it was no where near the bottle we raved about 3 months ago. The previous bottle was just on a completely different level (both were from different sources, the most recent from a local shop). The nose has light florals, biscuit, citrus, some earth, minerals. The palate is crisp, with citrus and some tropical fruit, lively, a touch bitter on the finish today.
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While this was good, I can't help but think that it has a very long way to go before this is really ready to be fully appreciated. It still seems very primary and not yet fully integrated, although I can tell that there is a layer of depth just waiting to emerge. Other than that I could also taste the classically reductive Dom Perginon style and everything was very fresh. There is more potential here overall than the Dom Perignon 2000 I had about six months ago, but the 2000 was already much more ready to drink than the 2002.
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Delicate lemony fruit with some herbs. First time I've tasted this. It would have been fine on its own, but it paled in comparison to the individuality and intensity of the Selosse. When I say "paled", I mean it tasted like good generic Champagne, not a vaunted Grand Marque. I can't imagine that it will be as good as, say, the '85 or '90.
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Fresh appley fruit character on the nose complimented by a huge minerality reminiscent to Chablis. Lemon zest and bisquity autolysis action. Dry and mineral feel with a rather etheral mid-palate. Strong vibrant moussé reveals an endless ending showing some bitterness, pure chalky minerality and elegant toast character. Very good already and filled with promise. Bought a glass in a restaurant and really can't say when I'd open a bottle of my own. Not in the near future anyway.
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Wow. I usually measure how much I like a Champagne by how yeasty it is, but this one wasn't over the top in that department. Instead, it reaches greatness through an awesome body, with great mouthfeel and acidity. Very concentrated flavor. Great stuff.
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a little better bottle than the last. impression preety much the same. nice yeast, nuttines. better bubbles on this bottle. little more fruit comes through. finsih was very nice with better acid than i remember.
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Introduction to Serious Champagne (Roberson Wine, South Ken, London): Very young and tight. Very foccussed and precise but almost a crime to open it now. So focussed its almost difficult to approach now. Yet you feel the quality and elegance . Wait 10yrs and hope the critics got it right, especially if like us u bought some for investment...
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Magnifique couleur jaune pâle. Au nez, c'est d'une complexité inouïe. Je ne suis pas un expert de champagne, mais je peux vous dire que j'ai rarement goûté un vin effervescent avec une palette arômatique aussi profonde. Pomme, fruits, argumes et, étonnamment, une odeur subtile de café/moka/torréfaction.
En bouche, c'est grandiose, très suave. La bouche est extrêment classique des grands champagnes secs sur la pomme et la brioche. Finale incroyablement persistante.
Conclusion: j'ai beaucoup lu que ce champagne était trop jeune pour être bu à ce stade. Je suis plutôt d'avis qu'il est comme un grand sauternes: il sera approchable à tous les stades de sa vie, offrant simplement une palette arômatique différente. Extraordinaire!
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This wine was delicious! If you can afford it, buy it. If you have it, drink it. In honor of my first Father's day as a Grandfather of Luciana Sabella this was perfection.
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A gorgeous champagne, but entirely too young at the moment -- still quite backward and tight -- should be drinking wonderfully circa 2020. Notes of apple, crushed gravel, and a hint of brioche; full bodied, with great concentration and depth, but very structured and holding things close to the vest.
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Fruitier and more floral than expected from a vintage Dom Perignon where flavours of toast, bread crust and cream follow only after. Delicate mousse, elegant structure with great focus and concentration.
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Great acidity and freshness. Revisit in a few years after it has a chance to develop more yeasty notes, but this has the stuffing to be one of the best Dom's ever.
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Its almost unfair to rate this champagne at the moment. I had only 4cl or so and hadn't time to see it evolve with time but the notes was exactly what I expected: Citrus, Green Apples, Almond, Butter etc...a bit of bitter aftertaste. There is a lot of potenial here but at the moment just a bit too young with acids all over and too little integration from the autolysis and further developed fruit. Prefer both Pierre Peters Cuvee Special 02 and Bollinger Grande Annee 02, both almost at half the price. But in 10 years the positions might have changed.
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Rousseau Ruchottes for Pebbles (The Ledbury, London): Fresher,lighter nose than at LLC offline. Shows a touch of sulphur on the palate, but far more vivacity than previously. Fine mousse. Obviously still quite tight and compact through the mid-palate and a slightly chalky tingle on the finish. Moderate length. Sulphur comes back on the finish. Good potential but come back in a decade. Currently ***(?*)
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Shimmering gold color. Dry nose of fresh bread and pears. Notes of pears, lychee, and other stuff I don't have the sophistication to describe. Very long, dry finish that keeps the tongue alive.
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Love this champagne! Received it for my birthday and shared it with Brent and Chad while in Columbus memorial day weekend. Wonderful pale yellow color with the tiniest bubbles that seemed endless. Perfect for all the good things we had to celebrate! :)
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Pale yellow with sexy pin tip bubbles that stream endlessly. Aromas of peach cobbler, green apples, crushed white minerals, and a bit of toast. Medium body with excellent acidity and abundant fruit. The peach cobbler really shines through with essence of honeysuckle, nectarine, green apple and plum. The finish lasts and lasts.
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Fresh and crisp with apple, citrus and mineral aromas and flavors dominating at first. With air it took on a more rich stone fruit character. Only lightly biscuity at this stage. Lots of structure here and the wine is a little bit diffuse in the mid-palate at this time, but should fill in nicely when it loosens up in a few years. One that should age very nicely. A-.
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Klar strågul farge. Fin mousse. Grønne epler, sitrus og gjær på duft. Smaken følger opp med nydelig syre og fine mineraler i avslutningen. Lang. Veldig bra Champagne som helt sikkert har et langt liv foran seg. Anbefales!
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Hertiage Auction Preview & Friends (Hertiage Auctions, Beverly Hills, CA): Very tight but showing a lot more fruit concentration than my previous tastes of this wine. There is still pronounced sulfur and strong tartness so this needs some rest. There seems to be some strong variation among the bottles of this vintage.
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Pre-BOD celebration (Imperial Treasure @ Great World City): Alcohol :: 12.5% Fine beads with super focus aromas of white flower scents, white fruits with a dash fresh honey, very refreshing and perfume. As one would expect, this is still a baby and the mid palate weight is obviously not showing what an aged DP can offer, but it inherent the structure, sense of elegance and harmonious of DP. The fine beads gently explode on the palate that bring out the flavors of stone fruits, mineral, green fresh herb. Good intensity and definition though not necessary with good depth and complexity now. Crisp, fresh, medium length finish that's is very clean and precise. Hand off for another 10-15yrs if you own some of this. Maybe a buy at this point, but would love to try this again in the future when it is more ready. Buy - Maybe.
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Cambridge University / CellarTracker Dinner (Pembroke College, Cambridge): This is going to be a brilliant wine in a few years - packed full of potential. Very tight and compact at the moment but oozing with rich fruit and minerally, chalky finish. Very long, very fine with a complex palate. One of the best Dom Perignons I have had in a long time.
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Major League Bordeaux Tasting at Kevin's (Kevin's House): A top five Champagne of all time for me. Elegant with minerals, lemon, orange peel, biscuits, nuts and great acidity. This is really young and will need further cellar aging but a treat to sample.
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My 1st 02 sparkling, suppose to be the great year after the fabulous 96. Great acid and stucture with the lemony and apply taste, slight nutty notes. Finished is very good. Will aged very well, keep your hands of it for at least another 10-15 years.
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The Big F-ing Show: Great Bordeaux from 1982 & 2000, 2002 Dom and 2001 Suduiraut & more in Mpls (Rocknroller's (Kevin's)): Light gold color with extraordinarily fine bubbles. Very floral nose with perfume, citrus, peach, biscuit. The palate is oh so elegant with tremendous balance, layers of complexity are revealed over time. The palate has a smokiness with ripe peach, citrus, and subtle minerals. This is a remarkably clean and elegant champagne and one of, if not the finest I have had. This will be really fun to revisit in 10 years, but it is fantastic now. 95+pts.
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This bottle fully mature, ripe, full, slightly alcoholic, with citrus tinged red apple and great mousse. I could believe that this wine was 10 years old. Good finish, but alcohol came in on the end.
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Drank this with family at Eric and Barries engagement dinner at Tribeca Grill. Lots of mini bubbles. This was very tasty. Time to buy another bottle or 2.
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7.5/10 - Crisp with nice acidity providing structure to a good mix of apple, lemons and minerals. Great mousse and mouthfeel. Very tight, however and it feels like the wine has more to offer further down the road.
Drank at Raphael's first month party.
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Dom perignon are consistently among my highest rated champagnes, even though i prefer small production wineries. This was very balanced, little brioche, peach lemon and vanilla, needs time!
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Like seeing an old friend again after years of separation. I've had my share of Dom disappointments, but this specimen delivered. Surprisingly mature nose, a fabulous mix of oatmeal and that Valencia orange aroma that I sometimes find in Moët vintage as well. Great stuff. Palate is a dream, like eating sherbet. This is obviously Brut but there's so much sweet fruit available. Long, velvety finish. Firing on all cylinders. Based on the evidence of this bottle: Drink now - 2015. 93-96pts.
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Mycket av allt som är en kommentar. Brödiga doft med den lite rostade tonen som DP har. Vinet ar fullt av röda äpplen och kanderad frukt. Dosagen är något för hög men jag tror att med mognad kommer det här bli en riktigt bra DP, kanske deras bästa sedan 1988
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Winter's Weakening Death Grip: This is a huge step up in quality from the previous two champagnes. Beautiful nose with clean aromas of lemon/citrus and mineral. As the mousse fades flavors of lemon, bread dough and mineral take over. Well balanced. Great intensity. Long, satisfying finish. I had high expectations for this one and it delivered in a big way.
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Shama's LLC Offline (The Square, London): Unsurprisingly sulpherous nose. Pale colour. Curiously flat, not a bubble in sight, pretty flat on the palate too. Lifeless. No idea how to view this. Hope it's a faulty bottle. ?
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Super tight bottle. Most people who have had this prior said this bottle seemed shut down. With more air it seemed to gain some weight and fruit to go along with the chalk and minerality that was showing strong prior.
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30th Birthday Dinner (Ardeo, Washington DC): Decanted this and even after a couple hours of air, this was still very tightly wound. Came across very monolithic at this point with underlying notes of citrus, bready yeast, and minerals. This will need considerable time to unwind.
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Its body held a vibrant goldish yellow hue and it exhibited a pearly luster. While it was served in a standard party style wine glass, the sheer amount and persistence of the bubbles were remarkable and I can only image their concentration served in proper flutes. On the nose, the freshness of the yeast was primary and right away I got the olfactory sensation of lemon juice squeezed over crushed soda and graham crackers. On the palate, its most striking component was its laser guided, pinpoint acidity. I picked up a wonderful citrus and peach driven minerality as it finished with profound elegance and length.
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Light nose, with grapefruit, peach and mineral palate. Quite acidic, to the point of being tangy. Very dry. Lacks the complexity or richness I was hoping for in this anticipated vintage. Perhaps not ready yet? Good, but I enjoyed the '02 Cristal much more.
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Rarely do I have a bad bottle of Dom. Light straw color, fantastic young green fruit, ripe with zesty acidity and abundant effervecence. This will last a while and didn't taste like a 9 year old bottle of wine.
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Todd and Mina shared this with us at an end-of-vacation dinner at Cuchina at the JW Marriott Resort in Phuket. No detailed notes but this was really good.....deep gold in colour, incredibly precise and deep toasty brioche nose. Similar clean, toasty and welcoming brioche palate with a weight that made it taste like wine rather than what you normally associate with champagne. Almost chewy. Very young and unevolved but quite captivating. This couldn't be more different from the Cristal 2002 I have drank a few times but each have something quite profound in potential despite their youth. Great stuff!
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Very good and interesting nose with gunpowder, mushrooms, minerals and some animal notes. A bit of toast and fruit too. Bone dry on the palate. Quite acidic. Grapefruit. Feels a bit light at first, but the long, good aftertaste makes up for this. I would'nt score it over 90 at the moment, but it clearly has potential to become outstanding.
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for all the hype, certainly a lighter less dimensional version of dom. wonderful nose of mineral, nuttiness and vibrant fruits gives anticipation of further greatness. alas, not so much. very nice acidity in this bone dry bottle. the fruit is very full and almost tart/rindy. not enough of the mineral, earthiness or nuttiness comes through. there is some yeasty brioche but not enough to balance out. the finish is a bit thin and acidic to be great/classic. maybe will improve with age. hope so.
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i wanted this to be tasted next to the 96, but, alas, 2 flawed bottles of that killed the comparison. after reading all sorts of comments about the new release 02, i wanted to see what all the fuss was about. and, yes, this is a nice dom. i do think it lacks the super fine undercarraige of a proper 96. i'd like to spend more time with another bottle.
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G6 (Jeff): Straw yellow color. Apple nose with some minerality. Tastes of apple, pear, and melon with a strong soda minearlity backbone. Nicely balanced with an elegant finish. 12.5% alcohol.
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Im not a champagne lover, but a friend brought this over and wanted to crack it. Toast, green apple and citrus in the nose. The palate is intense with more citrus, butter, and a hint of apricot. Searing acidity, nice minerality.
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Sushi and 2002 Vintage Champagnes (Fuji-Ya, Minneapolis): The 2002 Dom is still wide open for business, and this bottle rewarded our infanticide. The deep, dynamic, fascinating nose initially shows flowers and smoke, but turns more fruit- and spice-driven with air. Complex, fresh palate -- ginger, anise, toast, and cream, wrapped around a tight core of ripe citrus fruit. So intense, racy, and elegant. Gorgeous, pin-prick bubble mousse. A terrific showing. Unanimous WOTN.
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My first DP, cracked on New Year's eve. Lots of apple and citrus on nose and palate. Slightly disappointed by this bubbly's-- to me-- excessive tartness and acidity. Lacks the toasty baguette notes I look for in a champagne, which can be found even in "lowly" N/V Moets (for less than half the price!). Perhaps needs time, or maybe I am more of a N/V Moet guy...
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Surprisingly "light" for a young DP, in a nice middle of the road style which i would describe as crowd pleasing. I would have not recognized this as a DP in a blind tasting as this seemed much less flavor intense (especialy on the mid palate and low end). There was a nice young touch of citrus over a core of white pear fruit -nice balance but a relatively short finish. Of more concern was the monolithic character of this wine -very simple flavor profile. We left a small amount out for 4 hrs to see if we an coax more out of it -while it got touch more honeyed if failed to gain complexity. This is no where as complex or intriguing as the 96 was at a similar age. If this gains complexity i would be pleasantly surprised, yet I have my doubts....
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Tight, crisp lines - lemon verbena oil and a flinty, tense finish. Fine, generous mousse propels citrus pith and petrol through a moderate, finish. Ends completely clean. Really nice start to a night of great wine.
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Wow!!! I normally like to poo-poo Dom, but have to give them props when they deliver. After reasonably good (but overpriced) vintages of 1998, 1999, and 2000, Dom has delivered an amazing Champagne in 2002. Best since the amazing 1996!
Aromatics of acacia blossoms, chalk, and honeysuckle. This profile only expands on the palate with pear, brioche, and peach notes. Full-bodied with high acidity (not too high, but enough to give it a long life). 30 second finish that demands another sip when it fades. Drinks incredibly well now, but will only get better with time. This is a dangerous wine... you could drink the entire bottle without realizing it... make sure you share one with a friend... OK... get a magnum and share it with a friend. :)
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Wow!!! I normally like to poo-poo Dom, but have to give them props when they deliver. After reasonably good (but overpriced) vintages of 1998, 1999, and 2000, Dom has delivered an amazing Champagne in 2002. Best since the amazing 1996!
Aromatics of acacia blossoms, chalk, and honeysuckle. This profile only expands on the palate with pear, brioche, and peach notes. Full-bodied with high acidity (not too high, but enough to give it a long life). 30 second finish that demands another sip when it fades. Drinks incredibly well now, but will only get better with time. This is a dangerous wine... you could drink the entire bottle without realizing it... make sure you share one with a friend... OK... get a magnum and share it with a friend. :)
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New Years wine.....this is the second bottle I've had of this, and I'll tell ya, I'm a little disappointed. I guess this needs some serious time, although I've had the '99 a few times, and it seems way ahead of what I've tasted in these 2002's. I don't get any of the smoky caramel/flint/truffle flavors or nose, or the plush pillow feel in the mouth. All I get right now is a HUGE cut of citrus acidity, sharp tingly bubbles, little mineral, and really not much else. Now don't get me wrong...I like what I'm tasting, but I just am looking for more when it comes to a Dom P, especially in such a heralded vintage. Conclusion...I will definitely drink this wine on someone else's dime...but my remaining bottles won't be touched for 5+ years.
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While it was hard to evaluate this in a one ounce plastic tasting cup, it clearly had an amazing long finish that lasted well after we left the tasting. Great balance, developing tastes of nougat and dough. A fun one to watch over time.
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New Years Eve Cabernet and Dom Blowout (Our House (2033 Brandywine St., Philadelphia)): Very solid. Not quite up to level of 96 vintage but this may ultimately develop into something better. Honey, nuts, apple, pear on the nose Very bight and primary. Palate is more of the same. Intense and packed with juicy fruit. A simply in comparison to the 96, but the secondary development may yet come. Nice crisp finish.
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Good freshness on the palate. It is citrusy,linear and steely but to me and lacks some of the fat and roundness in the mid-section that other great vintages display. This may be a function of age and I am hopeful that all will come together.
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very mineral-driven, almost painfully precise. Tasted like the fruit was locked up tight behind a granite wall. Very unforgiving at this stage, I would prefer to drink something else for the next 20 years while this learns to behave.
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nose: distinct and compact nose of white fruits, fresh picked citrus tones, pain grille, white florals, minerals, white peaches and a touch of white florals. There is a real good intensity to this nose with very pure fruit. It's tight on the nose but shows off a lot of depth and purity
taste: medium/full body with medium/high acidity and plump tones of white peaches, pears, white fruits, fresh picked citrus tones and a nice mineral base
overall: Its nice to be able to spend more time with this then I did previously. This is obviously still quite young and the acidity is very noticeable right now. The nose is also on the tight side and the palate is holding back, but there is definitely a lot of great material to work with
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30-40-50 Dinner (Music and Wines of the 1960s, 70s and 80s) (Bounce, Iluma): An excellent young DP. Quite far and away the best vintage since 1996 I think. Very vigorous fine bead at first, but verytight. A quick decanting sacrificed some of the bubbles but helped the wine to open up quite a bit. Nose was lovely, with smoky, toasty, oak hints, deep white fruit notes, fresh green herbs and a hint of mushrooms. Very attratctive, it just exploded out of the glass. The palate had superb balance, super fresh, yet unlike some 1996s, not hard or acidic at all. It was tight, but nevertheless had lovely drinkablity, with fun fruitiness in the form of sweet lemons, green apples, gobs of fleshy white fruit, and gentle minerality all in perfect proportions as the wine zoomed across the mouth into a fine, frothy finish. Lovely complexity, yet super friendly, with no lack of substance to boot. An excellent wine. I have no doubt it will grow in the bottle to make a beautiful champagne in a decade or so.
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Champagne Tasting (Bell's Wine Shop, Washington DC): I could tell that this was complex, but it was hard to pinpoint the distinctive flavors--some mineral and perhaps vanilla and brie notes here. Toasty with some sweetness and yeast and a medium length finish.
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I missed the conversation about this wine possibly having been off as Bigwineguy420 says below, but would be pleased if that were the case. I'd read great things about this wine and wanted to enjoy it but found little to be excited about. Citrus with a lifeless palate.
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Young for sure, but I still enjoyed this big bodied champagne. Got all the stuffing to make this a great one, found it fuller and richer than the 96. With maturity I hope it will shed some of that bitterness it got on the aftertaste.
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Very good but tight at this stage. Showing a lot of citrus & mineral with fresh acidity. Initially light but building in power & intensity with time in the glass. Rich toasty notes developed by end of glass. Excellent potential. Needs time to develop more complexity. Try again in 2-5 years.
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nose: packed and lush nose filled with balanced tones of citrus', bread, bits of white peaches, with a great mineral base that carries through. Excellent depth and with a lot of youthful exuberance on the nose
taste: extremely balanced with medium/full body and fat tones fresh picked citrus', bits of bread, white peaches and a lot of mineral and crushed stone tones. Shows off a lot of class and depth on the palate but is also showing off some potent medium/high acidity
overall: This is tightly packed a bit right now but showing off a ton of promise. This will need a few years to fully unwind and start to express itself but it also shows itself to be a long distance runner as well. There wasn't a chance to give this more air as it was just popped and poured for a celebration. I would love to see what this could do with a good amount of air
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Firm mineral and stoney notes. Citrus tones. High-pitched. Very acidic, with aggressive mousse and some smokey character. Medium bodied. Not the quality of '96 or even '95, but nice (certainly stronger then the '98-00).
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This concentration of this wine was almost too much for me. The mouthfeel was practically treacly, not because it's sweet but just because the material feels so thick and dense and sauce-like. It was laced with a lot of the interesting mineral flavors characteristic of DP but was frankly just too rich to be something I'd enjoy drinking now. This came across much fatter to me than the '96 was on release probably because the '96 had more piercing and acute acids. I found the fruit complexion here to be deeper in tone than the '96 as well. There have been rumblings of efforts to make DP in a more forward style and there are aspects of this that I could see as reflective of that, but the sheer concentration of this isn't compatible with a wine for early-drinking for my tastes, so for me this is either a wine I'd throw in the cellar or not buy at all.
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Spottswoode Vertical (Urbana, Washington, DC): Another great showing for the 2002 DP. Very light, subtle bubbles combine with deep minerality and citrus notes in building this wines complex and deep structure. This needs a lot of time either in a cellar or decanting to realize its full potential at the moment, but there wasn't any doubt around the table that we were tasting the makings of a truly memorable bottle of Dom.
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Nose is rather shy, with some lemon zest, almonds, and dough. Quite concentrated creamy palate, with plentiful acidity, and a lengthy creamy and mineral finish. Quite tasty and complex, though rather tight and unyielding palate. Good, though needs time. Not sure it's worth the tariff though.
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November Champagne at Renaissance Wines (Renaissance Premium Wines and Cigars, Orenco Station, Oregon): Full caramel apples show on the nose while remaining subtle. Nice, rich apple flavors are showing well, and the bubbles evolve evenly with a clean touch. A hint of caramel lingers on the mid palate. The apple hits big on entry, and then it drops lower and lurks on the palate through the rest of the experience. The acid is even and approachable, and all of the flavors linger.
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This was my favorite wine of the tasting -- absolutely exquisite. Shortbread, marzipan, lemon zest, sugar cane, crushed minerals, maybe even a hint of lychee. Refined and complex with wonderful precision and pitch.
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Burgs with the fellas (Galletto Ristorante, Modesto Ca.): Beautiful nose of caramel, ginger, toast, fresh floral citrus.....in the mouth, good airy mousse, but VERY crisp/tight with citrus acidity and minerals. Not as complex as the nose, yet refreshingly nice to sip on....the right food added to its pleasure. +pts
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Color: Light golden yellow Smell: Chalk, white floral notes, green banana, and lemon Taste: Golden apple, lime, kiwi, and chalk Overall: I don't get all the crazy scores this wine is getting. It is barely in the outstanding range for me at this point. I'm not saying that I don't think it will improve with time...I do. However, at this point it's enjoyable and a great example of the DP syle; but not life-altering
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For once, the hype is right. This is an amazing young DP, brought by Barry to 32 East the night before his birthday. Pale yellow and bursting with tiny bubbles as expected. But unlike most baby Doms, there's a real fragrance of light wheat thins and mixed citrus peel. The palate does not disappoint either. Light in weight but not in flavor. Clean finish. Actually very drinkable now but surely much more to come.
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Popped and poured. Served a bit too cold, seemed somewhat one-dimensional. Very clean, pure palate. Crisp. Lemon meringue, apricot. Probably should have let it open up a bit more.
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Creamy texture, lots of unripe green apple. Very nice balanced but not too elegant I'd have to admit, yet there is an extremely long and harmonious finish. Probably consumed a decade too early, nevertheless an outstanding wine even at this point.
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I am not able to give a true accurate description of the color of this Champagne due to I ordered a glass of it with my dinner at a restaurant with dim lighting. In spite of this Champagne not being served in a proper Champagne glass, but close enough, I was able to get aromas of toasted almonds, yeast, mineral, green apples and pears. It tasted of toasted almonds, yeast, mineral, pears and green apples. It seemed like there was an ever slight aroma and taste of honeysuckle as well. The bubbles were very fine and plentiful. This Champagne is good now, but time in the cellar will be very rewarding. I would drink this between 2012 and 2027+. Excellent bubbly!
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This bottle showing better. Some toast, some fruits on the nose, picked up weight with air, nice mousse but gave out after an hour and a half, needs to settle down. A good Dom at this point.
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The early reports are this wine sure do hit it on the head. This is a very fine young vintage for Dom. Very light yellow color. Exquisite bubbles. An awesome nose, loaded with minerals, apples, green apples, creamy-toasty notes, and a touch of flowers. In the mouth, explosive and youthful, racing across the palate and fanning out with its sublime apple and citrus fruit, some yeasty brioche, and a powerful kick of mineral-laden acidity. Profound finish. This might not be on the level of the 1996, but it is pretty darn close. A
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2010 K&L Annual Champagne Event (K&L San Francisco Store): K&L Champagne Tasting. Amazing crisp nose of apple, lemon, and wet shale, with hints of yeast and brioche, more of the same on the palate, intense and mouth filling, acid on finish suggests a bright and long future.
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Tete de Cuvee Champagne Tasting - Oct 23rd ,2010 (Red Slate, Portland, Oregon): Some interesting funk on the nose here reminds me of Pinot Noir, showing notes of wood on the forest floor as well as some red fruit. Red apples show on the palate, along with a hint of raspberry. Some hibiscus shows as well. The bubbles are gentle but the acidity is solid and it gets big late while lingering on the center of the tongue. Some earth shows on the mid palate, and light apples linger on the finish. While my experience is limited, this is the best Dom P. I've tasted. 89+
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Freshly sliced ginger, dough and hazelnut gives its first impressions on the bouquet. Initially, upon opening, the finish was short and abbreviated but after decanting for 30-45 minutes, it develops a richer, extended aftertaste.
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Similar to my last bottle a few days ago. Nose gives off plenty of minerals, smoke, slate and river rock. Fine mouse with a tight mouthfeel and is stuffed with acid and minerals. Very tightly wound and not giving off much pleasure. Acid is plentiful and linear with the heavy dose of minerals. The substance is there but it plain needs time in the bottle to show its potential.
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Very tight upon opening and in need of lots of air. Slate, smoke and minerals on the nose. Palate has tight structure with laser like acid, fine mouse and a long mineral touched finish. In need of some air and age but lots of promise.
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Popped and poured from Andy Warhol label bottle. Great intensity burst of fine bubbles. Very young with beautiful lift to ripe precise mineral driven ripe white fruits. Little dobut this will be a long lived wine. Had next to Krug MV and while both very nice wines, DP was more fun to drink with laser like lift to sweet lush dense fruit. Crisp apple finish lingers impressively. Will be very hard for me to keep these around. The label and packaging of the Warhol adds to the fun nature of this wine.
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Very pretty after an hour of air, mousse like fine bubbles, nose of lemon and coffee beans. Nice sharp acidity, with lots of yeast and toast and pineapple on the palate, long lingering mineral finish which is a bit Raveneau like, lots of potential ahead.
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Alzero + misc (Terkels place): Aggressive nose packed with yeast and acidity and plenty of fresh lemon. Very powerful mousse with loads of lemon which fills the entire mouth. Slight bitterness in the end. Great depth and density but still quite elegant. Loved it!! With air it gets more floral note but also even more density and also some sweetness.
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After reading not so flattering TNs, I opened my third bottle of Dom from the same case as the first bottle. It wasn’t as expressive as the first bottle very similar to the second, certainly a champagne that merits 95 pts. It starts with a lot of bubbles as one can expect, which subdues the mineral expression in the first nose impression but it is clearly there. The first expression is very precise Chardonnay expression but it clips and the Pinot expression dominates. Perhaps this abrupt transformation may be bothersome to some. However, this is a complete champagne that will age well just like other doms.
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Eagles v. Redskins Bubbles (New York, NY): Wonderfully crisp and vibrant with firm bubbles. Great yeasty nose that has has roasted hazelnuts, lemon zest, dandelion stems, crushed rocks and baked bread. Such a young, delightful wine that will continue to improve over the next 20-30 years.
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My second bottle came from the same source as the first which I thought was close to perfect. This seems not as mineral and flowery, more yellow fruit perhaps and not as focused. Is it me or the wine? I feel that the first bottle was clearly better. 95 pts Drank over two nights at home.
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Very pale yellow in the glass with extremely fine bubbles. Light citrus, seashore, and some slight biscuit on the nose. In the mouth: Gentle citrus and peach flavors, minerality, good body and balance with crisp acidity. Green apple, peach, and wet stone on the lingering finish.
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High pitched, mineral, chalk, and light citrus fruits. Firm palate, with fine, uplifting mousse. Really hard to read at this stage, but far less giving then I normally get with young Dom; still, a sense of lots in reserve and should age nicely.
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Delicious, expansive mineral like back palate with a long finish of acid and stone fruit. Tastes like a blanc de blanc with all the minerality and green fruit. Finish goes on for days but still needs time to merge all the components together. In the beginning picked up a tinge of sourness on the entry
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Roy’s: Beautiful crisp fruit in a super silky mouthfeel. Noted descriptors “airy, delicate but intense, fine bubbles, fluffy clouds, dissipates effortlessly, leaves a long impression, light tuna-fish oil” you get the idea. Stunning.
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Dauvissat Le Clos like minerality and precision combined with Truchot delicate yet intense red fruit. Chalk, limestone, sea shell in the beginning followed by copious amount of flowers, white peach, pear, granny smith apple and lemon oil. Then the nose transforms to very pinot with surprisingly intense raspberry and strawberry. It has incredible amount of very fine mousse and bright acidity. Great precise delineate beginning but incredibly rich intense end. Not as singular as the 96 Salon and not as deep as the 96 Krug but drinking better than the either two at the similar stage. You will not be disappointed to drink one now but will last. 99 pts.
* Drank the first half at home.
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Intressant nog är de flesta inne på 90-tal vilket jag faktiskt inte förstod (nu satt jag med facit). Vinet är otroligt ungt på näsan, mineraler, citrus, naturligt sötma med honung. En del rostade toner som man gillar eller inte gillar, dock inte dominerande, kan kanske öka med tiden. Smaken är kanske lite spretig men vinet är väldigt förföriskt. Som vinnörd så ska man ju rynka lite på näsan åt DP men det här är ett riktigt bra vin (och som 88an visade, klarar lång lagring om lagrat på rätt sätt). Är man intresserade av vin ska man köpa det här (med reservation för de av er som enbart gillar små odlare utan dosage). Personligen är jag mer åt odlarhållet men kan bara kapitulera för det här vinet. I jämförelse med Cristal 02 (som väl en av de få andra tillgängliga 02-prestige från de större champagnehusen) så håller jag just nu det här vinet som bättre. Över tiden får vi se vad som händer.
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Pale yellow color with fine bead. very open nose of baking biscuit, lemons, white flowers. Very intriguing palate of crunchy granny smith apple, lemon-lime, white peaches. Great acidic tingle and looong finish. This reminds me of the '96 on release with perhaps a trifle less acid. Surprisingly approachable now but a long life ahead.
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Approachable. Light flavors of lemon tinged citrus and a slight biscuity quality round out the youthful flavors of this medium to light bodied DP. The acidity comes in with air to give it a bit of structure. This needs some time in the bottle to show it's best...these were right off the boat...but not a problem drinking them now. Enjoyable and celebratory.
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Rolling with two bottles at the vergara house in celebration of his son's new apartment. Nose - lovely nose of lemon lime, grapefruit, sea breeze? quince? Wowsers. Mouth - crisp, fresh , vanilla, delicious, limited notes
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Delicious youthful with nice fruity aromas and a tough finish of tanines at the moment. One of the best DP's that I have tried from the last decade. Will be very interesting to follow how this evolves over the years!
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Clean nose, minimal reductive notes, maybe a slight matchstick. Very clean, transparant, a bit of honey and oyster, lean with a tight restrictive finish, delightful mousse, grew a little darker in the glass.
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Unreleased; widely acclaimed to be excellent by participants. It was very young and unevolved, but clearly showed good balance. Reminded me of the 2002s from Burgundy - not blockbusters but great character and verve. Likely a good future.
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4/7/2024 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
Tasted over 3 hrs
-translucent med gold gentle mousse
-mildly oxidative baked pear caramel quinine brioche
-med/med+ acidity provides gentle lift, med/med- weight yet sappy strength focused elegant complex bitter quinine savory hint of sweetness mild oxidative note long caramel finish
-complex elegant balanced powerful mature lovely; in a word: complete
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4/3/2024 - DrBad Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened to celebrate a number of past and current events, including my birthday. As others have pointed out, this is in a great spot right now. A very fine, delicate mousse, bright acidity and minerality. Light fruits, pear comes to mind, almond, honey. Not getting the lemon zest others mention, which is good for me, as a prefer less lemon in my bubbles.
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4/2/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drinking perfectly if a bit younger than expected for its years. Amazing nose of florals, pears and lemons, brightly acidic but also intensely fruity on the palate with a long finish. This was one of the favorite wines of my daughter’s 21st bday celebration.
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3/31/2024 - GEL Wines Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent, as last bottle. Decanted a bit to A-B test vs glass--decanted more complex but loses a bit too much fizz: best to serve a decent serving in larger glass to maximize favor evolution. Had as aperitif with comte.
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3/13/2024 - devraj Likes this wine: 96 Points
Light yellow in color with small beads. Fabulous nose of yellow florals, Meyer lemons, ripe orchard fruits, dried honey. Very rich and opulent on the palate showing of ripe summer orchard stone fruits, pears, tangerine oil, decent acidity and a super long and fruity finish. This is drinking incredibly fresh, and although quite ripe and flashy, one can't deny the vinousity, density of the fruit on the palate.
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3/7/2024 - f95masv Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fresh minerality, citrus, almonds, brioche and hints of crushed hazelnuts. Absolutely lovely, still young but with emerging maturity. Popped to celebrate the entrance of Sweden into NATO on this day!
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2/25/2024 - fclarity wrote: 95 Points
Powerful, effervescent, and long. This is excellent Champagne that is just about at it peak.
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2/24/2024 - Fredensborg wine cellar wrote:
Michael G Kirkegaard- Dennis Hindsberg - Uffe Tomasson - Danica Sucur
kælderen torsdag 22. februar 2024
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2/16/2024 - shifter Likes this wine: 94 Points
Jon's 50th Birthday Dinner: PnP. Very nice color and bubbles. Right in the zone and drinking beautifully with a nice maturity, but still fresh.
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2/10/2024 - wihong wrote: 95 Points
Yellow gold. Aroma of intense citrus, coconut, butterscotch and blood orange. Caramel and creamy palate entry followed by grapefruit and sweet muscat grape. Long finish of sweet lemon drops and caramel. Juicy, rounded, complex and full-bodied Champagne with lots of life ahead, very enjoyable bottle!
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2/10/2024 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Simply delicious. Popped open and let breathe 45 minutes then drank over 45. Golden yellow color, very refined bubbles. Nose of spice cake, golden apple, brioche, lemon peel and some perfumed rock. Powerful entry on the palate, rich and unctuous, great lift, finishes long, fat and buttery. In a great drinking window.
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2/5/2024 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 95 Points
En fantastisk champagne som kommit in i en perfekt drickfas nu.
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1/24/2024 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 94 Points
Yellow gold color. Lemon peel, brioche, toast and yellow apple. Full and creamy body, extremely long finish. Tight initially but opens up with a bit of time in the glass. This is showing beautifully. There is something about Dom Perignon that makes it quite distinctive and unique. Excellent!
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1/20/2024 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow what a delicious champagne one of the finest out there. Golden yellow color, tiny fine bubbles. Nose of creamy brioche, golden yellow fruits. Fresh yet unctuous on the palate, finishes fat yet with great lift with notes of flowers. Drinking extremely well.
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1/16/2024 - Eric wrote:
M&PD Tasting: Italy (Seattle, WA, USA): Mmm, great way to start a tasting. Opens up fabulously complex, maybe a teeny bit oxidative for Dom but so expressive. The palate is fresh, creamy and mineral. Very Dom.
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1/14/2024 - Pascal Likes this wine: 91 Points
D'une jeunesse surprenante, pas de rancio, fine bulles, facile à boire, tout en délicatesse. Ce champagne peut encore se bonifier.
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1/5/2024 - mflesh wrote: 97 Points
Dang! What a great DP, and a great champage in general! Nose of white wildflowers, honey. Palate is yellow mature peaches, funeral flowers, a hint of ginger, honeysuckle, lemongrass, a HINT of "lemon herb foccacia" almost reductive style breadiness (which I don't usually get with purely oxidative style Champagnes). Just hitting on all cylinders. Probably one of the best bottles of bubbly I've had in a while, although the 08 Billecart on the table challenged this wine and gave more of a youthful presentation with the oysters on the half vs. this 02 Dom. Drink or hold 10 years.
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1/1/2024 - CHarder Likes this wine: 94 Points
In a great spot now. Drink over next 5yrs to strike the perfect balance between freshness of fruit and mature notes of brioche.
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12/31/2023 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 95 Points
First NYE Champagne, really lovely, brioche, fine bead.
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12/30/2023 - dhwesley wrote: 92 Points
Quite youthful right out of the bottle, but what struck me was the immediate openness of the nose - a fragrant plume filled the room as soon as the bottle opened. Fresh despite the age with lemon rind, apple, vanilla, brioche and moving on to a long finish with almond and sherry showing the age. Over time it mellowed and improved. This is drinking excellently now but there's no need to rush to open any bottles you have in the cellar.
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12/26/2023 - PSPatrick wrote: 93 Points
Bought recently. Medium straw golden colour, light perlage. Yellow fruit, red apple, almond paste, nuts, brioche, and some smoke, with good acidity, creamy mousse, and impressive persistence. Opened up slowly. Still (too) young. I usually do not decant champagne, but this time it would have helped. I suggest to hold for another three years at least.
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12/26/2023 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
not blind
Very good champagne but again for a DP and 2002 it is a bit "weak". Still on the fresh side, less toasted toast and oyster shell as usually. We had later a Rodez 2002. For many "younger" than the DP. 94
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12/23/2023 - soyhead wrote:
creamy and lush , drinking well now. generous.
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12/21/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Holiday Champagne Gala (Wilmette Harbor Club): Walkaround gala tasting. Long and seamless with a Chardonnay emphasis tonight, great length and precision.
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12/18/2023 - bugles Likes this wine: 96 Points
Absolutely wonderful. But it takes a while to open up and from the second glass the evolution was 10 fold. Clearly has a long life ahead of it. Not sure if I can find more affordable bottles :-( I had this a couple of years ago and it didnt impress and how the tables have turned.
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12/18/2023 - Yohansmas Likes this wine:
결론부터 말하자면 내 인생 샴페인.
혹시 이 샴페인을 가지고 계신 분이 있다면 지금부터 시음적기니 마셔도 되겠다.
얼마전에 마셨던 2006 빈티지와 겨우 4년차이인데 생각보다 뉘앙스 자체가 달라서 당황.
노즈에서는 따르자마자 꿀 향기가 느껴진다.
약간 과숙한 사과향도 이내 나기 시작하는데 이게 브리오슈향과 같이 나는게 괜찮다.
꼬수운 향도 나는데 이걸 숙성향으로 표기하면 딱 맞을 것 같다.
입에서는 자잘한 기포가 아직도 꽤나 잘 살아있어서 식감도 꽤 즐겁다.
숙성이 잘 되었는지 산도보다는 고소한 너티함이 더 느껴진다.
재미있는 건 온도를 차게 유지하면서 마시는 게 개인적으로는 더 좋았다.
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12/4/2023 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 95 Points
Near to Perfektion ohne langweilig zu sein
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12/1/2023 - J&M Cave à vin wrote: 89 Points
So fruity it was almost sweet, elegant yes, but not too much acidity and briocheness; drinkable, but nothing special
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11/23/2023 - Michael Hung Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened one to take a peek at its ageing curve. Ageing gracefully albeit slowly due to its immense structure, a given considering the 2002 vintage. Still showing a vivaciously bright acid alongside crisp white fruit and red apples, slowly softened by slight tertiary notes of honey and browning sugar. Quite pure and crisp fruit with the tertiary notes quite in the background, this bottle still tasted rather young. This seems to be on track with what I was expecting, but seemed to be a couple years off the peak at least. Hard to complain about opening this vintage today as it is already really enjoyable. Especially when considering the price being comparable to the recently released vintages of Dom Perignon. But I will be patient as I want those tertiary notes to be more dominant. 93 today, expecting 95+ in 2-5 years. Paired extraordinarily well with a Cantonese-styled seafood banquet meal.
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11/19/2023 - dbg wrote:
Light gold. Bready, toasty. Apple, lemon, spice. Power, balance, finish all excellent, beginning complexity. Excellent to outstanding.
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11/16/2023 - BrodBottles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Crisp apple and pear
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11/11/2023 - EyeDoc wrote:
The lemon notes just overwhelmed me - I felt like I was chewing on a lemon rind. 2 more bottles - reminder to self - drink with fish and lemon - it will be great! Not giving it a rating because I just don't want to slam what is usually one of my favorite cuvees.
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10/19/2023 - Eric wrote:
M&PD Tasting: Argentinian Grill (Mount Baker, Seattle, WA): Brilliant, absolutely wonderful energy, still vibrant. Citrus and some varnish notes.
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10/4/2023 - ricknat1 wrote: 96 Points
Totally at is peak but still trending up. Fresh and bright but complex and rich. Delightful but only going to get better as time goes buy. This is the 96 in 5-6 years. Thank Ed.
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9/30/2023 - alanr wrote: 88 Points
I will certainly draw some ire for this, but I don't get the acclaim for this wine, at least in this vintage. Starts out nicely, a bit of sweetness on the palate, but frankly lacks distinction, complexity, or interest. It's a nicely pleasant sparkling wine. Came back to it later in the evening, and it has turned noticeably sweeter, which dominates. Just not that interesting, and certainly not for what it sells for.
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9/29/2023 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 94 Points
Starting to show some aged character. Lots of brioche, lemon, some herbs, hint of caramel on the nose. Pleasant mellow fizz, mouth filling, deep lemon, great balance. Acidic but not too much. Starting to make sense to me as an aged Dom. Very delicious.
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9/29/2023 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
Chave vs. Allemand (Kitchen Istanbul, SF): Complex aromatics, brioche, really lovely spice; palate is medium bodied, nice mousse, a bit tangy and slight nutty bitterness; medium length finish. Objectively good champagne, but doesn’t resonate with me. 91
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9/16/2023 - the player Likes this wine: 95 Points
I think 20 years and up is the perfect aging to drink DP in top vintages at least in my book. Delicious bottle with light golden yellow color, lots of concentration, tiny vivacious bubbles. Wonderful on the nose with evolved notes of golden yellow apples, brioche, apricots, pineapples, honeycomb, jasmines, with rich flavors mid palate and superb buttery finish. That's as good as champagne should get.
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9/8/2023 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
11 of 24 … This continues to be an excellent DP youtherful light yellow color, nice energy
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9/4/2023 - ubercuvee wrote:
Palate a bit too vanilla/solar fruit for my palate: after a few hours of I find the hints of Dom P reduction but for me the vintage dominates the house style at least right now
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9/2/2023 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened to start dinner with friends at Field & Main Restaurant in Marshall, VA. The group loved this and justifiably - probably in s perfect spot, with the yeasty brioche notes not overwhelming. A lovely lemon citrus note of the finish.
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9/1/2023 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opened for a special occasion—my Dad’s visit for the weekend. This was fantastic and obviously well stored as it drank much younger than its 18 years. Color was light gold, nose of citrus and slightly yeasty but as with most experiences I had with Dom the flavors and texture were concentrated yet delicate. Bubbles were fine and present throughout. Great structure, acid and mineral. So much room to evolve, score is for now
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9/1/2023 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Wimps - Racine (La Trompette): bit apprehensive about this as there has been a recent thread “has anyone tasted a good DP 02 recently?” Well it’s a fair question, and the answer is a resolute yes. Lovely nose, just a hint of a country church on a spring morning with the sun shining through the stained glass windows. A real structure there, and almost a savoury hint. Some discussion at the table about the “cuvée journaliste” and the variation between different batches of DP - I have no knowledge of this but what we drank from that particular bottle was superb.
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8/24/2023 - GuanYu Likes this wine: 95 Points
Golden color with fine weak bubbles. Citrus, apricot, hazelnut, Hawaiian honey bread, and orange peel. Very elegant and complex. Long finish.
Bubbles were weak and wine seemed to be more mature than its age. Probably storage conditions were not perfect.
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8/24/2023 - Anders Danielsen Lie Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rik gullgul. Duft dominert av hasselnøtter over krem, brioche, smør, mineralitet spiller annen fiolin. Rik og god i munnen, bra mousse. Deilig og god, men er på vei ned
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8/21/2023 - wineton.mee wrote: 94 Points
Sourdough, lemon oil, gunflint and the faintest touch of honey. Evolution was more evident in the colour than on the palate. The yakitori char probably impeded my judgement here but this came across as more burly and rounded than your run of the mill DP. Still an adolescent compared to some other 02s I’ve had of late, maybe another decade worth of dopamine to be found in here.
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8/15/2023 - Hiker4life70 Likes this wine: 91 Points
We had this for my oldest daughter’s 21st birthday. It is her birth year champagne. It was a little muted on the nose but nice and bready on the palate with an apple tart/brioche like quality. Minerality and acidity on the finish. A tad bit of a disappointment but super nice due to the occasion. She enjoyed it.
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8/13/2023 - TheFoodieTraveler Does not like this wine:
The others really enjoyed it. Too oxidized for me.
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8/5/2023 - WineConnectionFinland wrote: 97 Points
In perfect drinking window in my opinion. On the nose like toast with peanut butter and lemon marmelade on it.
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8/1/2023 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 95 Points
Ethan's birthday dinner at Manitou
delicious bubbles
delicious umami quality, at first crisp fruit then soft gentle rounded mushroom brioche toast
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7/16/2023 - remyworldpeace Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nice complexity on both the nose and palate. Lemon, apples, touch of butter and toast. Good concentration and focus. This is, however, slightly closed right now. I look forward to trying again in a few years once it has opened again.
Initially tasted blind. An absolute pleasure to try this along with the 1996 and 2012 vintage in the first flight of what had been billed to me as "casual Sunday evening drinks"!
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7/12/2023 - cristalmania0813 wrote: 87 Points
보관상태 최상
오픈후 마개를 막고 칠링해두고 1시간 뒤에 마심
첫향은 너트(난 먼지향으로 느껴서 별로 안좋아하는 향)
기포는 부드럽고 약간의 산미가 있지만 동긍동들하다.
잔에 있는 샴페인의 탄산은 순식간에 사라져버린다.
10년의 기다림 후 마신 샴페인은 이런 느낌이구나...
나같은 와알못에게 샴페인이란?
바로바로 까먹자... 쓸데없이 묵히지 말고.. (이 날 같이 마신 크리스탈14가 100배쯤 좋았다)
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7/11/2023 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 96 Points
On holiday in Cephalonia this time. Golden yellow, persistent and even mousse. Nose opens brightly, lemon acidity, buttery, peel and brioche toasted notes. Opening flavours are warm toasty notes, there is a refined acidity in the background, faint honey sweetness. Exhibits the softening of age but is still finely sharp and defined. Very classy superb champagne. Tasting it properly this time lets me move this up a few points to a 96. Superb.
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7/1/2023 - Cremuel wrote: 93 Points
Drank with Nicole and Andrew on the London trip. Equally as good as the previous bottle. Very good.
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6/30/2023 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 93 Points
Shared with Jo & Paul on a trip to London. Warm golden colour, gentle mousse. Lovely biscuit and fine lees tones. Disappeared very quickly.
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6/25/2023 - fclarity wrote: 95 Points
This wine had a medium yellow center, clear rims, and medium effervescence. The medium+ intensity nose was a knock out good right of the bat with its citrus, lemon tart, leesy, and mineral notes.
As is often the case, this wine got better and better with air. It was quite good but a touch on the fruity side for the first hour. Then the mineral component grew stronger and stronger adding gravitas.
While drinking quite well now, this Champagne will easily last another decade.
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6/22/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Planning Session II (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass plus over an hour. David's bottle to toast the wonderful life and memories of his father. I couldn't think of a classier bottle to pay such a tribute. As always, a classic, elegant, pristine Champagne that oozes ocean character, toffee, pralines, pear, golden fruits, fine minerality and light toast. Long and wistful. Cheers to Richard!
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6/2/2023 - MWiking wrote:
återigen så levererar inte DP 2002, otroligt besviken på detta vins utveckling
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5/25/2023 - GuWin wrote: 93 Points
BYO Litteraturhuset "Best Wine": Drukket side om side med Cristal 2002 fremstod denne mer parfymert og dypere på duft med sitrustoner og et hint av tørket aprikos samt et snev av champignon - men mindre enn i Cristal. Godt moden på smak med kamfertoner og sitrus i retning sitron. God dybde, rik munnfølelse med modent sitruspreg og flott mousse, men moussen forsvinner raskere enn hos Cristal.
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5/9/2023 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
Exceptional once again and what more can one add to this wine . Pointless to add but keeps on going and developing and probably this was the best of the experiences we had over the last dozen years too. Easy 95-96
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4/22/2023 - Beachfan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Stellar!
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4/20/2023 - GEL Wines Likes this wine: 93 Points
Citrus at opening evolving to lemon cream over time. Probably slightly better after 20 mins or so of air. Served in wide glasses. Incredibly fine perlage. Beautiful wine that can work as aperitif or with seafood, possibly light fowl meat. Decant next bottles only if large crowd and do so into narrow decanter for immediate consumption.
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4/11/2023 - LIE-user wrote: 90 Points
A little bit disappointing. At least this bottle left me back with the impression, that age isn’t doing it a favor. Will open one more bottle very soon to give a final judgment.
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3/25/2023 - VindependenceDay Likes this wine: 93 Points
PnP and drank over 2 hours. Plenty of bubbles. Cork well preserved. Still had crisp acidity and a freshness to it. Buttered toast, lemon curd. First half of bottle did well as an aperitif, and then remainder paired well with sushi rolls. Man what a good bottle of champagne.
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3/3/2023 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Similar to prior note after a 30 min SO, another near perfect bottle (unfortunately, my last). Creamy lemon with toast notes and persistent acidity, a perfect accompaniment to the lobster thermidor; outstanding & at peak, drink up
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2/26/2023 - peternelson wrote: 89 Points
This was a disappointment, possibly faulty. low/no nose to speak of, a bit flat on the palate, lacking that DP intensity and elegance; Hints of shrooms, wet sidewalk, I feel this was faulty in some way, like very faintly corked, but without corkiness. At Blair's, EWG 2002 retrospective.
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2/23/2023 - Puteljen! wrote: 92 Points
I get the same impression as the last time I had the Dom 2002 back in 2017: a very well made wine but too compliant to the standard champagne format. Blueprint 1A for champagne. For me lacking personality and charm, frankly a bit boring. Sure, there is good acidity, minerals, nice fruit and just hints at maturity but this could easily be mistaken for a standard Millesimes from any of the big houses, in the drier end of the spectrum. It’s not at all a bad wine, quite nice acctually, but not on the level it ought to be. A dissapointment. I’ll have a Bollinger GA or a Comtes de Champagne any day over this.
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2/13/2023 - winot wrote: 93 Points
Medium to medium deep gold, lotsa bubbles still. Leesy, smoky, even a bit oaky on the nose - fresh on the palate, it is at a mid-way point, just tipping over from youth into maturity - flavours are more in the aged camp. Very nice, but after the '08, this is not hitting the heights. Still great, and lovely to have this for Sophia's 21st. Happy Birthday, legal worldwide!!
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2/6/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Ripe and baked apple with some quince paste for good measure. Dense and rich with very impressive length.
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2/3/2023 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very good. Needed time to open. Drink or hold.
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1/18/2023 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Decently fresh, quite an achievement with 15 million bottles.
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12/31/2022 - Ramberg wrote: 94 Points
NYE - no notes.
Great bottle of DP!
Starting to come around and showing how great DP can be from a really epic vintage.
Had with a king crab and lobster starter and this really matched.
A real treat and a perfect day to pop a great top bottle on.
Merry New year!
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12/30/2022 - astroman Likes this wine: 94 Points
A's Birthday dinner (Jade Palace): Pnp. Very youthful, fresh with focus palate.
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12/30/2022 - etyc Likes this wine:
PnP'ed, and further stood for ~1hr before serving. Whoa, after having had quite a number of grower champagnes 3-days back, I sure didn't expect this DP to show such beautiful florals and it seemed to get better & better with air! Spring flowers, apples, honey-lemon burst from the glass as it got aired. One could also feel/taste the richness of fruit but it was kept well in check - intense but with noticeable tension, and being framed as if by a most luxurious and satiny cover, exuding controlled-elegance (strong but subtle, for the lack of a better description) as it slid across the palate. This definitely provided the joy (with air), but I'd certainly expect it to hit greater heights in time to come...
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12/26/2022 - hargy Likes this wine: 90 Points
in truth, I was slightly disappointed with the bottle - not very giving, it seemed quite restrained and tense and in need of time
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12/25/2022 - dchain Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still very young and fresh. Lots of apple, ripe pear notes, a touch sweet but decent acidity to bring it back into balance and freshness. I think this is the type Dom started moving to a fresher, less heavy style and it is a purer expression of the healthy ripe fruit. Light biscuit and brioche notes that do not overwhelm. Lovely length and energy. Close to the peak right now. Enjoy with confidence. I would drink these rather than sell them if you have them in your cellar!
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12/25/2022 - CatCreptIntoCrypt Likes this wine: 90 Points
I was looking forward to this Xmas day treat… good, but unfortunately not as good as expected…
Nose of citrus and ripe apples. The palate was refined and more subtle than the DP 2004, but (for me) less exciting.
Still a great champagne!
We drank 2 bottles which had been stored professionally. Both tasted the same.
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12/24/2022 - cubswinws Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice!! Can’t really comment since I rarely drink champagne
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12/23/2022 - La Sprezzatura wrote: 95 Points
first time DP 2002
tasted side-by-side with comtes the champagne 2002
expressive and intensive nose, this is ready to drink. sharp, precise and intensive nose full of citrus and some brioche on the background.
compared to the DP P2 2002 we had some time ago, this was way more accessible, ready and full of charm.
this is overwhelmingly sharp, which distincts the DP from the comtes the champagne and other champagnes.
nice and subtile perlage, as I said very charming, like an elder woman which embraces you with her arms.
drink now, this is ready, but will gain more tertiary aromas with some more years. but for me personally, I like the champagnes more young than old.
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12/23/2022 - Cailles wrote: 96 Points
Duel of 2002 Dom Perignon vs Comtes de Champagne. 6 months ago the Comtes (97pts) edged out the DP (95pts) thanks to higher complexity and sharper acidity. Reversed roles this time: The DP (96pts) won against the Comtes (95pts), thanks to a better definition, sharper acidity, better overall freshness and balance. Impressive linearity. The Comtes showed more seductive with intriguing tertiary development but lost its tension in the glass (92/93 in its weakest moments). Nevertheless, great vintage for both wines.
TN: Tasted double blind. Intense, expressive nose full of citrus fruit baked apple, toasted notes and the streak of minerality. Very round and inviting. Toasty, brioche and bakery notes, citrus and baked apple aromas wrapped around a minerality backbone. Very elegant with fine mousse and harmonious, intense from start to the very long finish.
Decanting: This got better by the minute and currently for sure benefits from a short decant.
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12/13/2022 - platpeeps Likes this wine: 93 Points
Now fully approachable, this was vinous and minerally with flavours of lemon coated with butter. Constantly developing and evolving it revealed a perfect balance between savoury and sweet, freshness and maturity. Refreshing, classy and polished. CHP 93 pts
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12/11/2022 - Brolawa Likes this wine: 92 Points
Andy Warhol label (does that matter? Didn’t taste trendy ;-) ). I’ve had the ‘02 before and it’s as fresh as it ever was. I’m such a Dom fan due to its consistency (which is amazing considering its massive production) and balance. The mix here of “just right bubbles,” wood and mineral makes this wine so crisp and enjoyable.
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12/8/2022 - the player Likes this wine: 96 Points
With more evolution this champagne and vintage keeps getting better. Truly outstanding bottle. Golden yellow color. Nose of perfumed green and golden apples, pineapples, marzipan, a ferrous element, some chalk and brioche on the palate. Very delicate on the palate, like a sparkling top Puligny Montrachet, still quite vivacious mid palate, and a long buttery finish. My kind of vintage, my kind of champagne. Simply delicious.
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12/5/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
SAC: 2002 Retrospective: I remember this being reasonably more evolved than I expected given our tasting last December where the '02s were very far from ready. It's good and toasty and still tight and young but more giving than I expected.
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11/14/2022 - dbg wrote:
Light yellow/gold. Apples, flowers, citrus, minerals, smoky complexity on the nose, yellow fruits, good acid, good finish. Drinking beautifully, should continue to do so for years. Excellent.
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11/14/2022 - TBAFB wrote: flawed
Corked
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11/11/2022 - vinomo.au Likes this wine:
Kuon x International Fine Wines: Delicious bubbles, felt a bit more restrained next to the Louise Pommery 2004. Evolved rapidly in the glass, drank in a Zalto Burg.
Not much by way of notes beyond the fact that this was very enjoyable.
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10/30/2022 - CHarder Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderfull mature bubly.
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10/4/2022 - devraj Likes this wine: 95 Points
Light yellow in color with tiny, vigorous beads. Very expressive aromas of ripe orchard pit fruits, yellow citrus and florals and hint of brioche on the nose. Rich, voluptuous palate shows the ripeness of the vintage with sweet orchard fruits, pastry dough, hint of dry honey all buttressed with good acidity, and a very long floral and mineral finish.
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9/28/2022 - DAN BAILEY wrote: flawed
Still a bit reduced on the nose. Strange, almost dilute on the palate. Very light, white fruit flavours. Really odd, unpleasant burnt rubber note with air.
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9/23/2022 - narraboth Does not like this wine: 89 Points
DP 02 is in my humble opinion, well actually in many champagne lovers' view, a bad DP vintage, regardless the hype and price.
We opened a fair share of this wine; not to mention the variation, when it's good, it's like 91-92/100 good. And when it's not good...
This bottle we had, was so reduced that it's almost rubbery. If it's not that it improved a bit in the glass we will rule it as faulty. However, even after some air, it is still not THAT great. There was just some uneasiness about it.
If it was five years ago I might say keep it and wait. But 2002 vintage has been made for 20 years, and there are already falling apart bottles of this wine, I am not sure I have the patient to wait for a promise that might not deliver at all.
DP 06, or DP 04 if the bottles are well kept, are cheaper and give much more pleasure to drink.
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9/2/2022 - Yme wrote:
Champagne & Chardonnay WIMPS, September 2022 (La Trompette, London): A gorgeous bubbly from the first sip. Composed, elegant, precise. A complete contrast to the 2002 LGA it was paired with in this flight. A good example of this style of champagne.
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8/28/2022 - jerhardt wrote:
Delicious, but still so young. A great Dom with substantial upside and a long life ahead of it.
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8/28/2022 - rjpbath Likes this wine: 93 Points
Champagne does not get much better than this!! Great white burgundy with bubbles,,,, Heaven
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8/25/2022 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
40th Bday Dinner @ 63 Clinton… 11 of 24 Fresh and youthful, excellent energy and balance, herd to believe this is 20 years old
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8/22/2022 - peternelson Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was sailing, with med. gold color and fine bubbles; Lovely doughy, notes, (sourdough/yeast) very slight caramelly aspect, apple skin and lemon cookie; super fine on the palate, excellent mousse, lovely intensity and long finish. Quite nice, still has some years ahead but I would say catch this now at or near its peak for full enjoyment. Bistro Na's w/S&L. Great with crispy shrimp.
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8/20/2022 - jhngo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Good very young champs. needs more time to age.
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8/15/2022 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium nose intensity with bread, yeasty, grapefruit. High acidity. Round on the palate.
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8/11/2022 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 94 Points
Best bottle (Weindorf Kirchheim, Waldhorn Laube): Glass: Sophienwald Bordeaux
Medium golden color. Fine, complex and deep nose with some citrus. In the background I sensed a bit of cork.
Even though I got some cork on the palate as well and this bottle was most probably not perfect, it was a fantastic champagne and a step up from the RD 2004. Wonderful tension, great pressure, depth and elegance. Very mineral, fresh with some ripe citrus notes, fine and everlasting mousseux and a long and lingering finish. Really beautiful! 94-95
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8/11/2022 - hajoha wrote: 95 Points
Dom Perignon 2002
Som vanlig med DP er dette bare ungdommen.😅
Stålet har ikke sluppet taket helt enda, men vi er veldig nærme nå.
Nydelig mousse.
Skyhøy fruktkvalitet og stor konsentrasjon.
En 2-3 år til så får dette utfolde seg maks.
Rent, og meget fresh.
Vokser i glasset.
Veldig veldig bra nå - kommer til å bli fantastisk.
Power fra start til slutt.
Meget lang finish.
Elsker dette. 95p
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8/8/2022 - Krokfjord Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking beautifully now
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7/26/2022 - BradE wrote:
Very, very good. Still quite youthful.
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7/23/2022 - ovenmitt wrote: 94 Points
A bit of reduction happening on the nose. Then citrus, stone and chalk. Very big and dense. Nice balance and super fine bead. Will hold others another 10 for best.
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7/18/2022 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
A full-bodied vintage of DP with a nice balance of risp acidity and powerful fruit. To me this is not fully integrated yet and should improve over the next decade. 92+
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7/12/2022 - punter wrote: 97 Points
Beautiful pale gold, light crust and lilac scent, insanely fresh, pure white fruit driven palate, energetic, rich, palate drenching, vibrant, the right tension and superb length tonight. Comes alive with air and warmth. Enjoy it now and for years to come.
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7/1/2022 - Rupert wrote: 94 Points
Big, rich, quite toasty, a nice acrid grip - wouldn't have picked this as Dom, but clearly a very fine, grand champagne. Tastes at its peak to me.
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6/26/2022 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points
Tasted side by side with the Comtes de Champagne 2002. Both wines are now in a beautiful drinking window, open and ready, charming and harmonious. The Comtes (97 pts) edged the DP (95 pts) out thanks the a higher complexity and a touch sharper acidity. Anyway, both wines are great today and should get better over the next few years.
TN: Expressive nose and palate with flowers, bakery/brioche notes, minerality, citrus and apple notes. Round and harmonious from start to finish. Probably a touch too sweet. The acidity keeps the wine fresh and light but could be even more pronounced. Fine mousse. 94/95 pts.
Decanting: Not decanted, no extensive decanting necessary. Needed just a few minutes to start singing.
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6/17/2022 - DWStyle Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderfully sweet yet balanced. Trying to hold but find myself wanting to drink them instead ! Like this vintage.
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6/13/2022 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Rich, bready and toasty. Creamy in the mouth with fine bead. Layered with some brulee development and a long finish.
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6/4/2022 - ricknat1 wrote: 96 Points
Totally at is peak but still trending up. Fresh and bright but complex and rich. Delightful
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6/3/2022 - PaulHig wrote: 97 Points
Beautiful. So much better for time in the bottle. Rich, sensual and pure quality.
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5/29/2022 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still a strong bead. Green apple, lemon tart, brioche, touches of cream and yeast. Still in middle of ideal drinking window.
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5/29/2022 - lifebreath wrote: 94 Points
Very fine example of Dom.
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5/21/2022 - jellisaa wrote: 90 Points
Light yellow with hue of development
Nose is delicate but complex. Opens up after ca. hour or so.
Palate is fresh and clear, balance is almost perfect but the wine lacks depth and complexity. Plays its role without taking any major role. Would say this is very good but not exceptional.
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5/13/2022 - dlduchon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Enjoyed this more than prior bottles. Great balance and finesse. Lovely wine.
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5/10/2022 - melvinyeowq Likes this wine: 94 Points
Chambolle 1er dinner: Very pale and youthful colour, none of that reductiveness in young Doms on the nose. Some honey notes that hinted at its age but otherwise this was still remarkably fresh. Lots of lemon fruit and when warm it was similar in profile to an aged white Burg. In a fine place at the moment.
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5/7/2022 - jhngo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very chalky
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4/23/2022 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Another terrific bottle. Consistent with previous notes
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3/29/2022 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
not blind
much better and opener than 1 year ago. I prefer it in this stage to the P2. Some oyster shell and toast. Balanced, maybe a hint to sweet but still behind the notch bottles from this vintage. 94-95
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3/28/2022 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 95 Points
Delicious, youthful, palate filling, long finish. Upside Buy/Drink/hold
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3/26/2022 - mclanew Likes this wine: 95 Points
Slightly off the pace of the last bottle I had as it’s lacking a little bit of vigor and verve. But still terrific. Complex nose. Medium bodied, lovely sophisticated palate.
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3/24/2022 - bram_epicurien Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dinner in Alma in Singapore with Alex and Ken. Having the Nespresso dinner organised this month. Beautiful golden color. Caramel, chocolate, pineapple on the nose. Med+ acidity, Med body, Med alcohol, med+flavor intensity, long finish. This reminds me of a caramel toffee but with the best salt and chocolate in it. Excellent fruitiness with pineapple and orange in a nice roasted way, a bit like Grand Marnier. Then there is a beautiful and long lingering salinity. The finish takes 30 seconds or so. Amazing now and can certainly age more, the acidity is still on the Med+ side. My wine of the year so far.
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3/1/2022 - FastTrack wrote: 94 Points
Tiny bubbles
Nose of brioche, browned butter, apple
On the palate still fresh and crispy but also creamy and mouthfilling. Long finish.
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2/13/2022 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points
This was pretty basic at first but blossomed well after the first hour of air.
It was gorgeously balanced and impressive and seems to be still on the rise.
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2/11/2022 - Ghoulardi Likes this wine: 95 Points
The oldest Dom — and oldest Champagne! — I’ve ever had. Quite minimal bubbles, with fading carbonation. I found this absolutely stunning, offering up tremendous depth. Brioche, coconut, apple, lemon curd, hints of oxidation. Completely enrapturing. The bottle did not last long!
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2/4/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
Consistent to my last tasting notes, I had this now twice in a relatively short time. At age 20, this is really in a top window now. The nose is overtly sexy with brioche, white flowers, short bread, impossible not to love. On the palate it is fresh and aromatic, quite chiselled and light even. The finish could be a bit longer, preventing a score beyond 96, but I am nit picking here. If you have this in your cellar, go for it.
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1/3/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 88 Points
Tiny bubbles, lacking generosity. A bit muted. Notable spine. Lacks depth. Disappointing bottle. (88)
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1/1/2022 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 95 Points
Golden
On the nose: Browned butter, vanilla, gunpowder, date.
On the palate: Mineral, gunpowder, cape, dried apricot and grape.
Fine tuned mousse
Long finish
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1/1/2022 - CHarder Likes this wine: 95 Points
As previous note
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1/1/2022 - SB5784 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Golden straw color. Still quite young in appearance. Nose is somewhat developed but still remarkable fresh. Ripe/roasted apple, honey, apricot, almonds, butter and brioche are all present. Chardonnay notes remind me of an aged pulingy. Somewhat tropical and with exotic floral notes. Palate is rich with a luxurious and velvety texture but with underlying energy and power that still remains quite fresh after 20 years. Good balanced acidity and minerality throughout its opulence is what makes it special. A long balanced finish. This shows no signs of slowing down. As good and fresh as it was a decade ago. Drink now through 2050+.
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12/25/2021 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Christmas present for my mom. Her first dom. She loved it. Good ox notes and tons of richness. Great pair with 3 month manchego. Clearly a great wine, although not as much my style any more. I feel that the 08 will be a better wine in time. And the 96 is slightly better as well.
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12/25/2021 - Tartiflette wrote: 93 Points
Nothing much has happened since I drank one last (2 weeks) It is still a very good DP with a long life ahead.
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12/25/2021 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Similar to prior note after a 30 min SO, outstanding & perfect way to start a wonderful meal with the whole family together again, however briefly. Soft & creamy but still with fine bubbles & some lemon notes, drink or hold
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12/25/2021 - peterk Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lovely Champagne - softened by time but still beautifully fresh
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12/25/2021 - Nube101 wrote:
Opened with tears… just for kids!!
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12/25/2021 - CHarder Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is superb at the moment. Mature but remains fresh. Super now-5yrs+
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12/17/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Holiday Champagne Gala (Park Ridge Country Club): In Dom Pérignon flight. Apple, quince, lemon curd supported with sultry spice in the background, this has so much power and brightness. This wine has almost always shown this amazingly well. For me, this was a big step up vs its P2 counterpart tasted next, which has not typically been true.
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12/11/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
young light gold color, impressive nose of citrus peel and roasted walnuts, on the palate this is still a sweet and totally primary giant, full bodied robust ripe fruit, roasted nuts, very long and intense finish, penetrating impact, approachable but still far too young to begin showing all its subtle delights, while I personally prefer the edginess of the 1996- it is the 2002 that is going to be the vintage of our time that takes decades to mature and has the rare opportunity for all of its details to develop over an extended period of time for an optimum result, time will tell if the 2008 has similar potential (I think it does- but it will be another decade at least before we can have better insight.)
**(***), 2030++
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12/9/2021 - Tartiflette wrote: 93 Points
What a special year it was for DP in 2002. Not my favourite year but very interesting nevertheless. and what a difference since we tasted it 3 years ago. So round and soft and somewhat mature in its expression. Very soft and delicious bubbles. Initially quite subdued but opening up with time. Pear, pineapple and peach on the fruity side. Cognac, rhum, brioche, vanilla and some minerality. Good aftertaste. Only medium acidity and still many years of enjoyment.
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12/5/2021 - Rick & Ilsa wrote: 94 Points
Young, fresh and vibrant. Served over chilled and allowed to warm up as we drank. Sharp, tight, precise, steely flint. Lemon and apple, brioche. Obvious high quality champagne that may yet be a little young. At this point I prefer the '06 to both this and the '08 and will wait for those to grow up. Regardless, DP is always fun to drink. Sante'
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11/26/2021 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Excellent showing from magnum, a bit more autolytic than the 2008 at this stage. Toss up between 08 and 02 now in terms of quality, more about whether you want the energy of youth or the added nuance of age. The freshness and cut of 08 were ringing my bells, so maybe a slight preference for 08 today.
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11/20/2021 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
JK's 50th Birthday: Magnum to finish the night, creamy mousse. 93
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11/19/2021 - Kim Gerner wrote:
25 Old Bordeaux grand cru classe - vertical (1920->) and horizontal semi blind wine tasting dinner (Copenhagen (Private)): A semi blind tasting of 25 right and left bank Grand cru Classé wines ranging from Mouton Rothschild to Chateau Cheval Blanc. 2/3 from 1920-1990 and the rest younger.
This wine: Warming up - typical Dom Perignon. Lots of coffee and also popcorn/toast.
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11/5/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
Siggy Turns "Fitty": The Big 5-0 Blowout! (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN): Tasting pour. Same bottle as Chablis28. Fabulous, everything you expect from'02 Dom. This is such a vivid wine, everything is so expressive and energetic, finessed with picture perfect minerality and acidity. Ultra complex, just sublime. And as Craig says, would have been even better given the opportunity to savor it longer.
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11/5/2021 - chablis28 wrote: 96 Points
Thank you Leo! Served and instantly lapped up at Siggy's fabulous 50th B'day Celebration at Spoon & Stable. Fortunately, I scored a small pour before it evaporated 5 minutes later. With 33 of us present, I count myself lucky! '02 Dom is one of my all time favorite Champagnes, bar none. Too bad a couple more of these didn't show up :). Likely a higher score in my glass of choice with a bigger pour.
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11/4/2021 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Starting to enter its drinking window but think wise drinkers continue to show patience for 5 more years to really see some fireworks. Side by side Cristal 02 both similar quality level with the Dom showing more reductive and mineral vs the more voluptuous fruit driven Cristal.
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10/28/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Armand Rousseau Chambertin Dinner (State Street Manor - Chicago IL): Lots of ripe apple with just enough lemon custard to make it even more interesting. Very good depth, length and concentration. Very good now, possibly even better going forward.
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10/17/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Dinner out in Jersey with some friends: I still think this is drinking on the very young side. It's a bit tighter and yet I have a feeling that it's going to be one of the really good DPs in the long run. So give it more time if you have any.
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10/10/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points
Dom Pérignon / Vosne-Romanée Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant Slagerij De Beurs, Amsterdam, NL): Rich and compact, very energetic and tightly wound, closed phase, darker pitch than the 2008, Pinot dominated in the flavours. Revisit in five years.
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10/8/2021 - Porters Wines Likes this wine: 92 Points
A very good, well cellared btle. Perfect drinking if you prefer your dom to be still quite fresh, vibrant & hint of creaminess back palate.
That length and desired rich texture comes through once the btle has warmed up.
So if you like your champagne with that mouth feel aged complexity then wait
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10/2/2021 - smatteo wrote: 90 Points
Purchased on release and stored at Octavian until delivery last week. Drunk over 3 nights and not much change, hardly any signs of maturity in appearance or on the palate but never really opened up. Not a bad wine and certainly didn't seem off, but not much concentration or length on the palate and it just didn't impress. Not sure if an underperforming bottle or just too young, but either way this bottle was very average. A friend who drinks far more champagne than me has drunk thru his case and has never been impressed by this wine, I was hoping I had a better batch so fingers crossed on the rest!
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9/27/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Miyazaki A5 Wagyu night (Andrew's): Drank alongside 2002 Krug (and 10 other bottles). We universally preferred the Krug, which had more complexity.
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9/26/2021 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 94 Points
Not as creamy as the 2002 Krug - with sharp citrus and stone fruit flavors...would be a clear star on any other night.
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9/25/2021 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
From magnum. Still not particularly complex, but enjoyable.
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9/23/2021 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 99 Points
Tonight’s bottle is knee bendingly amazing! It is dazzling gold, with much liveliness, but showing signs of maturity like less hiss and fizz. It is very aromatic, with apple skin, all manner of orchard fruit, also with mature aromas, and lodes of flinty mineral, and a creamy richness that is uncanny. Every swallow a shock, and I say to myself, “This is so great!”
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9/11/2021 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
wine has finally come into its own and drinks as a beautiful bottle that reminded me of Ray and the choice to invest, while i once doubted, e=he was right it it s wonderful
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9/10/2021 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
wine has finally come into its own and drinks as a beautiful bottle that reminded me of Ray and the choice to invest, while i once doubted, e=he was right it it s wonderful
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9/6/2021 - ubercuvee wrote:
Showing a lot more mineral/reductive and less fruit forward than my last bottle. Much more classic DP flavour profile.
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8/30/2021 - blanquito wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful bubbly, fully mature and in the zone. I loved how this combined power with elegance, and fruit with a little umami. Terrific mouthfeel and length. Vanished in an instant.
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8/28/2021 - pilot360 wrote: 92 Points
Softer on the palate than expected. Still great structure, mature and ready to drink.
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8/14/2021 - AWBryce wrote:
green apple, bready, some caramel; lively on the palate, ripe orchard fruits, long finish. excellent.
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8/8/2021 - bjlcrucrazy Likes this wine: 92 Points
For Ally's 19th birthday!! From our deck with her 3 girlfriends she grew up with plus our friends 2 doors down. Initially very austere, always chalky, gradually opened up over 15 minutes to become quite magical. Loved by all
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8/5/2021 - Chimer Likes this wine: 94 Points
This has evolved quite a bit since I last tried it, softer, rounder more gentle, this bottle possibly lacking a bit of pzazz but still a beautiful expression of mature Champagne.
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8/3/2021 - bugles Likes this wine: 91 Points
Definitely not open for business like other recent notes. Felt like a waste. On the 3rd day it opened a bit but still nowhere close to where it should be. I would imagine another 2-5 years
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7/24/2021 - DWStyle Likes this wine: 94 Points
Needs more cellar time , but still delightful now!
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7/24/2021 - fclarity wrote: 93 Points
Despite having this bottle open for an hour before we started drinking, it remained pretty closed. After a few hours, the stone qualities and some richness developed. It remained a bit on the dry/closed side.
While this bottle was not as impressive as my last bottle, it does not change my opinion that this wine is still you and likely has a point or so of upside in 5-10 years.
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7/3/2021 - AAF2012 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drank magnum and 750ml two weeks apart.
Magnum: one of the best ever tasted. In the sweet spot where freshness and age converge, best of both worlds. Yellow gold color. Freshness, lemon, tropical fruits on nose that continue on the front of palate, plus honey. Lots of refreshing acidity too. Very round and full, rich but never overwhelming or overbearing. Biscuity notes of brioche mid-palate. Stunning and in perfect balance. Calls out for food pairing (drank with Japanese appetizers and sushi).
750: A bit of a letdown after the magnum. Lemon, acidity and brightness still there, but lacking the roundness as the magnum on the palate. Meanwhile, those brioche / bioscuity / autolytic notes never emerged. Still a delicious wine but the magnum was approaching perfection and this was just "very good".
I imagine this can go far longer but in a very lovely place right now.
Note: 96 rating is average of the magnum and 750ml (99+ and 92 respectively).
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7/2/2021 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Another great bottle after a 30 min SO, but from a new lot. This seemed a little younger with a little more acidity in the beautiful, creamy lemon; outstanding, drink or hold
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7/2/2021 - Eriklainen wrote:
At Portal. Hardly as rounded as expected. In fact all the young business still around and very evident. This could sleep for a good while. The symptomatic roundness of DP is just lovely. Aged apples and flint. This is just approaching mature.
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6/20/2021 - coremill wrote: 94 Points
A spectacular bottle. Full of ripe, powerful yellow fruit with some tropical hints, and notes of white chocolate, and some underlying chalky notes. Dense and concentrated but not heavy, the balanced intensity is wonderful. Wide open, whatever early reduction there was has faded, but not mature.
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6/19/2021 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
The Roots Fund Grand Cru Charity Dinner (Home): An outstanding wine when it's on, and this bottle was on. Rich, powerful and complex with loads of toasty depth and nuance. Long, driving finish.
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6/19/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
The Roots Fund Charity Grand Cru Dinner (House of Nanda - Chicago IL): Ripe, tart and baked apple throughout with some lemon curd. Very brightly textured with an equally bright finish. Very good now.
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6/10/2021 - Radders12345 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wine Pages Dinner at 67 Pall Mall (67 Pall Mall): A great 2002 champagne flight - this vs Krug
The DP opens with a lovely nose of ripening apples, lime zest - with time in the glass is becomes a bit rounder with sweet meyer lemon, coconut, brioche. Having left some aside over the meal some more tertiary notes start to appear. Really lovely
Palate delivers on the nose - this is a rounder, more generous wine than the Krug and has an amazing persistence flavour.
Really lovely stuff and still feels very fresh
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6/6/2021 - bill00 wrote: 92 Points
Solid and enjoyable. Showing some mature notes from 750ml at this point and a couple of mags in the past year have been much better.
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5/17/2021 - KenK Likes this wine: 96 Points
Champagne of the night and amazing as served against the following Dom P vintages: 1990, 92, 96 P296, 98 (mag) P298, 99, P299, 00, P299, P202, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08. Bright and nervous with aromas of yeasty biscuits. Notably for the depth delicious crisp apple fruits and wet stone mineral qualities. Truly awesome and beat out the P202, another Champagne I always love. Dons Dom P post-Covid party.
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5/15/2021 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Great bottle. Consistent with previous notes.
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5/10/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Just starting to take on a bit of mushroom development. It is quite peachy and is plump, full and creamy in the mouth. You could feel the dosage in this bottle but it is drinking very nicely.
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5/9/2021 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 94 Points
Mothers' Day Dinner (The Consevatory, Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Served in white wine glasses at my request. Lovely gold colour. Very energetic and persistent tiny bubbles. Strong legs for a champagne. Lovely fresh hay, toasted marshmallow, fresh-baked croissant on the nose. Palate is massively fresh and invigorating ozone and crushed oyster shells, really scintillating. Feels like it is a much more recent vintage but this is from a case bought on release. A nice light buzzy resonance. Lovely now if you like your champagne young but one day it will match the 1996 for sure. Wow! Fantastic as an aperitif and also with lightly braised Hokkaido scallops with chorizo. It is a good food champagne. Probably the best bottle of this vintage of maybe a couple of dozen I have drank over the years. Had it beeen drank blind, I would have assumed 2002 Oenoteque rather than a regular bottle.....so fresh.
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5/9/2021 - RED AND BLACK wrote: 93 Points
Light gold, nose is classic Dom from a great vintage. Elegant wine, with no hard edges at all. All in balance, it is not overpowering, but not soft. It has all typical prestige cuvee notes from grande marques. Always great to celebrate with friends with Dom, the extra money are for the brand and not for extra quality vs some other peers but who cares!
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5/7/2021 - peternelson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely nose of masonry, tuna oil, almonds, sourdough; palate was exceptional, intense, fine bubbles, super long, killer bubbles, in great shape. With fish tacos. Seattle w/E&K
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5/6/2021 - bspahn wrote: 92 Points
Delicious and rich, but it's lost some of the acidity that makes younger Dom (like the 2009) so intense. This bottle wasn't stored in optimal conditions, so ymmv, but I wish I had drunk it younger.
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4/26/2021 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
9 of 24 .... This continues to impress, early maturity, good freshness, creamy texture, nice finish
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4/24/2021 - larsth wrote: 95 Points
Wine meet 2002 Champagne and 2006 Sangiovese @ Lars: Rich, deep, radiant with rye, floral and apple notes. Excellent.
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4/24/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Light golden color. Split bottle over 3 hours. Opened this to celebrate getting to 2 weeks post second vaccination. Figured we needed a worthy wine of that occasion. Very fresh up front on the nose, floral notes, lift, Tart Tatin, apple danish, Grand Marnier, orange zest and chalk and as this warms and opens further more toast, brioche and seashore notes emerge like expected. The palate is full bodied, layered with great depth, apple and pastry with Tart Tatin notes singing, pear pastry, Brandy and Grand Marnier, chalk, orange peel, kumquat, toast and yeast as this goes on and on. Just a tiche of oxidativeness here too. Excellent.
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4/18/2021 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Excellent as it always is. Full and beginning to mature. (93)
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4/12/2021 - robertek wrote: flawed
What a pitty when wine goes wrong aftet having been waiting for 19 years to be drunk...
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3/10/2021 - SimonPh Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wonderful
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3/10/2021 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Terrific showing for this. Complex, sophisticated nose of orchard fruit, seashells, saline and minerals. The wine is starting to really show layers of complexity while retaining some of its youthful vigor. Really in a terrific place but I suspect the best is yet to come.
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2/20/2021 - GNBB wrote: 92 Points
Great balance, lots of brioche, long persistence and fresh honeysuckle. Drink now-2027.
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2/11/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
Very popular at the table. Fully mature with lots of bread, dough aromas form autolysis intermixed with acacia and lime. Fine perlage.
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2/7/2021 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lovely, fresh nose of chamomile, apples, and brioche. Exceptionally well balanced with nice acidity and just enough creaminess. Lots of minerals citrus flavors. Long finish.
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2/4/2021 - Anders Danielsen Lie Likes this wine: 92 Points
DP 2002: mineraler, honning; sopp; fantastisk kurve, rik munnfølelse, lang lang innover. Helt fantastisk versjon av denne
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1/29/2021 - Oscaro Likes this wine: 92 Points
Doftar knäck, lite krut, florala toner och röda äpplen
I munnen är det mogna röda äpplen och lite svagt oxiderat. Fin syra och längd men känns initialt lite dov. Gissade på Krug här för jag tyckte det var lite för lite autolytiskt och mer parfym.
Efter en timme i glaset börjar krutet växa mer och mer och flaskan förbättras rejält men den har fortfarande en lång väg att gå. Dricker hellre DP 00 just nu.
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1/20/2021 - SF Flight Club Likes this wine: 98 Points
Drank it on the Inauguration Day. Refined, smooth, beautifully balanced. Insanely good!
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1/11/2021 - G_H wrote: 93 Points
Hitting that first maturity, apple, brioche, very nice mousse. Quite delicious
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1/10/2021 - ggj wrote: 94 Points
Young and fresh
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1/9/2021 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points
This wine had a medium yellow center a light bubbles. The medium intensity nose was rather subtle at first. With air if offered up citrus, apples, minerals, and almond paste.
This was light and balanced at first with decent acidity and good length. As this wine aired, it slowly gained more intensity and complexity. The mineral component and acidity really lingered in the finish. It retained great balance throughout its evolution.
This wine is still clearly on the young side but is still lovely to drink now after a couple hours of air. I would say there is at least one point of upside with 5 more years in the cellar.
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1/1/2021 - dbkitc wrote: 94 Points
Happy 2021! Lovely bubbles. Full, yeasty and floral. Great length and a fine mousse. Serious and delicious! (94)
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12/31/2020 - DWStyle wrote: flawed
Corked :(
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12/31/2020 - jrkennedy37 wrote:
Tight or closed down. It’s a nice champagne right now - very balanced and clean but not showing complexity it had even a couple years ago. We let it warm up and aerate and was still quite closed. Thinking this has entered a dumb phase and needs a few more years to start blossoming once again.
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12/31/2020 - canan wrote: 94 Points
A solid wine but for me it never really opened up. It is classic Dom P with a lovely touch of vanilla and butter and also a little bit of "toast" but over the few hours it was consumed, it never really showed its potential depth and florality. Nevertheless it is still a solid performance but I would certainly save the wine at least 2-4 years more to allow it to blossom as I know it can.
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12/31/2020 - kkshah Likes this wine: 95 Points
Light & crisp, effervescent citrus with a short buttery mineral finish.
A great way to toast the (welcome) end of a long year!
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12/28/2020 - etyc Likes this wine:
This has put on some elements of age, as opposed (doesn't quite have that electricity/cut) to the recent '08s that I've tried. However, a quintessential DP with that familiar nutty/toasty brioche nose (albeit in a calmer manner). Nicely drinking with apples, lemons & some biscuits, this also came across rounder than the '08. Finished fresh & long. Nice!
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12/26/2020 - dlduchon Likes this wine: 89 Points
Poured for six people out of the fridge and it was my fault it was so muted. Showed lemony citrus and acidity with tight aromatics. The lightness of this vintage needs a warmer temperature to show more.
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12/25/2020 - mblatino Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice acidity
A very youthful bouquet. Green apples, lime and just slight brioche.
Red juicy apples and citrus on the taste. Some bready notes but still extremely youthful with playful acidity. This will benefit from more years in the bottle.
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12/25/2020 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 99 Points
Near perfection after a 30 min SO, perfect way to start a great meal with the whole family; Loved it! At peak, ready to drink
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12/25/2020 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfectly elegant, but still too young to provide prime-time levels of enjoyment. Airy, yeasty, doughy, crisp lemon, grapefruit, and some cream on the finish. Currently enjoying the end of the bottle seven hours after we opened it, and it's probably better than the first glass - still lots to give.
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12/24/2020 - strijbosmh Likes this wine: 98 Points
I'm lucky enough to have tasted this half a dozen times in the last 2 years. There's quite some variation in between bottles. This was extremely good. Blew me away. 2002 as you expect it to be.
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12/22/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
Year end Champagne lunch (Singapore): All wines tasted blind. Racy, with green apple and lime, good length, crisp but this bottle was slightly corked, still drinkable though. I would have scored it around 95 disregarding the TCA. Interesting fact. I look at my tasting notes and see that I have logged 260 Champagne and only had 1 corked bottle. Much better ration than with still wine.
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12/21/2020 - DWStyle Likes this wine: 95 Points
First bottle of a case and it was fabulous. Lite crisp and with a creamy mousse. Wonderfully pared with seared Alaskan weathervane scallops.
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12/19/2020 - Guillaume-en-égypte Likes this wine:
My first bottle of DP, opened to celebrate my Mum's 70th. I am in agreement with the gist of the last few reviews - it's very good, but not stunning....
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12/18/2020 - Pancreatitis wrote:
Mild tca
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12/14/2020 - Charlie Carnes wrote: flawed
This was slightly off tonight. Flaw.
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12/14/2020 - reuben@welsh.io Likes this wine: 85 Points
It was good, but not mindnumbing good as you come to expect. A nice clean clear taste after it had gotten some air. But worth the money?
No way, I regret purchasing 12 bottles of this so-called legendary year.
Its good, but in the same way most vintage champagne is.
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11/19/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points
A private dinner with friends (Waver, Ouder-Amstel, NL): A stellar performance tonight. Rich and toasty, magnificent fruit, silky mousse, perfect harmony, exemplary freshness and length. A great DP with decades of beneficial evolution ahead of it.
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11/14/2020 - jmoore431 wrote: 91 Points
Another good but less than stunning bottle
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11/7/2020 - Mike V wrote: 95 Points
Waiting for President Elect to speak. A joyous champagne.
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11/4/2020 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Similar to prior note; outstanding & at peak, no rush (bought more!)
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10/31/2020 - horse_fire wrote:
With Hugh and Mark overlooking the Sammamish lake and the moon.
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10/29/2020 - ozyloy wrote:
Popped and poured, from flute. Brief note.
Clear medium lemon. Fine-beaded mousse.
Zesty lemon, apple, almond and yeast. Bright acidity. Flavour profile was lighter than expected. This should have been given some time before drinking. No rating from me.
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10/28/2020 - 5laton wrote:
This bottle was oddly quiet - it drank OK but the aromatics just weren't popping. I parked it for the night with slightly more than half the bottle remaining.
On day 2 it showed an utterly ravishing developed nose from the get-go, all the toasty nougat and cultured butter notes you want in an aged Dom. The palate was right there with it, oh boy this is really one of the good bottles of 2002. There seemed to be an elevated bottle sweetness vs day 1 as well.
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10/28/2020 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
Light yellow color, nice toasty start, lovely freshness, good intensity balance and finish. This has filled out nicely since my last bottle a few years ago, now showing more complexity and integration. Drinking very well indeed
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10/18/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 95 Points
2002 Dom Perignon Lineup to toast life (Newk's hideout, Bucktown, Chicago, IL): Nose: The nose is deep and refined as it permeates in the glass with creams, vanilla, pears, apples, brioche, quince, stone fruits, custard, and biscuits. This is wide open for business with a great mix of maturing tones and primary citrus notes.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is well integrated and balanced now, The feel shows off great texture and depth with pears, apples, quince, creams, vanilla, biscuits, custard, and brioche.
Overall: This is right in the zone. It is gorgeous and deep with the kind of poise that only comes with maturity.
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10/13/2020 - Strikermax wrote: 96 Points
Not as sexy, sulty and expressive as previous bottles, but a powerfull, impressive champagne nonetheless.
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10/3/2020 - IvanKrazy Likes this wine: 95 Points
Sweet baby Jesus... this is stunning right now!
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9/27/2020 - fizz wrote:
Mid straw. Almond, lemon, apple and pear. Good intensity in the mouth. Fresh and vibrant still. Excellent length.
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9/25/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep, long, and nutty. Good balance. Drinking well.
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9/21/2020 - Tree512 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very pleasant. Deep and long but no real magic. This has more ability to age, but certainly tasty now.
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9/10/2020 - drjb Likes this wine: 94 Points
At SuMi, Noosa Junction. This 2002 Dom opened with a pale colour and fine bead. The nose was restrained yet fine with touches of red apple, lemon and white peach with a touch of freshly cut sour-dough bread. The palate had lovely shape with great persistence and balance. Overall the wine did seem quite closed with plenty of weight but not the lift I was expecting suggesting it needed more time in the cool cellar where it had rested to date. Lovely but not quite at the level I had expected tonight.
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9/6/2020 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very smooth. Touch of creamy yeast. Orange and lemon zest. Touch of apple. Lovely.
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8/30/2020 - B Paul wrote:
Great bottle drinking well. Good right upon opening and over course of two nights (we thought it was better night 1).
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8/28/2020 - TheGreenFrog Likes this wine: 95 Points
I have had this many times since 2011, but this was first bottle since 2018 (when I thought it still a bit young). It was fabulous - with a light watery mouthfeel but intense and lingering palate. Wonderful stuff. This was taken from professional storage about four years ago and has been in my cellar since, where the temperature has much more seasonal variation (generally between 10 and 16 c) so will be more advanced than a bottle straight out of optimal storage conditions.
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8/27/2020 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Side-by-side with the P2 and these were both stellar. The original had a bit more depth and complexity but less intensity. Each awesome, but different. I slightly preferred the brightness and raw power of the P2.
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8/27/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Great Champagne and Burgundy Dinner (Park Ridge Country Club): Lots of apple aromas and flavors with some candied lemon peel. Powerful and fresh with very good length. I slightly preferred this over P2 tonight.
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8/25/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 97 Points
The Triple Threat "165" Birthday Bash (65/60/40) (Minikahda Club, Mpls): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. Toasted, doughy, brioche, pear, roasted almonds, sea air minerality on the enticing nose. Incredibly broad and expansive across the palate, this reverberates with drive and energy yet remains totally refined and graceful on the palate. Very creamy, toasted, almond paste, lemon, nuthorns, light chalk, seashsore, pear, and refreshingly long on the finish. The heat of the night took its toll, but when it was chilled and fresh in the glass, this is hard to beat. 96+ to 97pts.
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8/25/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 98 Points
Same btl as minndavid60. This is singing and my champagne of the night to be sure. The concentration, intensity and mouth-coating flavors were something to behold. This is the single best DP standard cuvee I've ever had bar none. I had long ago drank my own btls and it was real treat to drink this head turner tonight. I'm going to seek out a btl or 2 soon. Thanks David! Great to share a milestone birthday celebration even if you're still 30 days or so away from your own.
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8/25/2020 - minndavid60 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Same bottle as more detailed to be published notes from rocknroller. This was stunning and possibly my WOTN at our monumental birthdays celebration at Minikhada country club.
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8/19/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: 92 Points
The 2002 Dom Perignon is currently drinking beautifully. Great energy and complexity compared to the recently released 2002 P2, which is still too young. Getting into secondary phase with nice yeasty texture and nutty brioche. Plenty of red apples and toasted autolytic note. One of the top vintages of Dom Perignon along with 1996. (92/100)
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7/31/2020 - bon vivant wrote: 88 Points
I have been reluctant to post TN's about the 02 DP since my last official posted TN in 1/1/2011 but this was now about the 8 to 10th time I have tasted this with the first bottle upon release and have not found a bottle to be worthy of the hype. To me this was especially disappointing after the great effort these guys put forth with the 96 vintage, so no I am not a DP hater, but this is pedestrian and un inspiring especially in light of so many superb bottles from 02 that can be had at half the price. Tonight SBS with A pair of excellent 2002's William from Deutz and a Delamotte this was clearly inferior.
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7/31/2020 - Burgundy Mitch Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tight at first but with time in glass opened up to reveal itself. Brioche,yeast, ripe white fruits. Balanced, harmonious, stately, composed. Excellent bubbly.
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7/16/2020 - DugyDog Likes this wine: 96 Points
My experience with this wine was different to many recent posts. This was absolutely delicious and drinking phenomenally with definite notes of secondary development.
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7/11/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
Ravinia at Home (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): An odd bottle, this was slightly musty or dirty.
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7/11/2020 - Oskiwawa wrote: 94 Points
Popped and poured. Drank over the next hour. This is in a really nice place now. Just crossing over in terms of maturity with some apple developing in the profile vs. the younger lemon/yeast dominance. THese should drink well for many years going forward.
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7/10/2020 - scyrene wrote: 88 Points
Side by side with the '08 both in LSA champagne tulips and then a Zalto Denk'Art. A touch of discolouration on the cork, which was noticeably narrower. Pale lemon colour, not appreciably darker than its younger sibling. Bright nose with mandarin, plum, maybe cherry - noticeably darker-fruited, less toasty and saline, broader and sweeter. A second pour brings a welcome caramel coffee aroma. Very intense palate, almost overbearing. There's a note on the middle of my tongue that is quite disconcerting, somewhat bitter. Beyond that, the acidity is high and long lasting.
Initially I was upset by a chemical bitterness on the midpalate, and wondered if it was corked. But it smoothed out with air, although never reached the heights it ought to have. I want to be bowled over by prestige champagne, but that is not often the case (admittedly I like older wine than this). I wasn't going to rate this as at first I thought it might be faulty, but after a while it settled into mediocrity.
Incidentally, the label is darker, smoother, and the various elements have been rearranged somewhat in the later vintage.
[Cork + cage; 12.5% abv; Woodwinters, £180].
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7/3/2020 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
This is getting there. Some development starting to show from behind the classic reductive toasty attack. Very poised and focused and precise. Classic DP just starting to unfurl. ****1/2
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7/2/2020 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
A small gathering with COVID safety measures (Reston, Va): Perfectly mature nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, lemon curd, baked apple, peach, brioche, a hint of smoke and limestone. There is a hint of lees that slightly obscure purity. Excellent concentration, nicely layered concentrated yellow fruit, ripe and deeply toned, generous fine mousse, bright acidity and strong mineral, and a medium to long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with brioche and honey at the end. I find the bottle to be not perfectly pure, especially next to the 02 CdC. Drinking nicely.
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6/27/2020 - burgburgburg wrote: 92 Points
Brioche, toast, mineral and lime. Still energetic. Very ready and not point to wait.
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6/22/2020 - AWBryce wrote:
in line with my previous notes...fantastic as always.
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6/19/2020 - ubercuvee wrote:
Bit of a weird one, not much fizz lots of quite ripe fruit notes and strong vanilla aroma as the bottle got more air. On this showing a notch or two below the live-wire 2008
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6/16/2020 - carlwhat wrote:
not as fresh nor as vibrant as previous bottles. bit oxidative and tired to me. my last bottle was so much better.
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6/6/2020 - minceoglu Likes this wine: 97 Points
Very balanced. Beatiful champaign.
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5/30/2020 - KenK Likes this wine: 94 Points
From magnum for our first social distancing dinner at Lisa and Sheldon's afterparty (Togni Zoom Event). Again, a great bottle of wine, still youthful, bright, creamy and pure. Lemon citrus, biscuit, apples, and quince fruits. Pure yum in a bottle, this one never seems to disappoint.
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5/25/2020 - Djfermentation Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful stuff that is still quite youthful.
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5/19/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: 90 Points
With the release of Dom Perignon P2 2002, which is at an infant stage today, it is nice to re-visit Dom Perignon 2002. Drinking very well today with textbook Dom Perignon expression. Tasted blind - Pure Chardonnay expression of white stone fruits, ripe lemons, and green apples. Reductive, flinty, and elegant. The reductive characteristic and flinty note remind me of Dom Perignon. Chardonnay driven, possibly Blanc de Blancs? Grande Marque, 2002/ 2003? (90/100)
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5/2/2020 - chadslater Likes this wine: 95 Points
Golden colour in the glass. Tight bubbles. Struck match on the nose after opening. Powerful with length to taste, acidity but so long on the palate. Savoury, I saw Jancis had used ginger the tasting notes. Drinking well now, but this could go another 5-10. Amazing what LVMH can make at an industrial scale.
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4/25/2020 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dom Perignon 2002 is a very promising wine. It is today however not really in its drinking window and I feel a bit betrayed by two showings last year that suggested it was. Maybe slight bottle variation / different storage / disgorgement? In any case this bottle was young, linear and with air only hinted to the greatness surely to come. A duo of 95 & 96 Dom Perignon over the last weeks showed that the 2002 needs time - I guess based on this bottle another 3-5 years - to get in the real pleasure zone for my liking. Today from other very good to great Dom vintages drink 95, 96 and 04 based on recent experiences.
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4/19/2020 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely but lacking some zing.
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4/12/2020 - SimonS wrote: 96 Points
I just love this (and so does C). Ageless. Fresh. No hard edge.
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3/26/2020 - strijbosmh Likes this wine: 93 Points
Can't go wrong with this...
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3/15/2020 - alaxs Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking very well now. Amazing nose. Flavor truly opened up as bottle was being consumed... worth taking your time here.
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3/13/2020 - Lehto Likes this wine: 94 Points
butter notes and brioche, pickled pear and pickled lemon. You can already sense the 'creaminess' of the champagne just by the smell... A slight hint of caramel / toffee as well on the nose.
The 'creaminess' on the palate is truly outstanding. It's almost like the champagne is actually thick! Fresh apple, pickled lemon with both the butter taste and the caramel / toffee just staying in your mouth forever. Impressive balance between the acidity and complexity of the wine.
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3/1/2020 - BradE wrote:
Haven't had an 02 DP for a while, and this was in a perfect spot. Don't hesitate to open these now - drinking very well.
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2/28/2020 - dagij Likes this wine: 94 Points
Amazingly young in colour, still with hints of green. Small, persisitent bubbles. First somewhat reductive, but that blows away after a minute or so. Nose dominated by green apples, lime, and a fascinating hint of flower nectar (not honey, but that nectar you can taste in some flowers). After a while, also a slight mineral tone. The mouth is - as always with DP - extremely creamy and caressing. Full bodied, but still very elegant, taste of lime and green apples with a grapelike bitterness at the end. Beautiful balance between acidity, sweetness and that bitter tone. Very long. Tasted together with Cristal 02, and the DP is smoother, more inviting, but still a serious wine. At it's peak now? I don't know, I think this will keep for at least a decade, and probably gain even more complexity overthe years. Still, perfect to drink now.
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2/24/2020 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Enjoyable.
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2/23/2020 - The Vines That Bind wrote:
Two of these this week, one from my cellar one from a friend's, both bottles sourced from London, both very proper and strong. Showing excellent density and weight right now. A powerful palate with a chewable mouthful of white and yellow orchard fruit. Balanced acidity and citrus. Excellent yeasty brioche on the nose with some reduction. A modern classic.
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2/22/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 98 Points
2002 Tete de Cuvee Champagne Tasting Volume II (Jan's Place, St. Paul, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. This had a glorious nose, almost in lockstep with the '02 CdC. Immensely toasty, great brine and brisk sea air stands out followed by pear, sour dough, biscuit, and fennel. The palate is intense too, delivering a tour de force of minerals and green orchard fruits, pear glace, Meyer lemon, citrus peel, smoke, hazelnut, and apple that simply tingles the tongue and resonates across the palate. The epitome of power and finess with another 60+ second finish. This was just singing tonight. My #2 WOTN. 97+ to 98pts.
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2/22/2020 - vespa110 wrote: 91 Points
Giallo paglierino, bolla fine, naso tostatura in evidenza poi si distende su note di frutta gialla e bianca, cenni minerali, bocca fine, bolla ok, manca di centro bocca e chiude veloce.
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2/16/2020 - CHarder wrote: 93 Points
This is approaching drinking window
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1/21/2020 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 93 Points
Domaine de Chevalier Tasting (French Embassy): Deep nose of apricot, graham crackers, biscuits, sea salt. Nervy yet dense on the palate, the apricot, quince mixes with toasty bread, saline, crushed shells. Lots going on, seems young and a bit dense, but beautiful.
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1/15/2020 - Milhous wrote:
NYE. Just showing some maturity. Beautiful stuff. Love DP with some age
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1/7/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): Somewhere in the last year I think we figured out bubbles. We always liked them, but now it's clear that you can have meals without reds and without whites and without sweets, but really not without bubbles. They are the ubiquitous wine that goes with everything. I'm going to disagree with someone who knows about a bizillion more things about wines than I do but at some point it's personal so take this as such. I like old champagne. I want some caramel and the bubbles to have softened and all of that. This to me is still young. It's still more acidic, more brioche, more toast. I like it, but I like it more still in that promise than currant state. But that's me and someone who knows A LOT more about wine in his pinkie than I do in all of me said it's ready to drink. So you decide.
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1/6/2020 - spacewrangler wrote: 91 Points
I'm not sure I understand the hype around Dom, even though I just purchased a bunch of 2008 lol. The 2002 is fine but very foursquare, like it was crafted in a lab, which it probably was by LMVH. Nothing offensive but just not complex. Nice $50 champagne but no way worth the $125 on release.
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1/1/2020 - 5laton wrote:
This wasn't quite at the level of my best bottles, but had a wonderfully rich, decadent cultured butter character to it. The bubbles were surprisingly aggressive for a 17 year-old wine. The wine developed nicely throughout the evening, and the last couple of glasses were even better on the next day. I desperately need to keep my hands off these, as they are truly going to be spectacular in just a few more years.
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1/1/2020 - Valder Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wow!
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1/1/2020 - SeaSmoke wrote: 94 Points
Straw color. Notes of honey, brioche, lemon and vanilla on the nose and palate. This is drinking beautifully. It has many years left.
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12/31/2019 - Shorepower Likes this wine:
Magnum,
2002 tillhör, enligt mig, de större DPs som producerats de senaste 20 åren. Sötman från mogna druvor känns redan i doften och följs upp i ett , nästan oljigt, komplext vin som hänger kvar länge i munnen. Det här vinet känns fortsatt ungt och för de av er som har magnums i källaren så kan tålamod rekommenderas (även om mycket gott redan idag)
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12/28/2019 - UTPK wrote:
Very complex and multilayered nose of brioche and nuts with some sugared grapefruit on top. This is ready to drink now, and the palate is very satisfying. Acidity is high but the sheer fruit is balancing it very well. This will drink well for many years. A bit like 1996 but not as complex.
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12/26/2019 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 98 Points
It was worth to wait ... a gorgeous champagne.
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12/25/2019 - Chimer Likes this wine: 100 Points
Christmas day treat for the family - everything about the wine and the occasion was perfect. Creamy, round and poised on the palate, noisette and brioche on the nose, a complete wine in a perfect spot. More white burgundy with bubbles than frothy fizz. Super.
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12/20/2019 - 5laton wrote:
Variation rears its head; this was much younger and less evolved than a mindblowing bottle one month ago. It was at its best in the first 20 minutes and seemed to close up after that
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12/19/2019 - tbabes wrote: 98 Points
Notes of brioche, ripe white fruits, crushed rocks, and flowers. Creamy texture, layers and layers of flavor, with great focus and grip on the long finish.
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12/14/2019 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow in a really good drinking window now. Yellowish gold, nose of brioche, honey, pineapple and citrus. Fine vivacious bubbles, buttery on the palate and a golden yellow apple finish. Delicious.
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12/9/2019 - tcarter Likes this wine: 98 Points
Fried Chicken Dinner with the Winos (The Bellwether): Absolutely wonderful. Definitely get the brioche (and candied lemon) thing that others have mentioned.
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12/8/2019 - strijbosmh Likes this wine: 96 Points
Golden yellow with a faint orange hue. Fine bubbles all over the place. On the nose brioche and caramelized lemon. Some fine yeast. Acidity is perfect, beit on the high side. Lovely taste that lingers on for 45 seconds.
Very very good. This bottle outperformed a '96 I had recently. 2002 is amazing when it comes to high quality champagne. Pol Roger Winston Churchill, Dom P, Compte de Champagne.. All brilliant!
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12/7/2019 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
White Truffle Dinner: Towering aromatics. Classic, toasty and rich Dom. Energetic with crisp acidity supporting the fruit. Wonderful now.
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12/7/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Fifteenth Annual White Truffle Dinner (Lake Bluff, IL): In great 2002 flight. Comes across as mostly Chardonnay driven tonight, but maybe that is partly driven with the contrast to the Winston Churchill just tasted. So much apple and pear with floral and spice hints. So much power and a fresh, almost backward finish with great length. Upside from here.
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12/6/2019 - Rogershkg wrote: 93 Points
Small bubbles, citrus fruit, soft palate
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12/4/2019 - pclin wrote:
Drinking well now with good details, very nice.
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11/15/2019 - Kingdoberman wrote: 96 Points
Lots of candied lemon
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11/11/2019 - WineDoctors wrote: 93 Points
lemon chiffon. color to rim. restrained toast and lees. clear, lemon plus. continuous bead. gentle mousse. with lobster boudin blanc. nice pairing.
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11/2/2019 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 98 Points
From memory last night at Buccan to celebrate my beautiful wife's birthday, PNP & had in large Bordeaux glasses. WOW! DP at its finest, creamy, lemon & bread; it has just entered its drinking window, but definitely no rush
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10/28/2019 - dlduchon Likes this wine: 88 Points
Lacks definition and clarity. Perhaps a bit simple. I feel it is on the decline but perhaps it was just the bottle. Will try another next year. Also did not have it with a good pairing.
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10/26/2019 - 5laton wrote:
This bottle was OMFG good. Just an amazing nose and palate of seaweed butter. How they are able to do this at this scale is unbelievable. Easily in my top five Champagne experiences of the year.
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10/19/2019 - jmoon Likes this wine: 95 Points
From a com vertical . Best of the 5 from 62 to 08. Richer and more opulent now, great depth, incredible wine that opens after 30 min or so
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9/27/2019 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
This continues to be lovely, and is starting to come around very nicely. The nose showed a nice melange of white apples, redder strawberry accents, toasty earth and a bit of minerality, all starting to take on a more matured, biscuity undertone. As always, it was on the palate where this really shone. Already soft and round, this was a lovely mouthful of fleshy apples and a hint of red berries lined with a really nice sense of flinty minerality that trailed off into the distance on a bed of gentle acidity and creamy mousse. Balance was lovely, and this had a beautiful sense of poise and elegant definition to it.
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9/23/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Pausing for the Cause 2019 (Chicago, IL): Smells like Dom -- this has got a bit of that funky reduction on the nose here. Very good, with a lot of steely white fruit and plenty of potential in a really taut package. Pretty consistent with some other recent experiences, and to my taste, a wine that needs a little more time still.
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9/2/2019 - hajoha wrote: 93 Points
Dom Perignon 2002.
Salt og steely i uttrykket - dette trenger mer tid.
God intensitet.
Som alltid er boblene perfekt.
Ung uforløst frukt på smakt - knytt.
Kveldens yngste vin.
Masse potensiale her.
Høy fruktkvalitet - dette kommer til å bli en stor DP.
Lang presis finish.
92-93p for nå, med mye å hente.
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8/30/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Have had this wine a few times and this was one of the best bottles that I know of. Very crisp and fresh. Just a touch of vanilla. Very nice and bright.
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8/29/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Lieu-dit Cru "Blind White" Dinner Comparing 2007 and 2008 White Burgundy (S.K.Y. Restaurant - Chicago IL): Small glass, brief note. Bright apple and pear start-to-finish with bright textures and a long finish. Still slightly backward and firm for now. Very excited for where this will emerge in a few more years.
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8/29/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): It's been around a year since I last tasted this; I don't think it's changed much. There's a slight bit of reduction still, and this is a really tightly coiled wine. Fabulous concentration and complexity, with a good sense of ripeness, but I just get a feeling that there's just way more hidden under all that taut acidity. This needs a few more years to loosen up.
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8/6/2019 - Fosgrove Likes this wine: 92 Points
A bit disappointing, perhaps because I had higher expectations. Muted nose, quite dry and not v long. Not as good as recent Piper Rare 02 or Billecart Nicolas 99 that were both wow wines. This was not.
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8/3/2019 - Strikermax wrote: 98 Points
Bestaat er een lekkerdere drank?
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8/3/2019 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Regular dinner group (@ JvT): WOW! In fact really impressive. Mature, but beautiful acidity and elegance. See also my previous notes, but for tonight this was a great and lovely surprise, poured fully blind at the end of this tasting.
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7/26/2019 - lepetitchateau wrote: 95 Points
Time has been kind to this wine as it gains nuance and depth as it ages, while retaining the freshness and verve. Impressive
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7/23/2019 - BradE wrote:
An underperforming bottle from a friends cellar. Likely the bottle, but I’ve had some similar tastings of this.
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7/22/2019 - rnellans wrote: 94 Points
Yellow gold. Nose seems a bit restricted to me. Lemon and bit of toast. Quite rich but fresh as well. Some roasted nuts on palate. Lingering finish. Not as good imo as the 02 Cristal I had last week
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7/21/2019 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points
Same btl as R&RLer. Thanks Dave for opening this stellar 02 plus the 08! What a fun night of DP!
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7/21/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
Chez Dalluge Celebrates The 25th Anniversary of The French Laundry (Chez Dalluge, MN): So lucky to get to drink this again just a week after having a bottle on our anniversary. Thanks Dave for sharing this. Great bottle, see my note from 7/14/19. Spot on, delicious, and I preferred it by the smallest of margins ver the '06.
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7/20/2019 - Sepsis wrote: 94 Points
Got a lot better over time.
Still young for my “dom p taste”.
94-97
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7/17/2019 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
2002 Vintage Champagne horizontal (Elystan Street, London): I love Dom Perignon in general and the 2002 in particular. Very happy to see when the wine was revealed it was in fact Dom. Inimitable Dom richness and funk and smoke. This is going to be titanic with age I am quite convinced. To me Dom is best at around 30 years of bottle age for standard bottles so fasten your seatbelt around 2030-2035 but no harm checking in till then at all. Today maybe just one small step behind the absolute WOTN but I think with time this can be up there. It was just beaten for WOTF by the Cristal.
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7/14/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
Light gold color. Opened this for our 35th Anniversary. Split bottle over 3 hours plus. Beautiful and seamless; wonderfully toasted, brioche, pear and fine lemons, creamy mousse, roasted nuts, lightly chalky minerality. Quite elegant and a long finish. My wife always being more generous, scored this a point or two higher. I wil not be arguing with her. A great bottle on a special day. 96-K, 98-V.
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7/13/2019 - the player wrote: 93 Points
Lots of brioche on the nose. Color showing some maturing pure gold now. Very vivacious but not a lot of fruits beyond the brioche and some stony mineral elements. Compared to the 2008 this was not up to what I expected. Still a very enjoyable and dynamic DP.
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7/4/2019 - 5laton wrote:
This had a nice developing character and darkening appearance. A striking contrast between a very rich and buttery brioche quality and firm, structured acidity. The dosage sticks out slightly today but not in a bothersome way. There's an exotic, almost over-the-top fudgey ripeness, perhaps coming from the chardonnay which reportedly was very ripe in 2002. It's not solidly in my wheelhouse, but delicious enough. For my preferences, will try to wait another 2 years before opening another bottle.
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6/24/2019 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 96 Points
Surprisingly, this is my first official tasting note on this champagne, as I have had it a few times. This is definitely starting to really come into its own. I had this around 3 years ago and it was still fairly primary at that stage. Now, the wine is really starting to develop complexity and depth. It's still a fairly light straw and has great freshness, but lots more savory notes on the nose and palate. Without doubt, this got better and better as the night went on, and the last pour that we saved for dessert, was the best, after about 2 hours of bottle air. This is a superb champagne, and should keep getting better and better.
Drank with SW & SM at WT dinner.
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6/16/2019 - AusTxJim Likes this wine: 95 Points
Just damn smooth
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6/15/2019 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Needed about 30 minutes to settle down and show its best. The aromatics are floral with a hint of herbs. The palate is very structured still and you can tell this is going to be a long ager. The wine has great purity and poise. There are lovely tropical fruits, peaches, seashells and minerals on the palate and the wine is showing early complexity. The finish on this wine takes a little time to come out to play but when it does after about 45 minutes it illustrates how well integrated and focused this wine is. This will continue to improve and has a very long life ahead.
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6/13/2019 - MWiking wrote: 90 Points
this bottle was not like any 2002 I have had before, thin, a bit short, and not the powerful expression we have had in other bottles. Its was not bad but no 2002 magic either.
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6/5/2019 - shawnh wrote: 95 Points
Fantastic. Tiny bubbles, lemony gold, fragrant, elegant yet powerful, slightly creamy mouth feel. Loved it. So much better than the bottle I had two years ago
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5/29/2019 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely DP beginning to be close to maturing only a few years to go before full potential. Golden green / yellow color, vivacious bubbles, nose of yellow fruits and brioche and very mineral yet fragrant on the palate with a gentle weight and nice finish.
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5/29/2019 - johneagle wrote: 90 Points
Perfectly well made but seems to me to lack any character or interest. Perhaps drank it too young
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5/21/2019 - Rick & Ilsa wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful golden yellow, fine mousse, with a nose of apple, lemon and a bit of baked bread. On the palate, white stone fruits, lemon, brioche, and a saline note. Full bodied, concentrated, with a mineral presence and plenty of acidity, this came across as a bit tight compared to previous bottles. Seems like this could easily (based on this bottle) use another 5 - 10 years or so in the cellar to gain maturity. Still an excellent bottle of champagne.
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5/18/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Q2 - 2019 Tasting - Alsatian White Varieties from around the World (New York, NY): Similar to my first experience with '02 DP - I find this to be a leaner version than the '04 & '06. Seems like this one will age very nicely. Always a pleasure to try.
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5/18/2019 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Beautifully mature yet youthful nose displaying decadent ripe yellow fruit with a hint of white, lemon curd, lemon zest, apple, peach, white flowers, candied ginger, smoke, brioche and limestone. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated ripe yellow fruit, generous incredibly fine mousse, bright acidity, strong mineral and a long decadent yellow fruit driven finish. The palate has developed beautifully, i.e. the generous mousse is so fine that is weightless. For the past couple of years, the 02 Dom has really blossomed. Drinking beautifully but a long life ahead.
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5/18/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Q2 2019 Tasting - Alsatian White Varietals (The Apt): Lean and mean and still with some toasty and somehow overall just a bit easy which doesn't totally make sense to me for '02 Champagne and esp not '02 DP. It is missing some of the pizazz though that I associate with DP. I think it's just a producer that really needs some extra age.
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5/15/2019 - Jammy Wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
The 2002 Dom Perignon directly from the cellar is stepping into its drinking window. Rich and robust yellow orchard fruit, pronounced buttery brioche, gun smoke, bruised apple and a charming Burgundian minerality which I really adore. Full bodied, generous on the palate, textured lees and honeyed toast. The boldness resembles 1996, sexy and exuberant. Drink over the next two decades. (95/100)
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4/30/2019 - llindahl Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful wine with hints of marzipan on the nose. Still youthful with lots of life. Amazing
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4/28/2019 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Superb but three to five years away from being an approachable young Champagne. Again, this is excellent, but more so than any other ‘02, say Bollinger R.D., Taittinger CDC, or even Krug, this feels too tightly wound and closed at the moment. Big lemon lime citrus but the brioche and DP character isn’t fully expressed yet. Linear, focused, and definitely powerful. Densely packed and will surely open amazingly. Glad I own a bit but will definitely be letting these sit for a long while.
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4/22/2019 - champagne99 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Dracks under en halvblind provning av Dom Pérignon 00, 02, 03, 06, 08 och 09.
Jag upplevde den som ljus men lite mörkare i färgen än 09an och med intensiva bubblor om än lite lugnare än 03 och 09. För mig så var det den här flaskan som verkligen skiljde sig från de andra, den var annorlunda, vilket flera höll med om. Det var doft av blommor och mognad. Andra omdömen var vita russin och rom. Den var väldigt blommig i smaken och mina tankar gick till BdB. I snacket om den kom det fram av andra att det är tannin, tyngd, ingenmineral eller syra, vita blommor och liljor. Ingen hade denna som favorit. Jag rankade den som kvällens minst bra flaska medan andra hade den högre upp.
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4/22/2019 - GNBB wrote: 93 Points
Pale golden yellow with good steady flow of bubbles. Nose is showing lemon citrus, light hay and very gentle toast notes. Palate has good pétillante, fresh citrus with light pineapples and fresh camomile. Lovely brioche undertones as well. real weight on the palate and long persistance. Excellent DP - still young though, with plenty of life ahead of it. Could drink now but best to wait another 2-3 years. Drink 2022-35.
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4/6/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Acker April 2019 (Marea in NYC): Bubbles for breakfast which is a favorite of mine. Served next to a 2004 from magnum. This is definitely the better vintage - there's so much there and going on - but it also comes across as a lot younger. It is very bright and at the same time very tight. You can tell there's a lot going on, but it's like the whole song is crammed in one second and needs to lengthen out so you can hear it all. More lemon and crisp style.
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4/6/2019 - hprphf wrote:
Acker April Auction 2019 (sad day) (Marea): Style too prominent, hard to taste any fruit.
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3/26/2019 - JohnnyBark wrote:
I feel like this is light years away from where it needs to be. I’ve had this wine multiple times and I’m still waiting for it to “seem like the right time.” I prefer Dom on the long tooth side of things, and this needs at least 5-10 years, to hopefully hit the stride of the ‘90 or ‘96. Lastly, I have had a higher percentage of corked Dom, way beyond any other wine. Probably 20% or more, which sucks for an older vintage that’s $3-500 bucks. Some of them are so lightly corked, you can only catch it by nuance. My wife refers to it as “Dirty Dom.” This seems to be one of those bottles.
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3/17/2019 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
I was really taken by this. DCWino note is spot on. This has started to show superbly and is very giving but will probably be even better in 20 years time as my personal preference is for this cuvee to have ample bottle age. Glad I loaded up on this and am going to me monitoring its trajectory from here on.
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3/15/2019 - RonniePiemonte wrote: 94 Points
In a great place. Shared with Cindy and Henry at Delray overlooking the beach.
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3/5/2019 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Slightly more ripe and evolve than the last bottle we had but still a beauty. A bit less vibrant and fresh but could well be down to bottle variation and as this was stored in a friends kitchen fridge and had seen good amount of travel. Still a solid 92-93 but nowhere need the 95 we rated this not that long ago. Will not rate this time.
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2/17/2019 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 93 Points
older but delish. a bit golden and tiny signs of being oxed but nothing strong. yeasty and dry and complex
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1/19/2019 - the player Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely Dom but still youthful I’m afraid. See previous notes.
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1/18/2019 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Chateau Leoville Poyferre vertical with Sarah Cuvelier (Le Cafe Descartes at the French Embassy): The 02 Dom is on fire for the past year or two. Perfectly mature yet youthful and energetic nose displaying decadent white and yellow fruit, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, fresh filtered apple juice, honey, smoke, brioche and limestone. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered decadent yellow citrus fruit, sweet and decadent without compromising purity and freshness, generous fine mousse, bright acidity, strong mineral presence and a long decadent yet pure and energetic yellow citrus fruit driven finish with brioche and honey at the end. I am really loving how the 02 Dom is drinking. If kept properly, this can easily improve for another two decades, becoming sweeter and gaining tertiary notes.
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1/11/2019 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 93 Points
Holiday dinner at the French Embassy, Washington D.C. (French Embassy): A far better showing than what I had experienced in November last year, which may have been a less than top bottle? In any case, the wine here is lovely, tight and elegant. Indeed, there is a vivacity that seems contained and beckons a bit more time in your cellar. Now, having written this, it was quite revealing to have enjoyed this once again along with the Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 1996, which again revealed itself as superior to the Dom 2002. Given the pricing, it is oh so clear that the latter was a better buy than the Dom Perignon.
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1/6/2019 - UTPK wrote:
Had the Krug, Dom Perignon and Comte Champagne, all in 2002. They were drunk over 6-8 hours. The difference (and cepage) was evident. The Krug had the most layered nose but was quite restrained and not so wild and toasty as the ie 1996 or 2000 is. The DP was very charming and had an open nose, easy to drink. The Comte stole the show! The most sexy nose, like a Meursault from Coche. The most creamy palate. Wow! None changed much during 6 hours.
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1/1/2019 - Backdoctor wrote: 94 Points
excellent bubbly
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12/31/2018 - wihong wrote: 93 Points
Straw gold. Aroma of strong mint, brioche, ginger and yeast. Palate entry of juicy tangerine, blood orange and yeast. Caramel, butterscotch, and lemon peel mid-palate. Lingering finish of mint, caramel and ginger snaps. Full bodied, complex and balanced Champagne with great acidity and long sweet finish.
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12/28/2018 - salil wrote: 95 Points
Birthday drinks (Indianapolis, IN): In a fantastic place right now. All the ripe fruit, doughy richness, and power I could expect from a young Champagne, but age is starting to add more savoury complexity with light vanilla butter and smoky accents, and the palate presence here is remarkable - so polished and silken, and a finish that goes on for a good while.
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12/27/2018 - heythatslife wrote: 92 Points
It could have just been my bottle, but it seemed to be in an awkward place - the freshness of primary fruit starting to fade a little, and the secondary characteristics still in the process of emerging. Still, there was no doubt that the wine possesses an excellent core and structure and I would be interested to see how this evolves in 5 or 10 years.
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12/24/2018 - jphil123 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great bottle. Brioche, apricots, almonds, toast. Rich and smooth. Length.
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12/22/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Holiday Champagne Gala (Park Ridge Country Club): Small glass brief note. Seemed very big but very tight tonight, pointing to its great potential but not as forthcoming as some previous bottles have been.
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12/21/2018 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Holiday Dinner - Champ, Burg, Piedmont, Rayas and a ringer, Bordeaux and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Perfectly mature yet vibrant nose displaying decadent yellow citrus and white fruit, lemon curd, candied lemon zest, apple, white flowers, candied ginger, smoke, brioche and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of ripe lemon curd and fresh apples juice, generous very fine mousse, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and an incredibly long sweet citrus fruit driven finish with strong brioche and smoke at the end. It is interesting to compare to the 96 Oenotheque. For me, this shows the power and decadency of Batard where the Oenotheque shows the finesse and subtlety of Chevalier. When I first tasted it In September of 2010, it was near perfect and showed incredible potential. A lot of people didn’t care for it back then, perhaps not recognizing that Dom Perignon really needs time. It is nice to see that most people love it now as it has reached the perfecting drinking window. Another exceptional showing.
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12/20/2018 - MC2 Wines wrote:
This is a racy and zippy champagne. Much too young. It's got great promise and I stick by my earlier assessment that it makes me understand young Dom a bit more. Still, I imagine the best years for this wine are 15+ in the future. Lots of bubbles. Lots of acidity. A fun spicy and toasty nature to the wine. Enjoyable.
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12/19/2018 - tbabes wrote: 97 Points
We enjoyed this beauty with our first several courses at Eleven Madison Park. Light to medium yellow gold color, with notes of ripe apples, lemon curd, toast, crushed stones and hints of hazelnuts. Medium bodied, with a creamy texture, good acidity, and a long and well delineated finish.
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12/6/2018 - rc@ughey wrote: 94 Points
I haven't had this in years, and it's in such a better place now that in its youth. Whereas I once found this pretty tight, it's now generous and broad-scaled, with layered yellow fruits and brioche. Powerful with nice acidity. Decades to go but awesome now.
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12/3/2018 - godx wrote: 93 Points
Tasted blind. Very Dom P nose with yeasty brioche, yellow and white fruits. Palate was a bit creamy and soft at first but the lemon profile and acidic spine bring it all together. At first this came across and soft and creamy, but will time in the glass certainly firmed up and showed a bit more balance in terms of forward fruit and acidity/energy. I'll likely keep my hands off for at least 5+ years. 93+
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11/28/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Jordan's Fine Wine Dinner (Boka - Chicago IL): This wine just keeps getting better. Green and yellow apple with some lemon and lemon peel on finish. Great power, very good length with a mineral-driven and bright finish. Good now, better 2022 forward.
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11/23/2018 - MLwine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really opened up after an hour and a half to two hours. Toasty.
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11/21/2018 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank at 67PM (6L)
Who says large formats are not better
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11/13/2018 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 93 Points
La Conseillante Vertical Tasting (French Embassy - Washington, DC): Nice depth and richness, tangy and zippy. Complexity and depth is impressive, and I wish I had more time to give to this wine, but it was overshadowed by the Comtes Champagnes.
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11/9/2018 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 96 Points
Tasted at the Three Borders Wine Group, Hampshire, UK. Fine Wine Evening. For some of our group, this was the first opportunity to taste Dom Perignon, others had tasted it once or twice before. So there was high anticipation for our first wine of the evening and we were not disappointed. On opening, there is less fizz than expected, but there are plenty of delicate bubbles in the glass. Medium gold colour. The nose is rich, full and biscuity, with apples and yeast. The palate shows great class, it's rich with flavours of apple and candied creamy lemon. The finish is very long. Overall, the wine is excellent and gives a comforting warm feeling as it's drunk. The group thought that it was drinking perfectly now, but it would surely keep for several more years. Personally, I don't drink that much champagne, but I could happily drink this every day!
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11/8/2018 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Paired with Korean BBQ. Served alongside the '06 Taittinger Comte - this was clearly much richer and toastier in style. Brioche and golden buttered toast with minerals coming through on the finish. Still very youthful and should continue to evolve and deepen with more cellar time. Very nice.
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11/8/2018 - Pancreatitis wrote:
Quite kaleidoscopic, initially saline seaside, biscuit, butter, cream, evolving in to orange blossom, elderflower, complex florals, honey, very long.
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11/5/2018 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 92 Points
A most enjoyable wine lunch (Eddie V's Prime Seafood McLean Virginia): Loved the toasted brioche nose, touches of burgeoning tertiary but still more primary red apple and lime aromatics. The palate is very smooth, a fine bead with bubbles caressing the palate - and maybe just a bit boring, when compared to the Comte de Champagne 1996 that was in this first flight. Could it be a less optimal bottle? I just recall having enjoyed this vintage more on previous occasions.
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10/25/2018 - lesz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tough crowd had with 85,90 and 96
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10/15/2018 - StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 95 Points
🏅Rating 95/100 (4,5⭐)
Reductive nose, nutty, early maturity but with great freshness. Its prime is still ahead. Vintage driven champ
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10/14/2018 - jbroich Likes this wine: 97 Points
Magnificent. Absolutely stellar showing, best bottle so far. Crisp acidity and Krug-like ripe notes. next bottle in two years
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10/13/2018 - StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 95 Points
🏅Rating 95/100 (4,5🌟)
Indian summer🍁 Champagne🍾 RWC 14.10.2018
Reductive nose, nutty, early maturity stage with great freshness. Its prime time is still ahead. Vintage driven champ.
I had the chance to taste this vintage of DP on several occasions and there is a significant difference between them all. Most of times it's just not there yet. Will save a bottle for 3+ years.
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10/6/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
DC/Chicago Wine Dinner Extravaganza (Rosewood Hotel Dining Room - Washington DC): Lots of apple with floral notes, some baguette and gingerbread. Very fresh, very long and elegant. Chardonnay dominates in all its beauty here. As good as I can ever recall for this wine.
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10/6/2018 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Annual Chicago winos visit - Champagne, DRC, Yquem, SQN and etc. (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC): Another incredible showing. Incredibly energetic and fresh nose displaying cool clean white fruit, fresh lemon juicy, apple, pear, white flowers, ginger candy, perfume and crushed rocks. Exceptional concentration, beautifully layered fresh and pure white fruit, abundant very fine mousse, perfect amount of acidity, strong mineral and a long seamless white fruit driven finish with strong limestone mineral at the end. The ripeness that worried some folks are no longer there. The fruit expression is pure, energetic and refreshing. Excellent showing.
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9/29/2018 - hajoha wrote: 93 Points
Meget flott formfull nese som oser ut gule frukter, florale toner, kjeks og stein.
Flott mousse.
Over i munn kjennes ungdommeligheten godt.
Metallsmaken i fersk DP er fortsatt tilstede her.
Trenger mer tid.
Bra punch - mye å bygge på her.
Bra friskhet.
Strammer seg opp i finish.
Sitter lenge med uttalt mineralitet. 92-93 for nå.
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9/28/2018 - jrh82 Likes this wine: 93 Points
I liked this a lot. Fresh with lots of life in it. Liquirice character on the nose which I really enjoyed. Drank next to 1990 (which was not a good bottle) and 1998. Wheras 98 was more withstrained for me the 02 packed a lot more punch.
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9/24/2018 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Pausing for the Cause 2018 (Chicago, IL): Don't get me wrong -- I love the 2002 Dom (I just like the 2008 a little more). Anyway, this is really reductive and shows a bit of flint on the nose. The palate is rounded out and rich, but it seems like this will still need a bit more time to fully integrate.
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9/12/2018 - jmoore431 wrote: 91 Points
Tasted blind: Pale straw color; white orchard fruits, appley nose, very fine and mild bead, creamy textured but with no complexity whatsoever. I was shocked to see what it was, then mortified when I realized I had purchased some with, and from the same source as, our host. WTF? Hoping this is just in an awkward adolescent stage.
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8/26/2018 - Simply Wine Likes this wine: 97 Points
Drinking beautifully well, with mature notes but yet still a good dose of energy
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8/25/2018 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Huge nose of rich baked apple, smoke and brioche. The palate is voluminous with rich white fruits, brioche and mineral. Powerful and youthful. Great stuff.
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8/17/2018 - petitblanc wrote: 91 Points
Dinner with José (Hugo's Frog Bar Naperville): Just had a small glass, but the impression was of a creamy, middle-aged Champagne. Very nice indeed, but also very unlike previous showings, where this seemed eternally fresh and youthful. Excellent provenance on this bottle.
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8/5/2018 - kingkanu wrote:
Not that giving still. Hold if you have a few
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7/27/2018 - RayOB wrote: 95 Points
Drank on Holiday in England
Maturing beautiful. Plenty of life to go.
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7/14/2018 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Q3 - 2018 Tasting - Whites - ABC Anything but Chardonnay (New York, NY): 13/18 white wines tasted double blind. Another surprise Champagne in the line-up. Usually I find Dom to be a richer styled champagne - but in this line-up after a white hermitage - it seems lean and racy. I guessed this was a grower champagne that was zero dosage style. Clearly demonstrates how differently your palate can perceive something based on what you consumed just prior. When I revisited this later in the tasting - after cleansing with water and food - tasted like more like classic Dom although perhaps a bit less giving than the '04 and '06.
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7/14/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Anything But (still) Chardonnay - ABC wines | Q3 Wine Club (The Apt): Wine #13: One of the first times I've really enjoyed a young Dom. The bubbles just melt in this wine. Like they are hardly there. It's very nice and crisp and there's a bit of the dried apple notes. Quite tasty. (5 pennies)
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7/5/2018 - ESTEELE90 Likes this wine:
At Hollywood Bowl picnic. Brief note. Nose and palate are rich and open for business showing lemon confit, yeasted flakey pastry, bitter pineapple, caramel/creme brûlée, well judged nuttiness/oxidation, and serious crushed sea shell minerals. Midpalate was full and rich showcasing the tropical ripe fruits laced with racy acid that drives this to a long and complex finish that is very moreish. A beautiful wine with many years ahead of it.
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7/1/2018 - jdtonic Likes this wine: 95 Points
Absolutely exciting champagne. First reaction was that it was the best bubz ive had since the 96 Salon. Great tension, perhaps sweeter, if a bit less long. No notes taken besides BUY MORE.
95-96
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6/30/2018 - SimonS wrote: 95 Points
At Lunesdale for Ed's 2:1. This is a magnificent champagne. No obtrusive acidity; pale gold; youthful but lovely.
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6/9/2018 - Papies wrote:
Champagne BBQ at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Continues from strength to strength and nothing more we can add from our earlier TN. Just a superb wine. Drink now, hold, store. We bought a few of these as an investment but i don't see us selling any.
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5/28/2018 - mpalestini Likes this wine: 93 Points
Spectacular! Bubbles small and medium strength. Lost some effervescence because of age. Color was still very bright and clear, no sign of oxidation. Mousse in the glass lasted a number of seconds. Flavors were still tart, bright, and crisp. Medium long finish 10-15 seconds. Aftertaste was clean with no signs of being over the hill. I would say the window, preserving the fruit and clean flavors is probably 2 more years. A stellar vintage!
The wine looks straw colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like grapefruit, dust, mineral, forest floor, stoniness, skunk and bready. It tastes like grapefruit, skunk and bready. The body is light/medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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5/27/2018 - Tartiflette wrote: 91 Points
This bottle has improved considerably since my last try. It is coming into its maturity and it suits the wine. Not that it has become great. Good nose and soft taste of citrus, verbena, pear, chalk, stones, rye bread, brioche, hazelnuts. Soft bubbles and good aftertaste. Good acidity. Looking forward to follow its ageing.
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5/16/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Acker Auction & Commanderie des Costes du Rhone (Zuma & Racines): It's a touch flat, but to be honest I didn't really mind. Very clean in nature. Vanilla essence in a glass. Hint of brioche.
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5/13/2018 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mothers' Day Lunch (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Drank from white wine glasses. Very good mousse. Nose of ozone, fresh hay, warm sand. Palate is extremely minerally and Epsom Salts. Really young. Extremely fresh but added more body with time in the glass as it got to cool room temperature....like fresh hazelnuts. Gorgeous but this was a very young bottle and I had to check that I hadn't pulled a 2002 Oenoteque by accident because it had that kind of later disgorgement freshness and limestone back-end dryness. I need to keep some back for 10 years. Drinking a final glass 5 hours later, my notes haven't changed.
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5/11/2018 - SimonG wrote:
CRIBBS @ La T (La Trompette, London): Tricky one this. One senses it has the potential, but this bottle is slightly strangled by a super reductive mid-palate vice. A faint suggestion of corkiness but this blows off to reveal more of a reductive nature. A super wine viewed through slightly frosted glass. Needs time. **(**) 92
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5/4/2018 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Better than 3 months ago. More DP style than vintage typical. Toast, oyster, great balance between acidity and sweetness. Great opener for the evening. 93-94
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4/14/2018 - vespa110 wrote: 92 Points
Giallo paglierino, luminoso, bollicina fine, naso fresco, leggermente tostato, profumi di frutti gialli, note nocciola e crosta pane, bocca fresca, bella spina acida, equilibrato con un buon finale, necessita di tempo. Bella sorpresa, mi aspettavo più pesantezze.
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4/3/2018 - KenK Likes this wine: 96 Points
A DC Wino hits Chi-town (RPM Steak): Fresh clean bright with toms of fruit yet also very mineral driven with everything in balance. A great showing and a great vintage for DP.
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3/23/2018 - dbg wrote:
Apples, flowers, minerals, bit of smoky complexity, yellow fruits, good acid, good finish, expect even more with further aging, excellent.
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3/23/2018 - dbg wrote:
Part of a trio of Champagnes brought by SDR to BWE 18 DC Thursday dinner: 2002 Dom, 1995 Krug and 2005 Cristal.
Way too young to show well, but I don’t usually like Dom until it hits 25 or 30 years old. One or two said not enough acidity to age well but I think this will turn into a fine Dom. In 10 years.
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3/23/2018 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wow. Really nice, but the downside of bringing a bottle to a wine dinner with friends is when you realize it's almost too good to share.
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3/17/2018 - tbabes wrote: 94 Points
A light gold color, looked quite young. Notes of fresh green apple, cut flowers, with hints of croissant and crushed stone. Medium bodied, with a creamy texture that still managed to have structure; good balance and depth. I suspect well stored bottles will improve for another two decades!
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3/10/2018 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:
Dinner for Blair Walter at Noble Rot (Noble Rot, Wellington, NZ): Light gold. Small bead. Good mousse. Mandarins, yellow spices, pears and lemon rhind on the nose, with a note of bonfire. A little oak on the bouquet, with some almond croissant autolysis also present. In the mouth, opulent and creamy, with mandarins and tangelos, poached pears, smoke and some burnt butterscotch. Round and appropriately oxidised. On the reveal, surprisingly evolved and available for a 2002. At least for this bottle, there now for drinking. Very much in the Dom Perignon house style. Very good.
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2/15/2018 - Kingdoberman wrote: 96 Points
Excellent Dom, very smooth, lots of candied lemon, a little short on the fizz. drank with a medium rare beef tenderloin and was a great compliment
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2/14/2018 - ducster72 Likes this wine: 96 Points
It was all that and then some for Valentine's day. Great champagne. Full and round but not the least bit heavy or tiring. With homemade fried chicken, with which it was a great, if not classic, pairing.
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2/8/2018 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Haut Brion Vertical -1998 to 2009 (The Grill Room at the Rosewood DC): Lucky to drink this again only two weeks apart. Absolutely brilliant showing consistent with the last bottle. Perfectly mature yet youthful and vibrant nose displaying candied lemon, baked apple, granny smith, white flower, ginger and crushed rock. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered decadent yellow fruit, bright acidity, strong mineral presence and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. Once again, there is a hint of bitterness that still needs to be resolved. The 02 Dom has reached its youthful peak. Excellent showing.
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2/4/2018 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Semiblind Tasting of 17 Champagnes from the great vintage 2002
I mixed it up with the Orpale. Discreet shell of the oyster, not so much toast as usual. For me DP is good but not the best expression of the vintage 2002. I missed the typical creamy aspects of this icon. 93-94
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1/26/2018 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Best Dom since 1996, this is in a terrific spot now. Balanced with ripe pear, mineral, and slight honey finish. Highly recommended.
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1/26/2018 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Sine Qua Non dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): It is a pleasure to see that the 02 Dom is fulfilling the initial promise. Upon release, this was very rich yet perfectly precise. From 2012 to 2016, most of the bottles showed very ripe fruit expression, turning from white to yellow. It was finally entering the second stage of development last year. This is the first bottle that expresses the full glory of a perfectly mature yet energetic Dom. Absolutely gorgeous nose displaying decadent yellow fruit, sugar coated lemon peels, acacia flower, fresh apple juice, tarte tatin, ginger and limestone. Excellent concentration, densely layered decadent yellow fruit, very fine generous mousse, creamy, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long decadent yellow fruit and cinnamon driven finish. There is a hint of bitterness from Pinot that is still not fully resolved. It reminds me how the 96 Salon and Krug suddenly transformed in the past couple of years, gaining warm and decadent yellow fruit while retaining the precision and energy. For my palate, this can further develop for a couple more decades becoming like the 90.
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1/19/2018 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
A16 Pizza, Sideways, & Some Fine Wines (Chez Dalluge, MN): I don't know who's bright idea it was to open '02 Dom after a gazillion pinots, but damn, it was genius - thanks Dave for opening this gem. Ok, where to start, it's '02, it's Dom, do you really need anything more. Fine, this is aromatic, gorgeous fine bead and creamy mousse, power and sophistication, toast, fresh baked bread, pear, intensity, brilliant minerality, impeccably balanced. Thank you sire, may I have another... and another...oh for pete's sake, just back up the truck. A wine I continue to adore.
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1/16/2018 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
Instantaneous smile on our face! This is what this wine did once again. This is now and very consistently with our earlier notes over the last year ( Papies 93-96) just a beautiful bottle. yes it can age for many years but the joy of it now will make us for sure open more and more of this sooner than later.
Our previous note holds "Lively and vibrant, more citrus, mineral than toasty or rich. Firm, focussed and had a feeling of laser beam precission"
95 and drink at will!
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1/14/2018 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Getting lovelier each year. My second favorite DP for the past 2 decades or so after the wonderful 1996. Greenish yellow color, on the nose showing a bit of secondary aromas of brioche, green apples, apricots, citrus, and some stone. Beautiful balance and vivaciousness. On the palate very gratifying to the senses. Very elegant but not lacking in power. More complexity to come with bottle age.
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1/3/2018 - gbanks wrote:
An amazing wine, with all the richness of a GC white burg. Secondary notes just starting to come thru, and still feeling quite young overall; better after sitting open for a little while. Aromatic, luscious, lovely.
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1/1/2018 - mrmikemtr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Biscuit, apples, lemon. Great nose. Precision on the palate. Pop and pour.
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1/1/2018 - Oskiwawa wrote: 94 Points
Popped and poured. Drank immediately after a 2004 Pol Roger Winston Churchill. Fantastic contrast in style while each was in itself were clearly fantastic wines. Very classic DP profile of lemon and bread dough while being backed up with very good acidity. Every time I drink this wine the word " precise " comes to mind. This should drink well for many years to come.
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12/25/2017 - kingkanu wrote:
This feels like it’s just starting to show the pleasures to come, but wasn’t the most expressive, it was a stylish drink, but I wouldn’t open another some a few more years yet as it’s fairly tightly wound
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12/24/2017 - MdeCarabas Likes this wine: 97 Points
Drank while making Christmas Eve dinner 🎄
Balanced and elegant
Apples, faint honey, citrus, dried floral/hay element/juniper
and lemon pips on finish
Long finish
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12/23/2017 - grapenomad wrote: 95 Points
Last year at this time, I was studying for the hardest exam of my WSET studies and wondering what the fuck am I doing with my life. This year I'm still doing the latter, but in a bit more ritzy style. After tasting the 1990 (birth year Champagne, yay), 2002 was the second DP to follow up on the mind blowing. Not that aromatic as I remember the '90 - more on subtle notes of buttered toast, ripe Honeycrisp apple, lemon zest and vanilla stick. Excitingly fresh with probably the most refined mousse I have ever tasted in any beverage. The balance of acidity and alcohol is hazardous, making you want to gulp down a 170 euro bottle of wine like it was your grandmother's rose syrup. May we live and prosper to drink more of both.
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12/20/2017 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Gina's Birthday Dinner (Kai Garden, Marina Square): Good stuff - this is coming along very nicely indeed. The nose was a very attractive melange of fresh red apples, florals, toasty almonds and buttery brioche. The palate was eminently drinkable, with fresh acidity and really fine, lacy mousse woven through delicious flavours of red apple, cream and white flowers, and then a nice little hint of lemon zest and minerality at the finish. A bit soft and advanced, but certainly yummy. I do not think it will the longest lived DP, but it will give a lot of pleasure over the next decade.
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12/15/2017 - Wardyn Likes this wine: 94 Points
Unstated power, finesse, elegance with lots of depth. Fine acidity, gentle mousse, lemon curb. Flavors are well balanced, harmonious and precise. Very long mineralic finish. Very drinkable and delicious. Bottle disappeared too soon and I wished I had more to contemplate.
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11/25/2017 - AV2012 wrote:
Fresh peppermint, but unlike some other youngish DP I have had, this had a superb balance and it seemed very complete. A bit reductive, but it had pleasant sweetish finish.
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11/24/2017 - Zweder wrote: 97 Points
Game dinner with friends: Beautiful and expressive bouquet with smoke and some rustic impressions, truffle, oak and finesse. On the palate autumn forest, truffle again, beautiful acidity and length, A touch of pleasant sweetness. Great length and complexity. This is superb now! I wrote down 97/98, but I will put 97 in CT, so I have an even better score for the next time I taste this wine ;-)
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11/18/2017 - tinybubbles wrote: 92 Points
Ripe, soft and approachable. Ripe apple, but little else at this point of particular note or interest. Still needs more time. 92-93
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11/10/2017 - Stam wrote: 94 Points
Still young. Young but good. Very good. Gunpowder, apples & citrus.
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11/8/2017 - RolfT Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pnp. Could have used some time to breathe. Progressing perfectly, but still a few years from entering it optimal drinking window as the typical Dom P perfume still seems a little "green" and unripe to me. The coffee and flinty notes did however start to appear with a little time in the glass.
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11/5/2017 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 96 Points
Been awhile since I've had this - 2011, it turns out - and since then it's turned into a really classic Dom. Not the primary fruit bomb it once was, though it still has youthful pineapply fruit with plenty of vibrance, now augmented by some the flinty metal shavings that always mark DP when it gets into character. The profile wasn't totally dissimilar to the '99 Peters we started with but the pixellation here was finer and more high-def. This is still young but in a great, expressive drinking zone. I preferred it to the '04 rose.
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11/4/2017 - jee27 wrote: 98 Points
Pour moi ce fut la plus belle surprise de la soirée. Un grand Champagne qui montre une superbe complexité aromatique, il n'y a rien qui cloche l'équilibre est parfait, c'est frais, riche et vif en bouche. Servi à l'aveugle je m'attendais à un vin plus vieux tellement il dégageait ses arômes sucrées de miel, amandes grillées, etc. 98p
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11/4/2017 - willmark wrote: 92 Points
4th Nov 2017: fresh and youthful even after 15 years! Worthwhile cellaring this champagne all these years!
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11/4/2017 - Rixon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Krut. Bra frukt, hög syra. "Våt trasa". Bra mognadsgrad. Allt finns där. Utmärkt, även om det inte är exakt min personliga kopp té.
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10/27/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Wine Dinner Extravaganza (Mirabelle - Washington, DC): Cross-section of apple aromas and flavors with some lemon peel. Comes across as very Chardonnay-driven. Very fresh, bight, long and powerful. Drinking well now, with upside from here.
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10/27/2017 - BradE wrote:
This bottle was spot on, and drank beautifully.
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10/27/2017 - Stefan75 Likes this wine: 95 Points
definitely of my favorite champagnes, very bold next to the Gosset Celebris 2002 - very interesting to compare the two, both fantastic in their own way!
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10/26/2017 - chablis28 wrote: 96 Points
Same btl as R&Rler & Brad E. Incredible champagne! Balanced, concentrated, energetic and expansive. Crystalline precision! Elegance & class extraordinaire! A head turner and reminder to grab some 08s when those are available!
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10/26/2017 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
A Lot of Older Gems at The Kenwood: A Burgasm & a Few Bordeaux (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. A couple things; one, I don't have nearly enough of this wine; and two, this is just an immaculate, evocative beauty right now with a long life ahead of it. This is a wow wine from the start, of course it pretty much always was. The nose is explosive, brimming with a cornucopia of bakery aromas, yeast, brioche, and toast on top of the almond custard and white floral notes. The palate is at once immensely energetic and powerful, yet still is wonderfully elegant and lifted. This just has that seamless, crystalline character of great Champagne. There is a gorgeous, fine bead, creamy texture and impressive balance and length. 96+ to 97pts.
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10/26/2017 - Pascal Likes this wine: 94 Points
Des bulles fines, un rancio discret vraiment très bon.
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10/26/2017 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Still young but explosive with yellow fruit, with a gentle mousse. Notes of citrus, apples, brioche, toast, honey and nuts. On the palate there are ripe flavors of pear/apple, some nuttiness and the classic flavors of brioche. Full-bodied and dense, powerful with medium+ acidity providing freshness. Very long finish. A very beautiful Dom Perignon but still very young at the moment. Significantly bigger than the Gosset Celebris 2002 next to it.
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10/26/2017 - EMAZurich Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dickere, vollfruchtigere und traubigere Nase als Gosset Celebris Extra Brut. Auch am Gaumen deutlich dicker als Gosset, leicht nussiger, buttriger - mehr Hefeteig. Aber toll und wirklich gross, meine Präferenz liegt aber beim Gosset.
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10/23/2017 - StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 94 Points
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9/21/2017 - europat55 wrote: 91 Points
Nose: A Palate: B+
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8/10/2017 - hajoha wrote: 92 Points
Meget stort potensiale i denne!
Bøttevis med frukt av flott kvalitet, fresh syre og god struktur til å bli noe stort.
Dessverre for ungt å åpne nå i min bok.
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8/4/2017 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
All magnum Produttori dinner at Aromes (Aromes Restaurant, Baltimore): The overall expression is in line with the May and June bottle. Youthful medium expressive nose displaying sweet ripe yellow fruits, lemon curd, granny smith, baking spices, honey and mineral. Excellent concentration, ripe yellow fruit driven palate impression, fine mouse, bright acidity, good mineral expression and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish. It remains youthful but the fruit expression is very ripe at the moment. It is enjoyable but it still needs another decade to reach the peak. I suspect it will develop similar to the 90, very promising. Showing excellent concentration.
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8/1/2017 - dagij Likes this wine: 94 Points
A DP that really starts to show its class. The colour is starting to acquire a deeper shade of yellow, but it it still light and lucid. The bubbles are, as always, ultra-fine and persistent. Intriguing aromas of green apples, lime, white flowers and that hint of honey that comes with age. Round, silky in the mouth, bubbles that are caressing and not aggressive at all, perfect balance between sweetest and acidity, long aftertaste dominated by citrus and honey. A wonderful wine from a top vintage. Close to the summit right now, but will progress well at least five more years. Drunk with a DP 2004 that was extremely younger in the profile, but not as intriguing.
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7/30/2017 - PEKB Likes this wine: 93 Points
Hög kvalitet och alla klassiska toner på plats men inget wow i just denna flaska. Kommer med tid högst sannolikt. Betydligt bättre än 2003 vi provade parallellt som var salt som en Muscadet och betydligt mindre elegant med en nästa kladdig mousse, dålig flaska? Sämre årgång!
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7/20/2017 - Puteljen! wrote: 94 Points
Very classic with brioche, yellow and green apples, fresh oysters and hints of honeysuckle. On the palate very elegant mousse, fresh acidity and quite ripe fruit. Some cream and with time in the glass develops notes of roasted nuts, nougat and orange peel. Seamless and elegant, very classic, like a blueprint for good champagne. Finish is long but perhaps not as long as one could wish for in a wine of this dignity. A great wine, but even so, or perhaps because of it, just a tad uninteresting. Champagne model 1A - I've seen this before. The 2003 we had alongside was objectivly not as good, but in a way far more interesting.
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7/17/2017 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:
Interesting spearmint note on the nose. Vigorous initial mousse softens quickly in the mouth. Crisp, fresh and nicely balanced with a hint of black treacle on the palate giving it a slightly bitter finish. Started to broaden a bit with air but still very tight.
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7/17/2017 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
DP @ Medlar (Medlar, London): As with all the following wines, served in a Riedel Vinum red burgundy glass (didn't do any of the wines many favours). Pale to mid straw. Mute nose initially, rather lost in the glass. Fuller and richer on the palate and more obviously DP. It does it are a while to open up though. All seems to be there but needs time. **(**)
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7/6/2017 - deanmillson wrote: 95 Points
Somewhat pronounced nose of red apple, citrus, flowers and some nuttiness.
The bead is deliciously fine and soft with some biscuit added to the palate along with the citrus and very long finish.
Outstanding with plenty of gas left in the tank.
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6/16/2017 - Papies wrote: 96 Points
3 very consistent and very beautiful bottles on the night.
We worried this would be young but it gave us a magical moment. We recently had a 2002 Cristal that was excellent but this Dom02 had nothing to fear vs that.
Lively and vibrant, more citrus, mineral than toasty or rich. Firm, focussed and had a feeling of laser beam precission. Very giving now and just about in its drinking window but really an amazing bottle. We were planning on ageing these for 20years but really we will start drinking here and there because the evolution of the wine is one to follow. 96-97
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6/10/2017 - mclanew Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful and structured on this tasting. Crushed rocks, flowers, apricots. Great finesse, and layering with still a strong backbone of acidity which should promote long term aging.
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5/13/2017 - Paul Lin wrote: 94 Points
I was apprehensive about taking this bottle to a restaurant because the 2002 has shown a lot of bottle variation. Tonight, however, the wine was really shining. Crisp, precise, and refined notes of green and yellow apples, candied ginger, lemongrass, and crushed sea shells.
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5/10/2017 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Mouton dinner with Philippe Dhalluin and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): I feel that the 02 Dom has entered the second stage of maturity. Very ripe nose displaying lemon curd, apple pie, cinnamon and honey. Excellent concentration, quite dense, ripe yellow fruit driven palate impression, fine mousse, bright acidity, good mineral presence and a medium to long finish. This seems a bit disjoined and awkward. Upon release, this showed an excellent precision. I still believe this will be a great Champagne in another decade.
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5/10/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Casual (Mostly) Italian Wine Dinner with Friends (Ballaro - Highwood IL): Lots of orchard fruit with good+ concentration and weight, very good+ balance. Very good right now.
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5/4/2017 - crazywineguy wrote: flawed
Lemon then strong hint of mouse. Very short finish. Must be corked.
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5/1/2017 - hsacks Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pale yellow color with a fine, lively mousse. Complex aromas of Fuji apples, lemon curd, toast and minerals. Ripe, beautifully balanced fruit in the mouth with great depth and length. Nicely creamy and persistent on the palate. In beginning of its peak drinking period.
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4/30/2017 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
This particular bottle is quite ripe. Medium expressive nose displaying deeply tone yellow fruit, lemon curd, baked apple, cinnamon, honey, white pepper and mineral. Excellent concentration, sweet and dense, medium fine mousse, good acidity and mineral expression, and a medium to long finish. The fruit expression is quite ripe. Perhaps it is entering the second stage of maturity and being a bit awkward. Hoping for a bit more definition.
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4/30/2017 - VDLT Wine Likes this wine:
A powerful, intense and deeply flavored wine with a chalky feel. Fine with smoked salmon
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4/8/2017 - loegaute wrote: 91 Points
Lys gul, lett grønnskjær. Edelt treverk, tent fyrstikk, grønne epler, grillet sjøkreps, moden sitron og kritt. Superelegant. Frisk og nokså slank i munnen, med veldig god konsentrasjon. Bra grep. Legger seg ut en del med luft, men er hele tiden ganske stram. Flott vin, bare litt tidlig. 91-92p.
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3/31/2017 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 92 Points
My Birthday Dinner (Seasons By Olivier E., 3/F, Two Lee Gardens, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong): Golden and rich in colour. Vigorous and persistent bead. Lovely bready, toasted, more-ish, sniffable nose. The palate is deeper and similarly more toasted than in the past with an extremely lemony - especially fresh lemon juice - mid-palate and a Pomelo rind dry finish. Quite heady and resonant. Super. This vintage is still young but is really starting to come into its stride and DP is one of my favourites within the vintage. This had the weight to take a Comte-based amuse bouche and another of roast suckling pig in its stride as well a the Sea-Urchin starter for those with some left in their glass.
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3/15/2017 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
Starting to show very well at this point, excellent concentration, balance, fruit, long and all put together. Valentino premox tasting.
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3/9/2017 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
Deliciously consistent with prior notes
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3/3/2017 - BradE wrote:
I've had the 2002 three times over the last few months. Each time it's left me puzzled, as it isn't showing nearly as well as my previous experiences.
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2/20/2017 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
Floral and citrus profile. Light, elegant and still tight after 3 hours. There is a lot here but feels a bit young - think will improve with age. A nice bottle to celebrate a memorable day for my son. (92+)
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2/14/2017 - Pancreatitis Likes this wine: 92 Points
My first bottle in 6 years.
The lovely struck match reduction is no more.
Initially quite reticent, green apple, mineralite.
After 4 hours open really gets going, elderflower, sea shore, biscuits, passion fruit.
Still incredibly young, the length is really something else, goes on and on.
My main bugbear is that you pop the cork, but it really takes several hours to open up.
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2/10/2017 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tasted the 02, 04 and 06 DP together and the o2 was the clear winner with the 06 the clear number 2 but with some distance between them. the 04 was not impressive.
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1/30/2017 - MWiking wrote: 95 Points
kändes lättare än sist jag provade detta vin, fortfarande grymt & absolt världsklass så klart men jag höll inte på att trilla av pinn som sist.
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1/30/2017 - Frank Schneider wrote: 94 Points
Rich and round ! slightly complex but a bit too sweet for me !
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1/28/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points
A blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay. Glorious. Rich and complex nose, brioche and a hint of honey; very energetic and tightly wound palate, silky mousse, ripe lemon, seamless texture; very good length. Power and finesse. Has developed very well - years ahead of it.
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1/17/2017 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
2002 Burgundy 1er Cru Lunch (Fragrance Teochew Restaurant): Another consistently good Champagne, but this really paled in comparison to the singing bottle of Cristal 2002 we had alongside. By itself though, it was a really nice wine. It started out with a lovely DP nose of toasty bread andd yeast aromas floating around a core of ripe apples and sweet floral scents, all patted down with a gentle whiff of earthiness. A lot more developed and mature a bouquet than on the last bottle of 2002 DP I recall. The palate was really quite delicious, with a lovely balance and poise lent to it by its creamy mousse and gentle acidty. While less fine than the Cristal, there was also a good sense of clarity and purity here along with a lovely depth of flavour its notes of cream and ripe apples moving into a midpalate and finish that had a real sense of depth and bredth. A fantastic Champagne given the fact that they produce about a million bottles of this each vintage. Drinking really well now, but it should continue to show well over the next 5-6 years at least.
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12/31/2016 - thewiz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nyĺrsmiddag hos A+N (A+N, Duvbo): Light yellow colour with a stream of fine bubbles and a wonderful nose showing lovely layers of hazelnuts, minerals, red berries and hint of dried herbs and butter add to the complexity. Palate shows fresh lime fruit and still with lively acidity and a wonderful long finish showing fruit sweetness that last forever. This was a wonderful showing tonight, but needs more time to open up. Best 2017-2032. 93p.
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12/30/2016 - vcc Likes this wine: 99 Points
The 2002 is getting better and better. Hold long and strong. It might become one of the best ever. Very complex, young and fresh. Lemon, pineapple and berry aromas.
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12/26/2016 - drdan8 Likes this wine: 93 Points
This seems to be just approaching its long drinking window; but may easily improve over another decade +. Nice golden green to the flute with medium to aggressive small bead. Well balanced nose of steely elements with brioche, honey, and some marzipan. Good mineral character with a hint of oxidative / yeast notes. Vibrant on the palate with yellow fruit, bread dough, lemon, and tangerine. I think this will score higher with 7-10 years bottle age. Nice offering that paired well with Kumomoto oysters on Christmas.
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12/24/2016 - lepetitchateau wrote: 95 Points
From magnum, this was divine, positively electric.
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12/24/2016 - jlgnml wrote: 94 Points
Great bright color, strong nose and vintage taste, went down too fast.
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12/20/2016 - devraj Likes this wine: 95 Points
Light yellow with small vigorous beads and good mousse. Initially tight that over time reveals a mix of golden delicious and granny smith apples, fresh cut flowers and orange citrus oils. Palate is pure magic- sweet, honeyed ripe greenish-yellow fruits framed with excellent acidity, that comes across as dense & spherical but with great grip and verve. Long, long perfumed finish laden with minerals. Excellent.
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12/15/2016 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
Beat your 2016 WOTY Dinner: Graphite, pear, apple, grapefruit and lemon aromas. Pure and layered on the palate, there is a tinge of sweetness to the fruit which works really well. Great length and carry.
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12/11/2016 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
Piedmont Tasting -- Traditionalists vs Modernists 1998 & 2000: A rich, creamy and simply delicious champagne.
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12/1/2016 - etyc Likes this wine:
This seemed to have "calmed" (gained elegance) down quite a bit since I last had it almost 2-years ago... Single-blind (I knew what this was since I brought it) - this didn't have that much of the toast/oxidative nose/notes as I recalled from my last tasting of it. Now it's more white-flowers, green-apples - very nice! On the palate, the minerality and linearity also seemed to be more apparent, amidst notes of citrus/lemons/green-apples. Grippy and long. Great!
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11/26/2016 - Kurtjo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tight. Didn`t get enough air. Great potensial. With foie gras you got a tin can taste.
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11/26/2016 - hajoha wrote: 92 Points
Ai - her har det reduktive preget fortsatt ikke sluppet taket.
Mye spennende som lurer i bakgrunnen, men de "steely" aromaene styrer showet.
Svær konsentrasjon og bygget på flott fruktkvalitet.
Likevel er det stramt, tilkneppet og uforløst her også.
Lang og stram med skikkelig sting i finishen.
Kommer til å bli steinbra - la den få hvile noen år til.
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11/25/2016 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Nice and crisp. Nose of Apple, hints of tropical fruit. A touch oxidative. Smooth and creamy body. Long finish. Love this vintage.
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11/6/2016 - ggj wrote: 93 Points
Tight and closed
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11/5/2016 - B Quinn Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really lovely, superb example. Lots of burnt orange and zest. One of the better champagnes I have had in recent times and consistent across two bottles.
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10/26/2016 - glou.sf Likes this wine:
Absolutely stunning, best champagne I've had so far.
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10/20/2016 - canan wrote: 95 Points
Lovely definition and plenty of yeast and bread. Lots of acidity and still has a fairly young flavor profile. Will continue to improve.
Great wine!
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10/14/2016 - nsellen wrote: 92 Points
Although a soaked, compacted cork led me to fear the worst, this was in fine condition. Mousse short and fine. Colour clear and light green-yellow. Nose all on the toast, butter, nut and honey end. Palate all that and some actual fruits. Quite a long finish which highlights the extent of the development of this wine.
Because I've enjoyed these in the past they have become freighted with expectations; it met them fully. I'm happy to report this wine lifted my spirits, eased my soul and put me directly in touch with the nicer version of me. Life is good.
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10/9/2016 - vanpe003 wrote:
No detailed notes on this one. Nicely balanced with plenty of life. I wish I had hidden this away.....had it with nachos. Probably not my best pairing ever.
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10/7/2016 - clayfu wrote:
Been a year or so since i've last had an 02 dom. Still has that saline bite on the back end. Fresh and clean. could use a bit more fruit on it. shy like a first date, needs some time.
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9/28/2016 - the player Likes this wine: 91 Points
Seems to be closed for now. Light greenish gold. Lots of yeast and brioche on the nose, citrus and green apples. Lacks a bit of complexity.
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9/12/2016 - sooper65 wrote: 91 Points
not the bestest of bottles.. a tad yeasty, rather than fresh
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8/29/2016 - Tudz Drkl Likes this wine: 92 Points
Creamy bubbles, yeasty, lemon and burnt matchstick nose. Very crisp and cleansing on the palate with a long finish of lemon/lime. Delicious.
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8/14/2016 - brittain wrote: 96 Points
Again excellent, but a long way from peak. Great balance, and very very long
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8/13/2016 - jmoon wrote: 95 Points
Lost some of the punch and tension of its youth ...now gloriously rich and mouth filling. Very fine bead, rich yellow colour, beautiful but now more "vintage champagne" rather than previous rocket ship.
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8/7/2016 - thewiz Likes this wine: 93 Points
(Disgorged in 2010) Lovely light yellow colour with a youthful greenish shimmering and a stream of fine and tiny bubbles. In the beginning there's an explosion on the nose showing minerals, seashells and fudge before the more fruitful notes of apples and flowers take over. This is still very youthful which also is showing in the acidic palate, not in a powerful but with more nuances showing a mixture of juniper, bitter almond and red berries. The finish could feel a bit short, but at the same time show some lovely intensive bittersweet blood grapefruit finish. This cuvée, although very delicate and interesting right now, is in a middle phase right now. The youthfulness is starting to fade away, and the maturity hasn't really evolved yet so I recommend keeping bottles for a couple of years or so before opening again. Best 2022-2042.
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8/3/2016 - StiGGe wrote: 89 Points
Aroma: Light aroma and holds an extremely light touch of the classic musky scent that characterizes Dom Perignon. Very faint notes of liquorice and anis in the background.
Taste: Very bright, slightly Light body with oak tones in the background. Further followed by green apples and a very light musk flavor.
Comment: A nice and easy to drink champagne but unfortunately slightly too young. Should be drunk within 5-7 years.
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7/28/2016 - LWI wrote: 93 Points
BYO Blind Tasting: Blind. As a mouth cleanser between reds and sweets. Initially served too warm, and the small pour when it was chilled made it difficult to judge. Seemed to have quite high dosage, youngish, smooth - yet tight/struxtured, elegant, and very good weight to it. Rating just tentative.
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7/25/2016 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lite för varmt lagrad vilket gjorde att den var mycket mer utvecklad än någon Dompa 2002 jag provat tidigare. Härlig champagne med kolatoner och fin syra. Bådar gott för mina perfekt lagrade flaskor!
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7/13/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
Light gold color. Split the bottle over 2+ hours. Opened this for our anniversary at The Kenwood. We couldn't have been happier. From the second you smelled it, you knew it was special. The nose wafts with a wonderful toasted scent, white flowers, yeast, brioche, white fruits, and more. While the nose can captivate, the palate is where this shines even brighter just oozing with class and character. There's an ultra fine bead with a great creamy texture, lacey really, the same toasted quality with so much depth and power, but not heavy in the least. The fruit is white peach, pear, and lemon, with floral notes, spice cake and excellent acidity. The minerality is woven seamlessly into the entire picture. Wow, very fresh and very long. Really hitting its stride.
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7/11/2016 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points
This bottle showed a creaminess that was not present when I last had this from my cellar. Clearly moving into early maturity, the added texture and depth really complimented the other strong points here, the fine mousse, vibrant acidity. Very little "brioche" and very fresh clean fruit -- white peaches with hints of apple and citrus. Nice texture, balance and finish. This will certainly get even better over the next decade, but is certainly a vibrant, festive and delicious champagne today.
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6/25/2016 - starkravingmad Likes this wine: 96 Points
Group wine tasting - everyone loved this. Served with Caviar
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6/18/2016 - the player Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely Dom. See previous notes. Seems in a closed phase.
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4/23/2016 - GNBB wrote: 94 Points
Golden colour showing some maturity with only a light mousse. Fine nose showing some pineapple, white peach and light honeysuckle. Palate is ripe, round and quite defined with a good zip of acid. White peach clearly showing with good balance though feels it has more integration to come on the palate - lovely biscuit notes. An excellent wine with more get to come (nb feels more like a white wine with a few bubbles than a sparkling wine). Would suggest leaving until 2020 and drinking for another decade thereafter.
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4/15/2016 - Rupert wrote:
At 67PM: full and buttery today, fine bubbles, but not the depth of past bottles
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4/13/2016 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 94 Points
Tropiskt frukt, persika, honung, smör, rostade mandlar. En fyllig, rund och maffig champagne men ända med fin balans och elegans.
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4/13/2016 - andrewdodd86 wrote: 90 Points
Old note, mediocre as usual, lacks complexity and finesse
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4/6/2016 - LW31 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Yum. Dense, big, opulent--almost unwieldy at this stage. Still very young.
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4/2/2016 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 91 Points
En typisk Dompa med allt på rätt plats. Brödig, lite rostad, pigg och fräsch. Inte lika Chardonnaydominerad som vid släpp men fortfarande ung.
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3/14/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
It was built like white Burgundy and had great intensity and precision. There were white peach flavours and some flint and bakery notes. It was fine, long and very classy.
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3/10/2016 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Nose of butter, nuts and yeast. Smooth and opulent body, almost creamy, with nice acidity. Long finish. This is a gorgeous wine.
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3/6/2016 - bengti Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fresh and refreshing nose of citrus, lemon, peach, apricot. This classic floods the mouth cavity with a big structure and a current high level of acidity which should promise good aging. Unusually large bubbles. Flavours of salmon, white truffle, white asparagus and citrus puree. Long graceful finish. A classic.
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2/21/2016 - scott w Likes this wine: 94 Points
Creamy good mousse bread bright fruit but has not moved much since last year, will wait a few more years for the last bottle.
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2/18/2016 - Eclipse1 Likes this wine: 80 Points
Did not expect it to be so youthful. Like a racehorse clearing Beeches Brook with a few feet to spare, vibrant, but there are clear signs of maturity on the nose, delicious. Has the structure, definition and class of all things great, but I enjoyed it now . Hard pushed to decide if I prefer the 2005, for different reasons. Long, long finish.
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2/13/2016 - gejohnston Likes this wine: 95 Points
Absolutely fabulous.
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2/8/2016 - vespa110 wrote: 92 Points
Oro limpido, naso vaniglia, caffè, frutta gialla tropicale, è lui... bocca ricca, generosa, carica di materia e chiusura tostata. Ancora in piena giovinezza.
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2/6/2016 - harrylime Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light colour, not a huge amount of bubbles. Biscuit with citrus notes. Delicate quite exact. Very creamy full and long finish.
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2/5/2016 - kenv wrote:
Gala Dinner at Antonio Galloni's La Festa del Barolo (Four Seasons Restaurant, NYC): He who hesitates is lost. Saved this for last and it was all gone by the time I got there. :(
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2/5/2016 - AMC Eagle wrote: 93 Points
Toasty, honeyish, citrusy, and yeasty with a long minerally finish. Yes, please.
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1/16/2016 - PJRONeill wrote: 92 Points
Great improvement in the three years since my last bottle. Rounding into a wine of real depth. Can't wait to see this in five more years.
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1/1/2016 - Simply Wine Likes this wine: 97 Points
Beautiful Champagne - just terrific at this stage.
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1/1/2016 - mdobro wrote: 92 Points
medium acidity; smells like almond, hazelnut, melon and toast. Champagne finishes medium tastes like pear and limon tart. The wine looks straw colored and has polished texture. Very good DP
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1/1/2016 - Jhcwine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nose - Some brioche. Smoke. Oak.
Palate - Young. Citrus. Reasonably delicate.
Needs time. Needs at least 5 years.
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1/1/2016 - T.E.D. wrote: 90 Points
My first 2002. I found this to be quite singular and one sided. Steely nose with some hints of mineral and stone. Palate was very toasted oak and bread with little counter balance. After finish of alcohol as well which was no to me for Dom. Perhaps going through a dumb phase at the moment but none the less a disappointment.
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12/31/2015 - pepmi wrote: 85 Points
I must say this was a disappointment. I kept trying to grasp for more complexity and nuance within a set of light and ephemeral flavor notes. Faint suggestions of toasted almond and lemon but that's bout it. A thin finish said it all.
It's hard to imagine this lasting another decade. A champagne at third the price would have provided a better experience.
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12/31/2015 - AtoZ wrote:
Almond and pear. Drinking nicely.
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12/29/2015 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drink the 2002 DP in 5 years
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12/19/2015 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 96 Points
Lots of great wines with friends; 12/19/2015-12/20/2015 (E, 4th St.): Amazing how they make so many bottles of this great consistency. Regular bottling. Light gold in color. Lots of tiny bubbles. On the nose, slight toast, some honey, some mango and some ginger. Warm and fuzzy. Just smells good. On the palate, smooth. Great cut. Nice pears and ginger. Long, long finish. Still drinking quite youthfully. Lots of depth. A beautiful wine.
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12/19/2015 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
Champagne - 100 Vintage and NV Champagne; 12/15/2015-12/15/2020: Discrete and complex nose of bakery, minerals, flowers, very elegant and deep. Enters the palate with fine perlage. Excellent length, aromatically refined finish. Great vintage of Dom. 96+
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12/17/2015 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lunch at The Ocean (The Ocean, 3/F, The Pulse, Repulse Bay Beach Road, Hong Kong): Drank as an aperitif and then with the amuse bouche of a fantastic seafood-themed lunch at Ocean. No detailed notes but this has added some weight since I opened a previous bottle of the case 18 months ago but it still retains a lovely ozone freshness and youth. Behind the bubbles is a very serious wine with increasing notes of lightly roasted almonds and hazelnuts and understated brioche and it can only get better with more age. As Lauren Sorokin noted recently, it is amazing how they can achieve such consistent top-table quality with the volume that they produce.
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11/11/2015 - andy_whiteshoes Likes this wine:
Have to admit I don't really get the fuss with champagne. Very good? Yes. Noticeably miles better than things costing a quarter as much? Not really
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11/4/2015 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
2015 Villa dEste Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/3/2015-11/9/2015 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): I have been saying how great the 02 Dom is since the release and my European friends also think this may be one of the greatest DPs. Expressive nose displaying incredible fresh white fruits, fresh lemon juice, granny smith, honey and spicy spices. Exceptional concentration, decadent sweet citrus fruit driven palate impression, fine mousse, bright acidity and lovely long clean finish. Simply delicious but it will improve for a couple decades. Dom ages incredible well and I highly recommend this great Dom.
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11/4/2015 - Marc wrote: 97 Points
Labour Weekend at Pokai Parera (Ekatahuna, New Zealand): A regal wine. Tight, mineral and long. This has perfect proportion and is the essence of the Moet style. Like Mozart to the Pol Roger Cuvee Winston Churchill 2002's Wagner. Just a baby, but this is certainly opening up with time and could continue to grow in stature over the next couple of decades in a cold cellar.
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10/27/2015 - jmoon Likes this wine: 98 Points
Amazing!!! Thrilling, explodes in your mouth, but with rich understated elegance and then evaporates like a ghost. Bubbles feel like pin pricks. Vanilla, lemon bread but restraint, heaven.
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10/24/2015 - Lord Rayas wrote:
Dinner with Peter, Jesse and the Donohughs (Nadaman): very pleasant
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10/17/2015 - LIE-user wrote: 93 Points
Nice DP. Toast, brioche. Nonetheless fresh and fruitful. The nice thing is: Where usually this needs a very opulent carrier to transport this broadness of impressions to your gustatory sensors, the DP 2002 is rather compact and precise.
The only think I did not like about (this bottle?) was the winey taste to it. I would expect the DP2002 to be still in it's youth, but that tone was somehow a big question mark to me.
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10/12/2015 - AWBryce wrote: 93 Points
Very nice, pretty nose, mild apple, bready. Good bead, high acidity, chalkiness on the palate. Very nice.
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10/11/2015 - LandoSalemChainsaw Likes this wine: 95 Points
Nose: lemon lime, pine, vanilla, almond, lemongrass, creamy orange marmalade & honey, unripe honeydew melon, maybe cucumber, strawberry and grape jam, floral, little ammonia French bread (like the thin po-boy bread) bagels, olive salad, pineapple, kiwi,
Palate: Nose smells right, + peach , brioche or pound cake , cinnamon,
white balsamic, Granny Smith apple, golden delicious apple, Bosc pear,
key lime, maybe little meringue, little salty, malty, smokey,
leaves a taste of lemongrass and mint on the finish
Mouthfeel: carbonation feels like cotton candy dissolving
I think the bottle was stored standing up like a trophy because the smokey taste was only in my last glass
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10/4/2015 - AWBryce wrote: 93 Points
Brioche, dom p apple. Clean, good bead, long finish. Very fresh. Excellent.
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9/27/2015 - runandshoot wrote: 99 Points
Delicious! Lost a lot of the baby fat it has at release. Tight bubbles, crisp and creamy texture and a nice slightly acidic attack on the palate as the bubbles do their thing. Some yeast and floral notes as the finish dissipates and I reach for the bottle for more...
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9/27/2015 - Massimo Alessandria wrote: 94 Points
Dompè c'est Dompè!
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9/23/2015 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points
Pale, green color - borderline limpid. Gunpowder smoke so typical of Dom Pérignon in the expressive yet tightly wound nose. Underneath, aromas of green apples, citrus fruits, some ripe yellow fruits and hints of powdered salty liquorice. In the mouth, the first impression is steely and smoky reductive, but quickly the flavors of ripe citrus fruits, brioche toastiness and Granny Smith emerge. Even though it is hard to pinpoint the exact flavors of the wine, the taste seems nuanced and complex. Mouthfeel is quite full despite the obvious acidity, giving the wine a silky and easily approachable character - further emphasized by small, creamy and elegant mousse. Generous aftertaste with flavors of ripe yellow fruits, stony minerality and slight nuttiness. Elegant, complex and long finish.
This wine showcases easily why Dom Pérignon is so acclaimed: it is elegant, complex, balanced and silky. However, it seems so polished it lacks those edges and other characteristics that make grower champagnes so interesting. One still has to take the wine's age into account: this DP of extraordinary vintage is currently so young it is barely capable of showing the potential what it will be in the future. For current consumption, I'd go with something way less expensive - this wine needs 10 more years, minimum. Not worth its price (146,90€) in its current state, but it can be rectified with extended cellaring.
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9/16/2015 - Tartiflette wrote: 90 Points
Tried this one last week and wasn't impressed. So had to try again. Slightly better but no where what I would have expected. Too week mousse and seems out of balance. Maybe it's just at a bad point right now.
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9/4/2015 - Tartiflette wrote: 90 Points
Quite disappointing after reading all these fine reviews. This was definitely drinking very nicely. Almost too nicely and smooth. It just didn't remind me of DP. My wines has recently been moved quite a bit so I am hoping that has something to do with it. Well, I have another 17 bottles so I guess I will find out.
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9/4/2015 - Wine_lvr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Elegant, lots of brioche. Reminded me of Comtes de Champagne. Supporting acidity for lots of future joy...wait another 5-10 years
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9/3/2015 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Lost Thursday Wine Lunch - Blacksalt (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Another bottle supporting my belief that the 02 Doms show a lot of bottle variation at the moment. Unfortunately the nose seems quite subdued. Mostly fresh apple driven nose, a hint of honey and mineral. Polished palate, strangely clean but muted palate impression, btw definitely not slightly corked, good acidity and clean medium finish. I prefer the palate to the nose.
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8/23/2015 - Rani Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted blind. Very fine mousse, fresh nose of white flowers and brioche. Structured, yet with a nice core of fruit. Some flint on the finish. Very fine, and has years to go.
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8/20/2015 - Nanda Likes this wine: 95 Points
Magnum. A wow nose with gorgeous, lifted and complex aromatics. Palate is chiseled with power and precision. Amazing lift and cut - it's a weightless impression. Light biscuit notes with citrus rind and apples. Long, precise finish. As a good as Champagne gets in my book.
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8/13/2015 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
My champagne of the night by a hair. This, for me had a most focus and such power. Stunning wine. Wish I owned it.
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8/13/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
The Godfather Turns Sixty: Go Big or Go Home - Rousseau, Margaux, Lynch, a Trio '02 Champagnes and More! (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Light gold color. Drank a 70ml pour over an hour. Quite interesting in that this didn't seem to carry the same weight that I typically expect from Dom or this vintage. This seemed like it was in a somewhat different place, more weight came on vs the Comtes eventually, but still quite suave and singing with a brighter more citrus driven fruit profile tonight; lime, lemon, grapefruit, kiwi, and something a tad more exotic on the backend. This too was nicely toasted, fuller body, but not heavy, with good acid, and mineral density, yeast, more of that dry extract that leaves you on the finish with great length. Hard to pick a winner between the '02 Dom and the '02 Comte, but I think i favor the elegance of the Comte by a hair. Quite happy to drink either.
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7/29/2015 - OT wrote: 92 Points
Exceptionel, epic, wonderfull glas of champagne. Nice soft bubbles, some toast, green apple, moisty, smell of a green garden after a rainy day...Nicely balanced acid.
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7/13/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Apple and pear with some lemon. good power and concentration, this is very enjoyable right now with fun and rounded textures.
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7/4/2015 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
It could simply be my imagination but it is interesting how the 02 Doms are showing differently from bottle to bottle recently. Opened for a July fourth gathering, this is drinking perfectly in every ways. Very fresh cool delicate white fruits, a hint of lemon zest, apple flesh, honey, sweet spices and mineral. This bottle is unbelievably airy, incredibly fine mousse that is almost creamy, fresh cool white fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and lovely long cool finish. This has evolved incredibly well. Once again I am pleasantly surprised by how ready it shows. This is a great Champagne. Definitely superior to the 02 Salon at less than half of the price. I highly recommend.
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6/28/2015 - pinotlui Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nice brioche and lemon curd. Much more pronounced than two years ago. Opened at Providence.
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6/26/2015 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Game dinner with friends (@ t Jachthuis): Tasted this wine in between two cuvees of Selosse and it is so different. The Selosse so special, complex and exclusive, probably only for Champagne addicts and then this wine; so luxurious and open. For everyone to love. Lush, tasty and full bodied with a smoky bouquet, ripe yellow fruits, mild minerality, lovely and soft acidity and also smoke and beautiful complexity, but in a completely different way. This 2002 is still a baby, but already such a great pleasure and open. What a feast!
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6/26/2015 - Strikermax wrote: 96 Points
Zeer verleidelijke, zwoele champagne. Rokerig, caramel, enorme concentratie en lengte.
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6/26/2015 - Alex H wrote: 89 Points
Spritzy fresh and brioche. Smooth lemony and still crystal clear crystalline finish.
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6/19/2015 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice apples and lemon with some nuts just starting to show up in the background. A typical delicate Dom that allows the flavors to come through the bead.
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6/8/2015 - the player Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent bottle, this DP has evolved since my last tasting two years ago. Golden green, lots of vibrant bubbles, very mineral and fresh nose of honeyed green apples, wet stones and brioche. Excellent weight and richness on the palate, developing a bit of complexity but still a few years from maturing.
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5/23/2015 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
Blind Champagne Tasting: Smoke, lemon and toast aromas - does have layers and complexity. Beautiful mouth-feel, there is richness but there is also excellent depth. Superb.
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5/7/2015 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
Nice and toasty, vibrant with small bubbles, festive and delicious
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4/16/2015 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Purchased at release, this is the first bottle that is showing close to full maturity. No longer showing primary fruits, lemon curd, a hint of golden delicious, honey, sweet spices and mineral. The palate impression is no longer dense, quite airy, creamy, fine mousse, delicate yellow and red fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and lovely clean finish. This has evolved as I predicted. I am somewhat surprised by how ready/mature this bottle is compare to the ones from last year. Beautifully balanced. I highly recommend.
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3/30/2015 - jkoenen wrote: 95 Points
Gorgeous and complete. A real benchmark.
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3/25/2015 - dcwino wrote: flawed
2002 Champagne and Burgundy dinner with Eric (Chez Billy Sud - Washington DC): Mildly corked.
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3/14/2015 - winetastingnote Likes this wine: 100 Points
Stunning. Acidity, minerality, notes of honeysuckle, white peach, freshly cut grass, and a hint of salinity. Long finish, just perfect.
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3/11/2015 - RayOB wrote: 94 Points
Drank at Davy's
This bottle was completely open with a wonderful array of brioche and green fruits. Lovely
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3/11/2015 - Harry Cantrell Likes this wine: 94 Points
Gold yellow. Fine bubbles. Nose of bready yeast and citrus fruits. Taste similar with long aftertaste. Delish
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2/15/2015 - Edouard84 wrote: 90 Points
Very disappointed.
First time I tasted a Dom Pérignon, and I expected much more from it.
Yes it's good, but not more than the typical NV cuvée from a great Champagne house. Not much personality, completely overpriced, I'll stick to Krug, Selosse or Philipponnat.
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1/14/2015 - Dbrane wrote:
Austere. Quite tight actually. Lean, acidic, sharp. Fine. More aging required.
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1/14/2015 - etyc Likes this wine:
Dinner with the guys (Hakumai @ International Plaza): This came across as "more feminine" than the '05 Philipponat CDG. Some white flowers and that familiar "oxidative" Dom-styled nose. Palate-wise, the fruit also appeared to be of a lighter shade then the Philipponat. Very fine, with nice minerality, grip and length. Should be able to keep for quite a while...
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1/1/2015 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
From a beatiful magnum.
This is definitely developing nicely, starting to show a fuller and more approachable side. Rich, ripe and creamy this is on the way to greatness. 93 for the moment.
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12/27/2014 - vespasian wrote:
Very taut and precise. Young but very dry crisp and refreshing. Great potential.
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12/25/2014 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lemon and tangerine citrus with some green apple with hints of chalk and low yeast (which I prefer). A full bodied champagne.
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12/21/2014 - camben Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dry with loads of life left. Grapefruit with marmalade. Ginger and pear
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12/19/2014 - Troon wrote: 94 Points
I am not an expert in the style, but I thought this was a very lovely Champagne. It certainly evolved over the course of the evening. It was balanced and elegant with a long finish. I definitely got the yeast notes, but they were not as in your face as I have experienced in other Champagnes.
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12/11/2014 - pigdaddy wrote: 92 Points
brilliant platinum w/persistent mousse; too cold to start, so aromatics & flavors muted; becoming citric & minerally, subtle toast, very clean & balanced acidity, long & youthful showing, w/positive development likely. (1/6; reasonable value at $118 on release.)
sourdough crostini w/mortadella schmear, balsamic syrup, pistachios
1/1/15 just so ON tonight, full & more toasty than previous, but still youthful citric acids. (93)
gruyere & anchovy gougeres; potato blini w/caviar & creme fraiche
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12/8/2014 - pclin wrote: 93 Points
Smooth and sweet, excellent balance, very enjoyable. Had too much wine for lunch, could not remember anything else for this or other wines. lol. (A-)
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12/7/2014 - brunomr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Impressed with how the champagne was changing through the drinking process. Still I think it lacked a bit of aroma intensity for the price you pay.
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12/6/2014 - spatchmo2 wrote: 87 Points
Had this bottle at a blind tasting. Finished 9th out of 9 champagnes and finished 16th out of 16 wines overall. Even after unwrapping and knowing what we were drinking it was clearly outclassed when comparing to others half its price. Fancy bottle good for New Year’s or Weddings. Other than that save your cash.
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11/27/2014 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
The Great Barolo Tasting (Taberna): Very good indeed. 2002 is turning out to be a very quickly maturing vintage. The Dom Pérignon, which is probably the 2002 that we have had the most of, is a case in point. The last bottle we drank was already noticeably advanced, but this was even more so. It had a creamy, buttery brioche nose, with white fruited aromas flecked with little floral hint and a little mineral undertone hiding underneath. The palate had a lovely roundness to it that made it drink like a much older Champagne, showing sweet red apple flavours with a little honeyed kiss. The mousse was starting to mellow, but this was still driven by little rivulets of fresh acidity, so that it was lively all the way into a decently long, if not exactly great finish, with lemon zest and gentle mineral and spice notes fanning out on the tail. Very delicious, and starting to drink precociously well. On reflection, and taking into the speed of maturation, I am not sure this has all that much room to improve over the very long, but it is yummy and it will develop quite nicely over the next few years.
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11/27/2014 - Harry Cantrell Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pale gold. Nose of brioche and vanilla, pear. Taste was more pear and citrus, acidity poking through on the end. Will age effortlessly for 10-20 years.
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11/26/2014 - LFCHALA Likes this wine: 95 Points
Elegant. Balanced. No excesses. Great persistence and acidity.Fruity aromas profile. Excellent
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11/24/2014 - reichken wrote: 94 Points
Young, lively , well balanced, more fruits then lemons,long life ahead of it I think
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11/20/2014 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Oops. Shouldn't have opened this one. This is coiled so tightly at the moment, and not giving up very much. There are strong aromas of brioche and smoked almonds -- where'd the fruit go? Insanely steely, with some tart green apple, but that's just about it. There's plenty to give, but the wine is greedily hanging on to it all. Put them away and drink your '00s and '03s in the meantime.
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11/17/2014 - tsverdrup wrote: 90 Points
Medium sized bubbles, bigger than both the Veuve Clicquot and Bollinger.
Completely different odors. Something against cardboard. Powerful much aromas. Green tea? Limestone.
Nice round mouthfeel. Very nice balance between acid and fruit. This is different than the two before, with some more fruit and sweetness in the mouth. It is, however, not as long.
50 + 5 + 11 + 16 + 8 = 90p.
Other wines in this flight, all tasted blind:
1996 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin La Grand Dame (90p)
1997 Bollinger La Grande Annèe (91p)
NV Selosse Substance (93p)
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11/15/2014 - Flavito wrote: 94 Points
Starting to sing!
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11/14/2014 - Shiaxonna wrote: 89 Points
Tasted blind. Lighter on color than the Grand Annee 1997 and La Grande Dame 1996 tasted earlier. Assumed this one was younger than those. Nose is fresh and expressive with sea and salt and a slight barnyard. This one has a hint of an off nose, with some old sweaty gymwear, but very little. Not really very noticeable, just a hint of it. Palate gives me big and powerful bubbles paired with a fresh acidity. A calm and long middle palate with lots of intensity and a slight sweetness. Fruity and long finish. This is a classic and very good wine.
50+5+11+14+9 (89p)
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11/14/2014 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 91 Points
This bottle lacked the punch and depth of prior bottles I've had. Not sure why but it seemed like it was either fading or going into an awkward phase. It also lacked the classic domininant green apple characterisitic of so many Doms, although some was present.
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11/12/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 93 Points
Andrew's and Howard's birthday dinner (Hippopotamus Restaurant, Wellington): Light colour. Much fresher on the nose than the Bollinger, citric, but in an oxidative style. Sweet on entry, the impression of a high dosage, also some sulphur on palate. But this is a youthful, primary wine with brisk acidity. Oxidative and quite sweet across the palate, but with nice minerality on the back. This Champagne, showing clear Dom house style, was complex and very classy, but really needs 10+ years cellar time.
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10/29/2014 - Sundbyberg wrote: 97 Points
This is sensational. Creamy with lots of acid, brioche, nuts, citrus and maybe pears. A very wide and complex palate that will improve further. Drank from a whitewinecup.
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10/28/2014 - BradE wrote:
A magnum over the weekend, and this continues to get better and better. It's really an extraordinary vintage of DP.
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10/19/2014 - lolo66 wrote: 92 Points
tightly wound. mineral infused. steely. lemon rind. rhubarb. would like a touch more fruit, but still an elegant drink.
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10/12/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Sunday Night Sine Qua Non Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Lots of apple and pear with Meyer lemon hints, all with very good concentration. Seems the youngest in the flight of 02/03/04, also showing the greatest Chardonnay character.
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10/11/2014 - MWiking Likes this wine: 98 Points
This Champagne is just fantastic!
an intensive nose of minerals, toast, toasted barrels, fudge and more stuff,
in the mouth the wine just exploding of tastes, toast, creamy, brilliant minerals, small citrus, crackers, small perfect bubbles. the taste stays forever.
I just stopped thinking when I drank this wine and poured me a second and third glass to make sure I wash´t wrong, and I sure, Im in love with DP2002!
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10/10/2014 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Incredible Wines at Private Wine Dinner at Collyer Catering (Westport, CT): We moved onto the Dom next and I loved this the other time I had it. Get some more toast and almond on this nose but also a touch of citrus. The last time I had this is was more creamy, which I prefer in my Champagne, but this was more focused with interesting flavors of slate, mineral and toast. Ended with a beautiful finish. Tows the line between elegance and power.
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9/21/2014 - TEKinsider wrote: 97 Points
(1989 Haut-Brion dinner) This is probably the best bottle of champagne I have ever tasted. The balance, mouthfeel, texture, complexity and medly of fruits were all singing in harmony. Absolutely amazing!!! Note: This was one of the glow in the dark fiber optic bottles.
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9/19/2014 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Strong bead. Color just starting to turn a twinge golden. Granny Smith apple, hints of lemon zest and hazelnut, excellent acidity, a very nice long finish for this full bodied champagne.
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9/18/2014 - mnor wrote:
Doft av krut, bröd och äpplen. Tydlig smak av röda äpplen, inslag av söt citrus och (brynt) smör - Oxiderat!
Denna flaska hade inte alls lika bra syra som föregående flaska som jag drack i våras. Föredrog flaskan i våras! Saknade den syrliga tropiska frukten! Detta är fortfarande en väldigt god champagne, men jag hoppas att de flaskor som jag har kvar har högre syra och åldras bättre än denna flaska.
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9/12/2014 - Neuneuil Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great aperitif Champagne! Fantastic expression of buttery and toasted Chardonnay notes, not unlike great meursaults
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8/20/2014 - Colima74 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Best showing of my 3 bottles. Notes of bread, rich mouthfeel, a hint of lemon. Absolutely delicious on opening, and it got better over the evening. I regret having but one remaining.
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8/17/2014 - OW_SOSPEL Likes this wine: 90 Points
Belle couleur jaune paille avec des reflets verts. Bulles fines et nombreuses.
Joli nez d'agrumes, complété de fruits blancs sur un fond toasté.
Bouche sur les agrumes bien marqués, soutenus par un joli fond acide. Beaux arômes de toasté et beurré.
Merveilleux champagne toutefois en retrait derrière le 1998 et le 2004. Plus vineux que le 2004.
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8/17/2014 - brittain Likes this wine: 96 Points
Star for me of a 5 champagne tasting. As long as the Dom Ruinart, but richer nose and mid palate. Not yet as pronounced with the secondary flavours and, especially, on the nose as the PR 2002, but oh so balanced. Lots to come.
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8/16/2014 - rlysecky Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautifully balanced champagne. Great nose mainly of apples and lemons. I was hoping for more of a bread or biscuit characteristic, but I didn't get that hear. Better than the 2000 I had in the past.
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8/14/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Eclectic Wine Dinner (goosefoot - Chicago IL): Probably the best bottle of this wine I can recall, this is ever-so-slightly starting to soften, while still retaining lots of verve and energy, showcasing great lemon and lemon zest aromas and flavors throughout.
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8/14/2014 - KenK Likes this wine: 93 Points
Large scale,with lots of bright qualities. Still quite primary showing vibrant tension. Wall of pure white fruits and dry extact, spices and a touch of anise makes this quite interesting and just a tad raw. Long live seemingly ahead.
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7/18/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Goodbye Lunch for Izzy (Rosebud Steakhouse - Chicago IL): Exactly the same as another bottle from a week ago. Lots of apple followed by some lemon elements, all with good power and energy.
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7/18/2014 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Friday Lunch (Rosebud Steakhouse - Chicago, IL): Is there more to say about the 2002 DP? Not sure, but here are a few additional thoughts. It still has tons of power, structure and citrus fruit. There's a lot to like here and you have to think this will only continue to get better.
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7/6/2014 - LJT wrote: 92 Points
Excellent bouquet that remained strong until the end. Bread and fruit flavors in the taste. Long aftertaste. Went well wigth salmon, creme fraiche and July 4.
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6/30/2014 - MLR wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful bottle of bubbly that is the consistent quality you expect from this house.
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6/15/2014 - bill00 wrote: 93 Points
Solid as always. Similar notes to previous bottles.
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6/13/2014 - jviz Likes this wine: 93 Points
yeasty, yeasty nose with a very distinctive minerality. Green apple dominated the palate. Such a great pleasure, although I slightly preferred the '99
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5/24/2014 - Tuskeny Raider Likes this wine: 94 Points
Upon opening it took a few minutes to get through a funkiness but after that it was nothing but smoothness. This was very mellow but complex, the acidity wasn't too intense. Nose had nice bouquet of flowers and palate was buttery. This is singing right now and had potential to get a little better, probably another couple of points better.
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5/24/2014 - mnor Likes this wine:
Doft av krut, bröd och äpplen. Bra syra, smak av syrlig ananas, smått omogna gröna äpplen och en lång eftersmak där citrus dominerar. Med värme i glaset så tar smaken av äpplen över mer och mer och med riktigt mycket värme i glaset så är det mogna röda äpplen som dominerar.
Mycket gott redan nu, men kan klart lagras en längre tid. Problemet är väl att det blir svårt att låta bli flaskorna framöver.
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5/17/2014 - Lilja Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great Champagne! Lots of nutty, creamy, buttery notes together with flowers and citrus. Full bodied, fantastic length but with vibrant acidity.
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5/16/2014 - BradE wrote:
Excellent, and a very nice early drinker.
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5/10/2014 - PatrickinKW wrote: 97 Points
Classic! Very complex, couldn't put it down. Starting to sing with notes of dried fruit, nuts, brioche, etc etc. Doms get quite oxidative when they are older and this is showing that perfect middle ground. Open but with lots of acidity and mousse. Highly recommended for that special celebration.
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4/28/2014 - sooper65 wrote: 92 Points
Good fizz, yeah mann
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4/24/2014 - asparagus wrote: 91 Points
Better than the '03! crisp, linear. but not as good a bottle as the one i had previously.
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4/18/2014 - bill00 wrote: 93 Points
Similar notes to bottle a couple of months ago. Lots of lemon cream. Youthful.
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4/16/2014 - BradE wrote:
A gorgeous bottle. 02 DP continues to impress, and this was a crowd favorite.
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3/28/2014 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 93 Points
Initially some yeast but then a lovely nose of strawberrys, flowers, yellow fruit, lime, light toast and some chalk. Feels quite light and fresh: still young. On the palate goood mousse, citrus and rich yellow fruits with sometimes almost tropical notes, but still retaining freshness and vibe thanks to the realtively high acidity. A smooth, almost seamless texture and excellent balance. Finishes long with more citrus and some chalk. Very good with upwards potential.
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3/14/2014 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
100 RP Points plus some extra's (@ Bottles): Beautiful bouquet with yeast, minerals and even some pleasant barnyard impressions. Same on the palate with beautiful acidity and tart citrus. Really great Champagne.
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3/14/2014 - jkoenen wrote: 97 Points
Tasting of 100PP wines (Restaurant Bottles, Sas van Gent): pure, very complex, tension, full of fruit. Fantastic.
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3/10/2014 - Marc wrote: 97 Points
Texas Brisket for good friends - Dom Perignon, Craggy Range (Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand): As fine as Champagne gets - in my experience. This is the essence of the Moet style and is all about balance, equilibrium and intensity. This is like a fine Swiss watch in manufacture and boasts brilliant complexity. Showing some tertiary character for the first time, in my experience. This has always been a knock-out and will continue to be one for the next few decades.
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2/22/2014 - chcook Likes this wine:
From memory. PNP. Great color and flavor. Perfect with egg and caviar dish. Really amazing champagne. Thanks Jeff.
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2/22/2014 - rnellans wrote: 94 Points
First one out of a six pack. Not disappointed. Initially a bit of reduction, but this cleared. Citrus, mineral, complex aromas. Rich on the palate with very good acidity. Lovely stuff.
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2/20/2014 - pakabear Likes this wine: 93 Points
No formal note, truly great balance, not very yeasty as in some other bottling, great fruit and mouth texture. Very nice Champagne.
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2/17/2014 - BradE wrote:
The 02 DP continues to impress, and is really terrific.
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2/16/2014 - bill00 wrote: 93 Points
Young but great. Crisp, structured and minerally. Served alongside '02 Comtes and for today at least the Comtes was preferred for it's openness and depth of fruit. Perhaps that will change with time? 93+
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2/9/2014 - Yme wrote:
Wondered if the bottle was old / stored properly as the cork popped out very easily and hardly any flaring / skirting.
Very strong nose of yeast and biscuits initially before slowly revealing baked apples, citrus, chalk and metallic minerals. The palate had similar flavour profiles with a long length. Lovely.
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2/8/2014 - albrigsr wrote: 94 Points
Drank with Mom Christmas of 2012. Memorable!
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2/3/2014 - Vicmal wrote: 90 Points
Lack acidity, lack brightness, dull. Okay to drink but no excitement.
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1/25/2014 - ilee Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dinner at Beco (Kushiyaki Beco, Hong Kong): I have to say I am not generally a champagne fan but this is something else. At this young age, already very sweet, toasty, ripe, fruity creamy you name it. Hits all the right notes for me I have to say. Oh and nice long finish. I'd like to buy a few bottles and put them away for 20 years, would be a champagne amusement park-worth of bubbly pleasure to drink by then I bet
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1/19/2014 - dogsbrekky wrote: 94 Points
Divine, smooth, toasty, warm... magnificent style
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1/5/2014 - Tairroirist wrote: 90 Points
smoky, flinty, walnut, bitter, acidic, petro, almond, yeasty, leathery, spicy,
definitely has character, but feels a bit forced by the maker to do something the grapes did not want to.
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1/1/2014 - lator wrote: 94 Points
No formal notes. 93-94 points.
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1/1/2014 - Harry Cantrell Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pale yellow, very fine bubbles that lasted the night-very unusual! I see where some added age helped this immensely. Nose all brioche and freshly toasted bread. Mouth shows the underlying acid backbone, but it is much more part of the whole. Taste had hints of lemon and pear. Delish and still an adolescent.
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12/31/2013 - DanielJ wrote: 91 Points
Very good but not great. Took a while to open up. If I had another bottle I'd wait 5 years before opening it. I think there's a good chance it could develop into a great wine.
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12/30/2013 - jrkennedy37 wrote:
Drank alongside:
- 02 Bollinger GA
- 02 Dom Ruinart
- 02 PJ Belle Epoque
- 02 Tait Comtes
- Krug Grand Cuvee
- 04 Grande Dame
- 98 Dom Ruinart
....and it was my favorite of the tasting. It definitely took 2+ hours of air and a bit of warmth to shine. The complexity was unexpected and the balance was impeccable. Looking forward to trying these over the coming years, though absolutely delicious right now!
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12/27/2013 - BBencz Likes this wine: 96 Points
Rich and creamy with a biscuity nose and lemony finish. Had with blini and osetra as a first course on Christmas night. Perfect match with the salty roe.
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12/25/2013 - peterk Likes this wine: 95 Points
Rich and creamy and biscuity and beautiful. Why wait.
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12/25/2013 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 92 Points
Vibrant and enduring beads of small bubbles after a brief mousse. Just starting to take on a medium gold colour. Nose is light yeast, lightly toasted white bread and a lovely whiff of sea breeze. Palate is smooth with warmed fresh-peeled young hazelnuts, brown granary toasted bread, yeast , hazelnuts and sun-dried lemons. Mouthfilling at near room temperature with a lovely refreshing citric acidic cut in the finish and considerable resonance inside the head on the finale. This particular bottle was showing the beginnings of development towards where the 1996 is today. Lovely....never disappoints.
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12/24/2013 - NPBWineGuy wrote: 88 Points
Flavors of citrus and pear, with decent effervescence. A little disappointing, actually. We drank it a little warmer than I would normally, that might have had something to do with it. It went flat quickly.
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12/24/2013 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking stars - I love the 2002
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12/23/2013 - EMichels wrote: 90 Points
Quite middle of the road in the group that night - seemed to be lacking character; Good, just wished there was more distinction
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12/17/2013 - sooper65 wrote: 95 Points
stunning fizz. Biscuity and rich, great vibrancy, near perfect balance.
Yummy
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12/14/2013 - JOsgood wrote:
Delicious once again. Still in a great place and drinking very well. Love this vintage of DP.
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12/13/2013 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 95 Points
I popped the question (she said yes) then popped this open. This is outstanding. Perfect balance. Long finish. This is a medium bodied champagne. My only critique is this is not perfectly weightless. At this price point, dare I say good value!?
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12/10/2013 - BradE wrote:
I had the 2002 DP a number of times over the past weekend, and also have had it around five times during the past six months. It is really growing on me, particularly compared to tastings closer to release. I like it for current drinking, but also love it like all 02's for the long haul. Its definitely worth buying some at the current price point.
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12/2/2013 - punter wrote:
Tight out of the bottle, but began to show after 20 mns glass time - this can be great, but need to wait 3-4 more years before the next bttl - regardless, don't see this hitting its prospectively lofty stride for 5 - 7 years
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12/2/2013 - Krugman wrote: 94 Points
I have never been a huge fan of the Dom Perignon style, but this 2002 is extremely good and has improved dramatically since the last time I had this champagne roughly two and a half years ago. The nose is now much more open and gives off aromas of sweet flowers. The flavors on the palate kept improving over the course of two hours and included red and green apples, salty sea spray, honey, white flowers, biscuits, yeast, toast, and some mild spices. The finish is now much longer than it was in the past and I can tell that there are still some additional layers to this champagne that will continue to reveal themselves with more bottle age. This is a really good Dom Perignon that will continue to improve with time, but is already starting to enter its first drinking window. I would recommend trying this today for anyone who has multiple bottles.
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11/30/2013 - Rubinstein wrote: 93 Points
Very sweet. Chardonnay cleraly pops up. Not quite ready yet. Still not ready
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11/21/2013 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:
Even lighter yellow than the 98 as one would expect. However, already showing far more. Noticeably more PN in the blend than the 98. Amazing depth. Genuinely showing like a grand cru white burg! Fizzy Corton Charlemagne in fact! My first time with the 02. Delighted I bought lots.
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11/21/2013 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
Dom Perignon @ Medlar: Pale straw. A little reductive on the nose. Similar freshness to the 98 but without the puppy fat that's developed. A squeeze of lemon here. Mineral and still a little reductive. All in place, but for current enjoyment **(**)
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11/18/2013 - Revenga Likes this wine: 96 Points
Aperitif. Very fresh. Small bubbles. Lemon biscuit. Smooth acidity. Beautiful. Will accumulate.
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10/19/2013 - ckinv368 Likes this wine: 95 Points
CT Offline VI--San Antonio Edition (San Antonio, TX): Sweet, smooth, lots of wildflowers, with honeysuckle, and honey notes. Less acidic and less citrus notes than the 2000. Extremely smooth, approachable, just a hint of yeast and toast. Best Dom tasted out of the '00, '02, and '03 this weekend. Absolutely fantastic effort!
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10/19/2013 - GalvezGuy wrote: 94 Points
CT Texas VI - Return to San Antonio; 10/18/2013-10/19/2013 (San Antonio): Great nose of citrus, light toast, and sea air. On the rich, yet focused with lemon curd, green apple, pear, and quince. Linear focused finish with sharp acidity. Already great, this will be one to try again in a few years. Strong buy recommendation at current prices.
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10/12/2013 - RayOB wrote: 91 Points
Drank at home
I little bit more closed than previous examples
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9/22/2013 - dinan Likes this wine: 85 Points
Mildly green hint to the yellow colour with large and copious bubbles, nose was mildly bready and green fruit. Palate dry but with a bit of fruit sweetness taking edge of the dryness. Acidity, alcohol all balanced with a pleasing reasonably long finish with no aftertaste - very quaffable with spicy apertif.
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9/7/2013 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Very sweet ripe fruits, yellow fruits, honey, apple, acacia flower, sweet spices and mineral. Start to show sweet fruits but still fresh. Fine mousse, dense sweet fruits, mice mineral expression and bright acidity. It is developing nicely.
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9/7/2013 - Eric wrote: 96 Points
Wow, simply stellar. A very full, rich and easy vintage of Dom that reminds me a great deal of the 1996. Unusually toasty and bready and, well, easy. Approachable and round and vinous. Where Dom is usually edgy, a little creamy and fairly citric, this was expansive, complex and incredibly approachable. Truly delicious.
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9/6/2013 - svdheijden wrote: 92 Points
Fortunate enough to taste two vintages of Dom Perignon with one week. This DP 2002 is no match for the perfect 1990 from magnum, but is still a quintessential DP, with the exciting tension between the complex fruity nose and citrus-freshness, acidity and lightness on the palate. Still very young, even after 11 years...
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8/31/2013 - olalar wrote: 96 Points
Very closed upon opening. After about 1h the wine opened up and displayed lovely concentration with lots of fruit and perfect acidity. This seems to require a few additional years of wait.
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8/23/2013 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
R, B, H, B @ Harwood Arms (Harwood Arms, London): Slightly reductive nose, but starting to open up. Glasses a bit narrow to do this justice. Still quite tightly wound on the palate. Quite yeasty. Silky smooth. Very fine stream of bubbles and mousse. Lots of precision. ****
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8/17/2013 - Neurowine1 wrote: 93 Points
Out on the patio at Fish in Sausalito on a hot sunny afternoon. A bit overwhelmed by the fried food and the ceviche and the sun and the crowd, but this remains a high water mark for brut champagne. The nose is ridiculously beautiful. In the mouth, more yellow fruit today than the last bottle. Persistent finish. Simply unfair how quick a bottle like this is empty. Happy to have most of the case to work through over the next decade.
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8/10/2013 - mwneil Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wonderful wine. Complex with a terrific finish. Bubbles exploding in the glass - fun to watch. A big Champagne with a ton of flavor. Is it worth the price??? Loved the wine. I have a feeling that it will be better but much different in another 10 years. As it is the wine is 11 years old and tastes fresh.
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8/10/2013 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 95 Points
Medium yellow with a gentle mousse. Complex nose of citrus, apples, brioche, toast, honey and nuts. On the palate there are ripe flavors of pear/apple and again a certain nuttiness and the classic vintage champagne flavors of brioche. Medium-full body with medium+ acidity providing freshness. Very long finish. A very beautiful Dom Perignon but still very young at the moment. It will probably get even better with additional complexity through bottle-age.
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8/7/2013 - AtoZ wrote: 92 Points
Drinking elegantly. Nose rather closed. Hold 4 years. Cheese was almost too much for it.
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8/3/2013 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 91 Points
Opened one hour before serving.
The 2002 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon is medium yellow in colour with a gentle mousse. on the nose, expressive ripe pears, fresh green apples colour the bouquet alongside honey and nuttiness (hazelnut?). Upon entry, there's an initial sweetness just to entice one before quickly allowing the fruit flavours (of ripe pears, apples, apricots) to enter and finally ending with another round of gentle sweetness. The acidity was quick to step in for a clean cut finish. A very playful palate indeed. Well structured and refined, many years ahead ..
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7/31/2013 - MatthewF wrote:
Birthday Celebration (Grace Restaurant, Chicago IL): Identical to the bottle opened a few days ago. A delicious mix of lemon peel, red apple, brioche and minerality. Lots of energy. A great vintage for Dom Perignon.
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7/26/2013 - MatthewF wrote:
Fairly tight upon first opening and after 20 minutes or so it began to soften up some. Notes of lemon peel, red apple, oyster shell and slightly toasted brioche. Lots of focus and intensity on the palate. Fine bubbles with great acidity. Medium bodied, with a long, energetic finish. A really great Dom Perignon.
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7/24/2013 - hawkeye54 wrote: 95 Points
Popped to celebrate the first day home with our new twin babies! This a brute of a champagne right now. I enjoyed the full, fruity palate. Improved with air time and a little warm up.
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7/22/2013 - redwhiteandrich wrote: 93 Points
I wish i could cellar these but temptation is too much. Tight upon popping but ended up opening up with about an hour.
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7/15/2013 - vintage1949 Likes this wine: 92 Points
I must admit I am a Deutz fan if the bottle has been cellared for about five years. Don't get me wrong I like Dom Perignon but my tastes veer to the less crisp deep dough aspects. That being said this bottle showed wonderful crisp biscuit both on the nose and palate. Flavors were laser clean through the finish. Of course my guests just loved it-so I am in the minority–and will be getting more.
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7/7/2013 - edub7 wrote: 94 Points
Way young. Starts to unfold as it warms up a bit and with some air in the glass. Real fine mousse, plenty of co2. Signature dryness and elegant style. Subtle. Don't touch for another 5 years and hold for another 1-2 decades.
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7/6/2013 - garambler wrote: 94 Points
We had this with a birthday dinner (both as an aperitief and with the meal) on 7/6/13. It had a rich, ripe, powerful bouquet of orange peel, spice, chamomile, biscuit and pear aromas. The palate was powerful, elegant, crisp, tart and dry with flavors of orange, spice, pear and chalky minerals…spectacular.
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7/5/2013 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Beautifully coming together. It is easier to note the impressive concentration and opulent ripe fruit. I highly recommend to cellar as much of the 02 as possible.
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7/1/2013 - Fuzzy Squash wrote: 94 Points
Drank to celebrate Chia Chi getting a job?
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6/22/2013 - Butty wrote: 92 Points
Clearly a classy champagne, complex nose of citrus, white flowers and crisp fresh apples. The first hints of secondary complexity coming through but a feeling of restraint. This has a lovely structure and a weighty mouth-feel but still is wound up and tight. Very nice but a way to go - rating reflects current drinking, potential much better. Wait 2 years!
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6/8/2013 - bladerunner Likes this wine: 96 Points
RP 96. The 2002 Dom Perignon is at first intensely floral, with perfumed jasmine that dominates the bouquet. With time in the glass the wine gains richness as the flavors turn decidedly riper and almost tropical. Ripe apricots, passion fruit and peaches emerge from this flashy, opulent Dom Perignon. The wine's volume makes it approachable today, but readers in search of more complexity will want to cellar this for at least a few years to allow for some of the baby fat to drop off. Geoffroy describes the vintage as very ripe and adds that some of the Chardonnay showed the ill-effects of the hot growing season in it the somewhat burned, dehydrated fruit that came in that year. This bottle was disgorged in July, 2009. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2032
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6/2/2013 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
This is the best bottle of Dom Perignon I've ever had (not rose). I recently had the '98 Krug and I believe this is just as good, potentially better than that. It is harmonious in every way. Light straw color with brilliant, lively bubbles. Fantastic precision and weight and crisp, focused texture from every angle. Simply wow over and over. Excellent.
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6/1/2013 - grapist wrote: 94 Points
Crisp, but just a tiny bit creamy. Lots of tiny bubbles. Perfect degree of dosage to my taste.
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5/22/2013 - Charlie Carnes wrote:
Drank this in the cold cellar with Julie. What a great wine.
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5/17/2013 - Miceri Likes this wine: 90 Points
Slightly closed down, quiet, nice bready tones but not really shining
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5/15/2013 - canan wrote: 95 Points
BYO (My tasting @ Michaels place): Great stuff and performing really well.
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5/8/2013 - 64 Squares Likes this wine: 96 Points
Not usually a big fan of DP as it's usually too chalky tasting for my palate, but the 2002 is HUGE! Wonderful balance and crispness, the mouthfeel was exquisite! I'm thinking of buying a case to store.
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4/28/2013 - ggj wrote: 93 Points
Tight tight all night. Needs a lot more time
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4/20/2013 - Marc wrote: 95 Points
50/70 Celebration for Marc and Bud (Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand): Perfect balance, immaculate poise - a subtle wine whose power and authority become apparent as one drinks the glass. For its house style - just brilliant. A great Dom Perignon. This will age for years.
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4/6/2013 - kstoddard wrote: flawed
Off bottle
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3/12/2013 - Marcyrillo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Confraria - Champagne (Huto): Excelente. Oaky.
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3/12/2013 - LFCHALA wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful as always. However, it was overshadowed by Krug and 1998 Taittinger. The evaluation of the tasters ranged from 92-93 points. My assessment was 92 points. Drink in the Huto, a Japanese restaurant in São Paulo - Brazil.
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3/11/2013 - MarcelloW wrote: 93 Points
Nice, but too young...needs probably 5 more years of cellaring to really open up and develop its potential...i will keep the hands of my remaining bottles...
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3/5/2013 - yofog wrote: 94 Points
Serious nose, ultra elegant and full of crisp, clean, serious fruit, very young. The palate is super-fine but tight as a drum. Good to drink but I'd rather age it.
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2/28/2013 - dansamsoe Does not like this wine:
This is disappointing. Very boring and almost flat. The bottle wasn't flawed in any way. It is simply not a very good champagne. Plus the dosage pokes through.
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2/15/2013 - Neurowine1 wrote: 95 Points
Say what you will about DP, but this wine is just brilliant. So fresh, deep and layered, but incredibly elegant. Toasty bread, citrus, stone fruits, honeysuckle... Amazing mouthfeel and the finish went on and on. I could probably drink no other brut for the rest of my life but the 02 Dom and be contented.
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2/14/2013 - tantotinto wrote: 95 Points
I lack the eloquence to do justice to this bottle. My wife and I shared it matched with grilled lobster tails on Valentine's Day. It was superb on its own and with the lobster.
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2/11/2013 - darren81 wrote: 91 Points
8/10 - Refer to prior note
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1/26/2013 - memphishusky Likes this wine:
Really smooth with great flavors of nutmeg and golden apple and peach.
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1/22/2013 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Another great bottle. Great complexity, and length.
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1/22/2013 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
A bit of toasty oak on the nose. Some floral aromas, but otherwise a very Chablis-like nose, with a bit of chalkiness and a little hit of stewed apples. On the palate, there is a tone of apple pie (baked with an almond-flour crust) complemented with light bosc pear flavours. Very pretty, if a tad demure; like the girl next door in the checkered light blue dress. Let her grow up before making a move.
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1/18/2013 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
1990 Bordeaux dinner with Latour, Beausejour Duffau, Montrose and etc (Capital Grille Tysons, VA): This is the most opened example, honey, yellow fruits, lemon curd, apple tart, brioche and seashell. Round and sweet palate, excellent concentration and good acidity. Very enjoyable but definitely more advanced.
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1/14/2013 - tr09 wrote: flawed
well, I've always preferred opulent Bolly/Krug styles, but DP has never disappointed me quite like this. no nose at all, bitter melon skin palate, so little fruit but also none of the DP elegant toasty subtlety. The sulphurous/burnt rubber notes are very unpleasant, I hope they will evolve away into something interesting. Really hope this was bad bottle, because we got little pleasure from this, although nothing obviously off to call a flaw. no score anyway. I should rate it 80, but just can't bring myself to until I give it a chance by tasting again. I have 5 more, drink another now and see, or just wait 5 years and hope?
edit: marked as flawed because I don't believe this bottle is representative, and in a restaurant I'd have sent it back.
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1/13/2013 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
HM's Bruno Clair SLB 1er Cru La Dominode Vertical + Other Gems (Absinthe, Boat Quay): Excellent as always, I liked this a little more than the 2000 Henri Giraud Fut de Chene that we had alongside. Although amongst the more developed bottles of 2002 DP that I have had, this clearly had a fresher nose than the Giraud, with nice little wafts of exotic spice and bready notes of brioche and cream floating around a fruitier core of apples and pears, with a good touch of earthiness trailing on behind – a very assertive, expressive bouquet, quite different from some previous bottles. I liked it. The palate was very good indeed, with a nice depth to its rather straightforward, but powerful flavours of apples and lemons, wed to a solid, minerally spine. Very clean cut, very focused, all the way into a long, mouth-clinging finish where some sprinkles of exotic spice emerged again. Really nice stuff – still tremendously young, but I like the way these have been growing in the bottle. While quite pleasurable now, I will be keeping my own bottles for a good 6-7 more years at very least.
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1/10/2013 - jc-mmb wrote: 92 Points
non blind to me. consistent with previous bottles and notes. overall nice but nowhere classic. again nice fruit, some yeastiness and brioche. but the acid and lemon bite dominate. unbalanced - ? still too young. finish with big palate cleansing acid and nicer fruit on the finish.
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1/9/2013 - UTPK wrote:
Had the Dom Perignon 2002 and Taittinger Comte de Champagne 2002 side by side. The DP was more toasty on the nose and broader and wilder on the palate with a pronounced acidity poking through in the finish. There was also some bitterness on the back palate. The Comte was absolutely fabulous and the better wine. More "winey" on the nose, like a young Meursault, and the way it sat on the palate was one of total harmony. It just didn't have any hard edges, even at this early stage. The fruit is broad and multilayered, balanced by elegant and well integrated acidity. One of the best young champagnes I have tasted!
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1/3/2013 - Colima74 wrote: 90 Points
This was one of those so-so bottles. Good yeastiness and body. Maybe it's too young, but it never really blossomed to meet expectations.
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1/3/2013 - PC73 wrote:
This was very fizzy and still tight. picked up lots of acidity on the nose and palate.
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1/3/2013 - wpd wrote: 93 Points
Excellent. Should drink this every day.
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1/1/2013 - Ilikadajuice wrote: 95 Points
Fantastic and much more accessible than a year ago.
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12/31/2012 - neilemc Likes this wine: 97 Points
Impossibly bubbly with buttery scents of peaches and pears. Still young and tight but the pedigree shines thru: stone fruits, citrus, pears and apples, crisp minerality, floral notes, and incredible length. Needs 5 to 10 years to blossom completely but already it oozes perfection. Best champagne I've had.
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12/29/2012 - peterk Likes this wine: 95 Points
Rich and creamy and beautiful - still a baby and can only get better. I keep on coming back to this and have drunk 8 bottles over the last year and a bit. I really should let them lie another 5 years... Impossible!
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12/28/2012 - tplskylrk wrote:
Opened Christmas and just too overbearing zest, minerality, wound tighter than a .... fill in appropriate visual. This is such a baby, why am i drinking these? Good God, what 5 years will do. Anyway, 3 days in the fridge & this fleshed out, unwound to such a monster beautiful white wine. The Champagne just delicious, ful bodied, huge gobbles of fruit, layers of complexity, lingers for minutes. Delicious.
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12/28/2012 - the player Likes this wine: 95 Points
Outstanding as per previous bottles.
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12/27/2012 - Ramberg wrote: 95 Points
My fourth bottle since release.
This Champagne i just marvelous, and I only wish I had more left in my cellar.
The nose is fantastic & intense with creamy minerals, fresh pears and a small hint of white pepper lingering in the back.
On the palate this wine just goes on forever, with a perfect acid vs. fruit balance.
The fruit is creamy, rich & pure.
Still young, but lovely.
Fine bubbles builds a perfect pattern on the surface in the glass.
This will only get better and better with more cellar time, and could even turn out be the Champagne of the vintage (and the decade?)!
I love this Champagne, and again, this is by far the best DP I have ever tried.
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12/25/2012 - JDRFoster wrote: 96 Points
Beautiful and elegant.
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12/24/2012 - DonalOB wrote: 96 Points
Lived up to its promise. Huge yeasty, brioche nose. Quite full in the mouth, more than I remember, and leaves a long mineral finish.
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12/21/2012 - jasonh wrote:
This shows far more structure than the 4 other 02s at the table. This is locked down but shows the power to go a long time. Stay away for at least 10 years.
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12/20/2012 - Schorschi wrote: 95 Points
Wenn schon morgen die Welt untergeht (Maya-Kalender!) wollen wir wenigstens mit Stil dem Ende entgegensaufen, daher heute dieser Champagner. Und gleich mit dem 2. Schluck offenbart er seine Kraft: ein nicht enden wollender Geschmacksstrom im Mund - großes Kino!
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12/18/2012 - LFCHALA Likes this wine: 97 Points
Spectacular. One of the best wines I drank this year. This mystical champagne justified his fame and showed that the 2002 vintage is outstanding.
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12/18/2012 - Chiquard wrote: 94 Points
Élégant, structuré... Sublime !
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12/16/2012 - WetRock wrote:
Sulfury nose and very tight palate. I didn't notice the concentrated fruit I would like to see from this wine even when tight and young. Similar to other tastes of this wine and it makes me wonder about bottle variation yet again. This is either really on even though young and tight or it comes off like a nice fresh sparkling wine or austere styled Champagne like this one. It just had trouble grabbing me.
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12/16/2012 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
10 year retrospective tasting at Conrad's (Conrad Green): Light lemon, brioche, hint of tuna oil; super elegant, very creamy, airy, yet vibrant and structured. Slightly closed, but easily a great wine, even now. 93+
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12/16/2012 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 95 Points
2002 Champagne Tasting (Jan's House): Wonderful showing on this tonight and 2 out of 3 bottles I have sampled have been outstanding. Intense nose of minerals, pear, lemon and apples. The palate is bursting with flavors and they all come together to offer a long finish. Picked up some chalk and dough notes on the finish. This is extremely young and should evolve over a two decades.
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12/15/2012 - EMichels wrote: 91 Points
Solid; A bit wide in the mid-palatte
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12/15/2012 - *Vine* wrote:
Popped and poured. Light gold, fine bead. Upon first pour the pronounced, powerful nose initially shows an array of youthful fruit, with citrus zest, sliced pear and stone fruits. The aromas grow more complex with aeration and the fruit is complimented by lemongrass, subtle almond biscuit, and perhaps even a hint of something more exotic...cardamum? Medium-light body (this particular bottle showing excellent concentration). While the palate at present doesn't show the same level of complexity vis–à–vis the nose, youthful flavors centered on fruit are equally pronounced and, although one-note, show depth and impact. Moderate to moderate-plus acidity. Long close.
Although inconsistent, the 2002 Dom Perignon can be exhilarating to experience, and this bottle was just that.
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12/15/2012 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Top Rated 2002 Champagne Tasting (Jan's Place, St. Paul, MN): Medium gold color. Drank 1 glass over 1hr+. Very fine bubbles. Big nose with lemon chiffon, minerals, earthy, yeast, a bit of smoke, pear, apple. The palate is full bodied and powerful, and crisp, with intense flavors of pear, lemon peel, baked apple pie, and rounding out with a very long finish with oodles of crisp minerality. This developed a tropical edge to the fruit over time that was very nice. This has so much power, but it still carries it through with finesse. Just barely edged by the Vilmart, this was my #4 WOTN. 95pts.
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12/7/2012 - Blake Brown Likes this wine: 93 Points
We had a good bottle thankfully; I`ve found 2 different expressions from this vintage and the one I like came along for this ride; good acidity, some toast, spice, salt, a dash of pepper amidst fine kiwi, orange and lime notes; crisp and refreshing; YES.
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12/5/2012 - sooper65 wrote: 94 Points
Super fresh acidity, elegant, with lovely biscuity character.. Yummy
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12/1/2012 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Only the second time I have had Dom Perignon. This was awesome and was much better than a Krug NV I had a few weeks earlier. Lots of toast and complexity.
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11/25/2012 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Spritzer fresh , lively lemons, touch of almonds. Linear and pointy. Fresher styled
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11/24/2012 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
The ULD (Ultimate Label Drinker's) Dinner (Imperial Treasure, Asia Square): Second bottle in the space of weeks, and while this was not as good as previous showings, it still was pretty much in line with the general excellent experiences I have had with the 2002 DP. Even with half an hour in the decanter, I found this closer to the bottle I had in 2010, shortly after release, than later bottles. This was very nutty on the nose, with hazlenuts and toasted almond aromas, a touch of cream, and then fruitier shades of apples and subtle strawberry scents, with a good streak of earthy minerality running underneath. Really nice, but perhaps deeper set and more reticent than some recent bottles. The palate was tighter too, but still very impressive, with fresh white fruit flavours and a squeeze of finger limes couched in lovely juicy balance and lined with a surprising amount of minerality on the midpalate. Past the wine moved into a fresh strawberry and cream finish sprinkled with a charming touch of spice. An very effortlessly elegant show, but maybe just a step behind the last couple of bottles, with the palate coming across tighter and less expressive. It remains a lovely champagne though, and one that we are drinking far too young - if there were less than the gazillion or so bottles of this on the market, I would really wait for a good 8 to 10 years before drinking these.
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11/22/2012 - PJRONeill wrote: 88 Points
Disappointingly mute in both nose and palate, not a lot going on here and certainly not what I've had in previous bottles. A bit of pepper, citrus and earth on the nose but very faint. No great expression on the palate, unfortunately. A plain jane, whether through storage or an awkward age.
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11/20/2012 - Antti wrote:
On the nose citrus and toasted nuts with perhaps a whiff of sulfites, otherwise slightly muted. Quite round and creamy on the palate, however I felt that the dosage was a bit high and the wine was a little lacking in energy. We'll to see how it develops, perhaps not my cup of tea at the moment.
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11/20/2012 - pjaines wrote:
Hmmmm - a bit so so this one. On initial opening very strong aromas of bread, butter, nuts. I found the palate a touch mute and not really giving me anything over and above a four-square champagne. Hold ....or buy a cheaper champagne.
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11/17/2012 - Vintomas wrote: 93 Points
Dom Pérignon Masterclass with Richard Geoffroy at Decanter Fine Wine Experience (Landmark Hotel, London): Appearance: bright yellow
Nose: toasted notes including toasted hazelnuts, cocoa powder and coffee, yellow fruit, yellow apple, citrus, mineral, flowery with white flowers. More elegant nose than the 2003.
Palate: good concentration, citrus, noticeable minerality, high acidity, some spice mid-palate. Aftertaste with a lot of mineral and citrus notes.
Overall impression: definitely more classical than the 2003, should have more potential, and interestingly enough came across as more fruity (in particular in the nose) compared to when I tried it the time before, a little more than a month earlier. Young, reasonably accessible now. 93+ p.
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11/17/2012 - Ramberg wrote: 94 Points
This is just showing better and better!
Great balance between the lovely fresh exotic fruits, apples, flowers and creamy vanilla, and the fresh and lively acid and minerals.
This is a great vintage overall, and the DP is really one of the great wines from this vintage
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11/17/2012 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Dom Perignon Masterclass, with Richard Geoffroy (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Light golden, glossy and youthful in colour. Lovely mild nose, with exotic fruit, apple notes and very light yeasty notes. The nose needs a bit of time to evolve in the glass. On the palate it is rich, ripe, light creamy. Beautifully balanced and is very intense and even at this young age to potential is visible. We would suggest one awaits a few years as this will just keep getting better and better. 93-94 for the moment but the sky is the limit as it ages.
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11/12/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with Mark Roberson of Goedhuis (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria): I know that there have been whispers abounding that the 2002 Dom is not quite worth its hype, but three bottles in and I still find it to be consistently excellent - for my money the best young DP since the 1996 was released. Once again, this took awhile in the glass to get going, but after half-an-hour or so, we were treated to a very pretty nose, where sweet nuances of vanilla and cream floated out alongside gentle notes of strawberries and red apples, some floral notes, and just a little touch of earth and mineral. Very nice. The palate was unsurprisnigly a tight, but still very pleasing, with lovely lemony flavours swathed in the finest mousse on the attack, a lilt of fresh strawberries and cherries on the midpalate, more creamy notes, and then a nice lick of minerality moving into a sweetly floral finish. A tiny bit of gingery spice emerged with time as well. This had lovely poise and balance wed to a sense of focus and precision. Still a baby, but already a lovely drink. Great pairing with Alaskan crab too. the 2002 may not have the longevity or staying power of either the 1990 or the 1996, but I will be happy drinking this over the next couple of decades.
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11/10/2012 - Barry Rothof wrote: 92 Points
DOM PERIGNON tasting (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Perfect weather just before the harvest compensated for the heavy rains of late august and early september. The harvest began between september 12 and 28. The DP 2002 was released in September 2010. On the nose quite muted. Palet shows beautiful mineral, acidic expression, fresh lemon, white flowers and creamy, good concentration still very elegant, great balance and very precise, enjoyable now but this will likely improve with years. A great wine and a great vintage!
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11/10/2012 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Another great bottle. Impressive balance between dense mousse, and stinging acidity.
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11/7/2012 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Pre WWS 2012 GJE dinner at Devero Ristorante - 85 La Las, 09 DRC VR and etc (Devero hotel - outskirts of Milan): This is perhaps the second and third best bottles, perhaps the best being the first from my cellar. Surprisingly delicate and beautiful mineral expression. Pear and white fruits and mineral. Perfectly precise. Exceptinal.
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11/3/2012 - Lessthanzero wrote: 94 Points
Less tightly wound than previous samples, to the point where I would say downright open. Round and mellow tasty, toasted yeast. A little citrus and tropical fruit on the periphery, but mainly this was just big. In the money.
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11/1/2012 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 96 Points
This is probably the best bottle I have drunk yet. So pure and lovely with a hint of dried cherry and maybe dried stone fruit skins, crisp and infused with mineral
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10/27/2012 - englishman's claret wrote: 93 Points
Opened on my first night of being a home owner! Very happy to have Mike there too. A beautiful bottle. Fine bead. Dry and yeasty. Very good
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10/25/2012 - mwanasheria wrote: 91 Points
Zachys Pre-Auction Dinner (Bar Boulud, NY): From magnum. Floral bouqut. Apricots, passion fruit, some mango, yet very crisp despite the tropical fruit. Nicely balanced.
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10/23/2012 - pakabear wrote: 92 Points
Crazy how this wine changes from bottle to bottle. This was much better than the last bottle I had earlier in the month. Much better balanced, although doesn't have the complexity of better vintages.
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10/23/2012 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Trips visit to DC - Ristorante Tosca (Ristorante Tosca, Washington DC): This seems more open and rounder. Honey, lemon zest, mint, brioche and earth. With air, gets fresher showing pear. Excellent concentration, medium mousse and good acidity. Drinking nicely will improve.
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10/19/2012 - Squirreljam wrote:
Nice, but this bottle, this day, wasn't drinking up to the hype. Very rich but missing the lemon curd notes I usually get in DP, this left me wanting some more acidity to cut through it. Nice finish with an impression of hazlenut. Light and tiny mousse. (side note, after mostly finishing this bottle, we went to a tasting that had the 03 DP and save a taste for a side by side - it confirmed my impression, as I actually preferred the 03 for the more typical acidity)
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10/9/2012 - Charlie Carnes wrote: flawed
Very advanced. Brown and dark in the mouth. Blah!
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10/5/2012 - jeff nowak wrote: 91 Points
good, not great. lacked the punch previous tastes have provided.
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10/5/2012 - petitblanc wrote: 92 Points
CT Wisconsin Offline 2; 10/5/2012-10/6/2012 (Madison, WI): Looking fresh, with ample small bubbles. Loaded with fresh lemon and white flowers, also melon and tropical notes, with the chardonnay speaking very clearly. Yeasty, smoky, flinty DP character also comes through, terrific complexity already, finishing with lipsmacking salty sea spray. A light and elegant package, very young and acidic, even for my palate, enjoyable already but likely to improve for years.
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10/5/2012 - asparagus wrote: 91 Points
drank from magnum, in a club of all places. painfully young, this was not allowed to breathe at all.
nose was amazing. bread, green apple, slight hints of citrus.
was a bit out of sorts taste wise, but after letting it air for 20 min, it got its act together. very good, but not as amazing as what i had been led to believe.
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10/5/2012 - pakabear wrote: 89 Points
Good fruit expression, some yeast and a bit of bitterness. Really about an above average champagne, not up to snuff for Dom p.
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9/22/2012 - bubbachumps wrote: 94 Points
Precise, crisp, clean and full packed wine in a beautiful package. Delicious!
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9/22/2012 - darren81 wrote:
8/10 - Refer to prior note
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9/12/2012 - sooper65 wrote: 95 Points
a REALLY great glass for our wedding day.... no mucking about!!!
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9/9/2012 - Grape Stuff wrote: 94 Points
No formal notes. Drank on our wedding night. Memorable and delicious.
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8/25/2012 - Henman wrote: 88 Points
On the nose a little toast,buttery notes and hints of burned rubber.Dry on the palate, round and smooth, not much fruit left. Slightly bitter finish.
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8/21/2012 - the player wrote: 93 Points
Outstandingly fresh and zippy. See previous notes
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8/20/2012 - Johnny C NYC wrote: 93 Points
Austere yet full-flavored; a masculine vintage; depth is the word. 50/5/13/16/9
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8/19/2012 - oog wrote: 93 Points
This bottle was not stored completely correctly... but was still excellent. Nose: lemon rind, baking notes. Taste: Very nutty on the approach, with a pleasant and moderately long finish of almost a bitter/sour melon. Really nice.
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8/18/2012 - Rogershkg wrote: 94 Points
Very nice champagne. Had it one afternoon with friend. Colour pale straw. Bubbles small. Nose lively fruit. Taste beautiful, develops in the mouth, rounded, not at all sharp. Makes you want to drink champagne all the time!
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8/11/2012 - tbabes wrote: 93 Points
Tasted along side the 1990 Dom Perignon, the 2002 is still painfully young, but oh so promising! Notes of white fruits and crushed rocks, with a hint of fresh baked bread. Great concentration of flavor, impressive depth of flavor, but still young and tight.
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8/6/2012 - Mmark wrote: 91 Points
Very rich in mouth and nose champagne. Though let it breath before enjoying - still too young!!
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8/5/2012 - twelch wrote: 94 Points
Wow this was really spectacular tonight. Still a bit tight as you could tell it was holding back a bit but upon revisiting a somewhat warm glass at the end of the night I now know this is going to be a spectacular wine. Big nose of green apple, peartoast and a ad of yeast which all performed in the mouth as well. Yum
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8/3/2012 - psmith wrote: 91 Points
Consistent with previous notes. Needs time to fatten up at this point.
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7/30/2012 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Pop and pour. Showed more depth and complexity than the other bottles I've had. The brioche and custard tones on the nose were really turned up and were deep and expressive. The palate had some truffle and almond notes to it - just a big ole bakery from the aromas to the palate. Very enjoyable.
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7/29/2012 - robertek wrote: 92 Points
This will get better but is certainly very drinkable now. Easy to spot in a blind tasting.
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7/24/2012 - hennlund wrote:
Frist taste of champagne of this calibre. Light golden, slight mousse. Rather subtle nose, withheld but very delicate - bread and yesty notes, butter and honey and a dash of citrus. Lovely mouth feel, creamy stuff that tickles the palate, very complex. The tastes aren't overwhelming, but contains several layers and is well concentrated.
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7/18/2012 - nsellen wrote: 93 Points
Golden colour with fast disappearing mousse. Nose of biscuit and apple, citrus and bread. Tasted of apples and toast with a floral aroma. Absolutely outstanding wine of some length.
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7/15/2012 - darren81 wrote:
8/10 - Refer to prior note
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7/12/2012 - fdub wrote: 92 Points
Sabered this open. The only and best way to open Champagne! Small tight bubbles and lovely creamy nose. Golden color and just delicious!
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7/7/2012 - RayOB Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank in Ireland (see previuos notes)
Excellent stuff always a crowd pleaser. The brioche really comes through.
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7/6/2012 - adehoop wrote: 88 Points
Golden color. Very toasty, yeasty nose, crisp and a little lemon zest. Not much fruit otherwise. Lemon zest and bitter sour grapefruit follows through on the pallet, toasty and a little yeasty, not a lot of fruit here. There is actually quite a bit of bitterness not just on the finish but on the mid pallet too. Med dry on the finish. Medium finish. Low residual sugar. This is well made and excellent quality but you pay for the brand. It tastes better in a big wine glass compared to a champagne flute. I think this needs to age to fully bloom, would love to try this again in five, ten, fifteen years. Too young now.
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7/5/2012 - kthornton78 wrote: 93 Points
smoke, lemon zest, pastry dough, stone fruit. taught but rich and noble somehow. drinking much better than a year ago.
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6/28/2012 - darren81 wrote:
8/10 - Refer to prior note. Enjoyable to drink as is but can still do with some cellar time.
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6/25/2012 - Tarrant wrote: 96 Points
The opening wine of our fabulous 25th Anniversary trip to San Francisco, Sonoma/Napa Valley that also included a dinner at the storied French Laundry, this Champagne was an amazing start!! - Light gold, full bodied with a nose of biscuit, yeast, apple, pear, cream and bread, amazing structure, balance and complexity, extremely lively on the palate with a mousse and finish that went on forever, absolutely extraordinary! (96 Points).
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6/18/2012 - TimothyR wrote: 91 Points
Seemed to be just a typical nice bottle of champagne. Nothing that really stands out though.
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6/15/2012 - RyanJames wrote: 95 Points
I know everyone's palate is different, but besides having an off-bottle, I'm not quite sure how this can come off as anything but incredible champagne. Freshly baked bread/yeasty aromas leap out of the glass, tinged with a touch of citrus. The melange of flavors and depth of flavor on the palate is stunning, and I liked this more than the '02 Cristal poured beside it. Wow. My #2 favorite champagne of all time (behind the '98 Krug). 95.
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6/10/2012 - mmurry Likes this wine: 93 Points
Yeast and apple on the nose, with hints of pear and floral notes. Rich and toasty on the palate, with spice and apple, some floral notes, and a good pear finish.
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6/9/2012 - alittle wrote: 90 Points
Mixed Bag, Mostly Bordeaux in KW (Chris' House): Popped and poured, served blind to the other tasters. Consistent with previous notes, showing a light straw colour in the glass, with notes of lemon, apple, chalk, toast and mineral. On the palate, moderately structured showing a good streak of acidity, with the most minute drying tannin on the finish. The moderate length finish is a touch sweet, but counterbalanced by the aforementioned acidity, framed by notes of citrus, apple skins and minerals. The tasters were rather lost in coming up with what this was, despite having good experience with a variety of Dom Perignons ranging from the late 60s right through to the present day. Sadly, the group recognized that there was reasonable quality here, but could not say for certain whether this was Champagne or Cava. A massive failure for a bottle that bears a $220 price tag in the great white north.
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6/9/2012 - Wine Canuck wrote: 92 Points
When the cork was first popped the aroma filled the room, but never really lived up to expectations after that. Typical bready doughy notes, decent acidity and will probably improve with time in bottle, but given this experience I'm not rushing out to get any more of this.
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6/4/2012 - Blackland wrote: 93 Points
Another great bottle
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5/23/2012 - RayOB Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank at Davies
Had to try another bottle. This is wonderful stuff, the whole table were wowed. Go out and buy it.
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5/21/2012 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine:
Like the last bottle...tight crisp lemons...needs more complexity.
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5/19/2012 - alanh13 wrote: 96 Points
Easily the best Champagne I've ever tasted. Incredible. I was sniffing it forever! Smoky, flnty, creamy. Gorgeous finish.
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5/18/2012 - psmith wrote: 90 Points
Clean, medium bodied wine. Feminine. Needs time. Really didn't stand up to '98 Krug at all.
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5/16/2012 - thewiz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice on the nose with distinct tones of sulfur and minerals mixed with lemon and flowers. On the palate there's both acidity and lemons mixed with dark chocolate and a nice long finish.
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5/13/2012 - peterk wrote: 95 Points
Lovely, soft, stony, creamy Champagne. Not too effervescent. Beautifully integrate.
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5/12/2012 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Beautiful and complex bouquet, brioche, toast, smoke, flint stone. On the palate just as great. Concentrated and tasty. This was a great bottle. Plenty of future, but already so tempting.
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5/6/2012 - Stay Classy wrote: 94 Points
Awesome Dom P. Youthful but seriously approachable and easy to drink. Gorgeous fruit, ample acidity. Medium bodied with a super fine mousse. Just a small notch below the '96
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5/4/2012 - vanpe003 wrote: 94 Points
Toasty, with just the right amount of sweetness for my palate. Medium to full body. Youthful but approachable. Not sure how long my bottles are going to last, but it'd be nice to try one in 4-5 years. I think this will improve over that time.
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4/26/2012 - KenK wrote: 94 Points
Very pretty, light yellow gold hue with fine bubbles and heady mousse.
White spring floral aromas with lemon citus edge.
Bright fresh citric flavors with solid wall of pure mineral laden apple fruit.
crisp, concentrated, and rich with wonderful fizz. Its not 1996, but just astep behind. Quite lovely and likely agable.
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4/23/2012 - psmith wrote: 93 Points
Has fattened up a bit, but still with a firm, mineral-driven profile. Yellow citrus. Clean and crisp. Great backbone. Medium bodied but great clarity and verve.
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4/23/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Dom Perignon Dinner (NAHA - Chicago IL): Clear and bright fruit - apple to start then quickly showing lemon and lime aromas and flavors. Powerful, long and precise finish. Much like another bottle from a few days ago, far better than when tasted several times late last year.
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4/16/2012 - vespa110 wrote: 90 Points
Giallo paglierino bolla fine, naso parte fresco di frutta golosa e crema poi vira su note minerali e tostatura classica del dom, bocca fresca, carbonica finissima, fruttato e sapido nel finale tostato lungo.
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4/15/2012 - hajoha wrote: 91 Points
Hadde store forventninger til denne, men dette er for ungt!
Når du håper at hele rommet skal dufte frukthage, men av et skikkelig magadrag kjenner litt eplekart tenker jeg at denne skal få ligge noen år.
Grønne epler , gjær, bitter sitrus på duft.
Bra med frukt i munnen, og lengden er ganske så bra. Medium syre.
Tror på høyere score etter noen år på rygg.
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4/14/2012 - gnrclarke Likes this wine: 96 Points
Straw yellow. Lots of brioche on the nose as well as citrus and apricots. Good firm structure but drinking nicely now. Excellent mousse and fine bubbles, a sign of quality Champagne. Nice chardonnay flavour, almost Burgundian. Mineral, orange peel, good acidity. Definitely a great vintage of Dom Perignon.
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4/13/2012 - deanmillson wrote: 94 Points
Light straw in colour, apricot, honeysuckle and brioche nose. Palette has lots of mineral, maybe a little pineapple and stone fruit. Dom is always wonderful, but this needs at least a few more years to really develop I think. Lucky I have invested a few more!
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4/12/2012 - mreinitz wrote:
Had a cold so I wasn't getting the whole show, but it would be hard not to get the intense minerality that runs though this. I got citrus, a hint of toast, and nice acid on the finish. And hey, it's always fun to pop a bottle of Dom.
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3/29/2012 - cr84 wrote: 97 Points
Going Over New Amsterdam's Wall: An Injection of Great Stuff; 3/28/2012-4/1/2012 (New York City, New York, US): This Dom Perignon 2002 was very awesome Champagne showing delicates notes of lime and citrus intermixed with an amazingly structured body. Its final was its most interesting part in that it was similar to some great Chardonnays.
97-98
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3/26/2012 - JP2 wrote: 95 Points
Delicious!
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3/20/2012 - Paul Lin wrote: 90 Points
JT is having a baby (Houstons - Irvine, CA): I love this Champagne, but there seems to be quite a bit of variation between bottles. Tonight's wine showed stately, restrained notes of sugar cane, green pears, and ginger. A bit austere and linear on the palate, dominated by crushed minerals and a flinty acidity. The finish tapers off a bit, but the structure and quality of fruit is clearly there. 90-91 points.
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3/19/2012 - AN Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is my favourite of Dom P vintages so far, having tasted several '99s, '00s and a '96. Contrary to the general house style, the 2002 has gained beautiful ripe fruit, especially apple notes and very silky texture in addition to the strong citrus backgound the wine usually has. Very complex and long. Cheers!
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3/18/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Minerality essence, citrus, tropical fruit, floral, honeysuckle and toast aromas prepare you for the complex, concentrated, sweet yellow fruit and stone filled palate. Creamy, but not as flashy, opulent or open as the 1996 was at the same stage. There seems to be more structure and minerality to the 2002. This needs at least a few years or longer to come together.
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3/15/2012 - alittle wrote: 90 Points
Popped and poured, followed over the next 6 hours. Light straw in colour. Nose of lemon drop, cream, crushed rocks, and chalk. On the palate, really round and lush, showing lemon, minerals and a bit of bitterness. Next to the Krug, this champagne seems like a joke. This is so soft, and seemingly lacking structure. There is some acidity here, but I really expected this to be masculine and powerful.
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3/9/2012 - dcwino wrote: 98 Points
Baronne Guichard wine dinner, Ruth's Chris DC (Ruth's Chris on Connecticut Ave, DC): This is another wonderful showing of the 02 Dom. This seems fatter, riper, sweeter and showing more yellow fruits but counterbalancing acidity and strong presence of minerality help maintain the precision. This wine has been quite controversial but it was well received this time. Based on the 90 and the 96, there is still time to buy this at sub $120 but soon the price will go higher. I highly recommend it for cellaring.
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3/7/2012 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bordeaux First Growth Trip; 3/7/2012-3/9/2012 (Bordeaux): Drank at Cheval Blanc
Nose of toast and brioche. Tastes very smooth and rich with fruit coming trough the brioche. A wonderful complex champagne
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3/7/2012 - DonalOB Likes this wine: 96 Points
Bordeaux First Growth Trip; 3/7/2012-3/9/2012 (Bordeaux): The opening wine at Cheval Blanc and what a cracker. Floral with rich toasty smell - very much the full bakery. The taste matches the nose - balanced acidity and fruit. This is a great champagne.
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3/3/2012 - hakushi wrote: 92 Points
Definitely drunk way too early, it finally showed its true self after an hour in the glass. Decant at this point.
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2/29/2012 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Just had a bottle of the Andy Warhol preceding this one-as much as I applaud that cross branding effort, i still love the classic green label (thus the extra point)
Refreshing, clean, palate cleansing liquid goodness. Nothing frivolous about this bottle. Every dinner should start with a bottle of Dom, or two, or ...
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2/26/2012 - jfpwine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Extremely smooth. The only adjective I could use to describe this is creamy. Opulence reminding me of creme brûlée, without the sweetness. Excellent.
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2/26/2012 - paulrc56 wrote:
- Amber color.
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2/23/2012 - jlgnml wrote: 92 Points
IWFSC Board of Governors Luncheon (Restaurant Michael Winnetka IL): Initially too warm, second bottle cooler. Full on the palate, lots of qualities, lasting, long lived, be patient and try again in 5-10 years.
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2/20/2012 - mwanasheria wrote: 96 Points
Spectacular. Nose of brioche, yeast. Nice swettness on the palate, really dancing with butter, passion fruit, pineapple. Really long.
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2/19/2012 - tooch wrote: 91 Points
Seemed the least firm of the bottles I've tried, so that's a step in the right direction. Great energy and freshness on the palate with its trademark big yeasty tones. Very nice stuff.
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2/16/2012 - Colima74 wrote: 90 Points
Brioche and acidity on day 1. On day 2, this showed more balance and fruit, and was more like the bottle I had tasted last week. This bottle was pretty tightly wound, suggesting how young this wine remains. Glad to have a few more bottles to try a couple of years down the road.
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2/14/2012 - G_H wrote: 92 Points
Still way too young, but very good, brioche, citrus, lime, good stuff!
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2/14/2012 - the player wrote: 94 Points
Fantastic as always. See previous notes.
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2/12/2012 - SB5784 wrote: 94 Points
- It's balanced with a medium/full body. Linear texture with a long finish - Lots of minerality, very focused, tight wine. Still very young.
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2/11/2012 - omakasekt wrote: 94 Points
Smooth, subtle yet flavourful. Brought this along for a top class sushi dinner; the bubbles and lack of heavy yeasty smell complemented the oily raw fish well - very nice combo.
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2/4/2012 - Bisty Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lots of minerality and mushrooms. Still young.
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1/28/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Third time having this - it is maturing nicely, no longing giving the appearance of being too young but in early maturity. Lots of nice acidity that some describe as green apples, this has good balance and a full complement of meaty and dense fruit. A very nice DP that has a good future.
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1/28/2012 - winecoffee wrote: 91 Points
Both nose and taste are very green apple-y. Perhaps my score is a little lower than others because I am not an evolved Champagne drinker. Was excellent though.
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1/24/2012 - Bisty Likes this wine: 93 Points
Will gain another 2-3 points.
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1/24/2012 - Greg Munyard wrote:
Appearance: First bottle (from my cellar and drunk late last year but no notes made here) had superb, fine and very persistent bead that just kept going with almost no diminution even after 15 minutes. Last night's bottle (from a friend who bought it at a shop recently) was just as fine but faded much sooner. The cork was quite hard, too, and did not expand as it should have. May have been standing up for show in one of those new boxes. Hmmm - makes me think they are not a good idea. (I loved the old boxes, which shops would be more likely to lay down).
Nose: Very fine and refined, tight slightly chalky fruit; excellent concentration but, like the previous bottle, was tight and reserved. Needs time.
Palate: Good release of bubbles (although not as prolific as before - probably caused by being stood up in a shop). Flavours follow nose - tight, concentrated, fine, well balanced; needs time. Much prefer the 2000 at this stage. To do this great marque justice, I'm not pulling any more of mine out for several years when I'm sure I'll be more impressed.
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1/21/2012 - Goldstone wrote: 92 Points
Chú Xī (除夕) Dinner at Home on Chinese New Year Eve (Our Place, Hong Kong): Opened 2 hours before serving, which seemed to add a bit more depth, richness and toastiness without interfering with the vibrant, youthful citrussy element. I love this more every time I drink it....and I think it can only get better.
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1/16/2012 - avp wrote:
Opened another bottle after popping one tainted with TCA.
Balanced fruit on the nose with slight florality, meat, smoke, rye bread, ginger, mushroomy wet chalk character and strong autolysis.
Fullbodied and pretty powerful dry palate with refreshing fine-grained acidity. Ripe lemon, butter, big chalk and abundant bready notes.
A good deal more of the toasty autolysis action here than the last time I had this. Again killer chalk and very good altogether. Evolved beautifully in the glass for hours and is a treat already.
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1/14/2012 - psmith wrote: 93 Points
Baked apple and pear. Great citrus accents and delineation of flavors. Firm and raw in its youth. Nice as always.
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1/6/2012 - Noahc wrote: 94 Points
Phenomenal, red apple going to green apple then citrus and lemon. Nose of yeasty toast, fine creamy finish with tiny, endless bubbles.
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1/5/2012 - wineismylife wrote: 92 Points
WIML & PURPLE hand with the Hawaiian Wine-Os! (Le Guignol, Honolulu, HI): WIML92
Tasted non blind at a wine dinner. Opened and served immediately.
Light yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout with medium, steady beading. Nose of lemons, tangy pears and apples that carry through to the palate. Bright, almost racy acidity, medium to full bodied. Drink or hold but I’m leaning towards holding.
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1/4/2012 - ovenmitt wrote: 92 Points
Light golden with small fine bead. Pine, almonds, green apples, and a little lime or some other citrus, a bit of yeast. Very light on its feet, with plus acid and very clean finish. Some notes of pine and citrus..... Needs more time.
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1/1/2012 - sawira wrote: 94 Points
Enjoyed over 6 hours in Riedel Montrachet glasses. Elegant, lifted citrus, Chablis-like, white flower notes on the nose. Creamy, focused, subtley elegant, superb lemony mineralized very long finishing palate. Hiding a lot - just too young. At the 5 hour mark it started to uncoil to show stronger minerality, chalk, a warm biscuity precision, and even greater focus. Less searing acidity than at this stage on the 96, but beautiful harmony of ripeness and cut. A work of art. Glad I tried one now, but really this is all about potential right now. 94++ pts.
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1/1/2012 - cephomer wrote: 91 Points
Lighter than I expected, bit yeasty and toasty. Should get better with some bottle age, though certainly good right now. Nice bottle of bubbly to drink on NY's eve 2011.
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12/31/2011 - JDRFoster wrote: 95 Points
Lovely, still but a babe...
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12/31/2011 - tbabes wrote: 95 Points
I smuggled this into the hospital to celebrate the birth of our daughter and to ring in the new year. Still quite young, with focused and primary notes of apple, brioche, and mineral. Quite steely, crisp and focused on the palate, with a lovely texture, lively acidity, and firm grip on the finish. This should be ethereal circa 2020!
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12/31/2011 - Rob MacKay wrote:
New Years Eve Blind Champagne: Light straw color with very small streams of very tiny bubbles. Nose mostly dominated by bread toast with just a touch of apple. Very nice balance on the palate with an almost creamy texture.
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12/31/2011 - MarcoAzevedo Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gorgeous!
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12/31/2011 - BurgAndy wrote:
A real nice drink. Nose is a bit yeasty and tight. Real soft loose bubbles. Drinks real smooth and easy -- more subtly toasty and yeasty rather than relying on its fruit. Enjoyable starter but certainly not remarkable. Maybe will improve in complexity with bottle age though I'm not convinced. Not like the '96.
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12/30/2011 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
Brian Bohr’s: Really tasty, although not as classic as last time I had it. Probably b/c had so many killer wines here tonight, this got lost.
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12/27/2011 - stevief10 wrote: 96 Points
App:Lime green. Petillance(no shit!). Nose:Clean with med intensity. Developing. Palate:Incredible creamy mousse. Beautiful subtlety and elegance.Excellent balance. Beguiling. Long. Absolutely top class. Conc:I'm no champagne expert but in terms of quality this is the best wine I've ever tasted. Outstanding. Will cellar happily for a decade I suspect, if you have the money and patience!!
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12/26/2011 - Kevdog wrote: 91 Points
Very nice but perhaps not so nice as the cost would suggest... The key is to allow it to warm up to just cooler than room temp
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12/26/2011 - Jojala wrote: 92 Points
My first DP. Not as special as the price would lead one to think and not the finest champagne I have had. Nice to see how this develops. I was expecting more vinous character. Nice bitterness at the aftertaste, made this exceptionally long.
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12/25/2011 - tbabes wrote: 95 Points
An impressive Champagne, although still quite youthful and only hinting at the heights it will someday reach. Aromas of white fruits, crushed stones, and freshly baked bread. Quite steely and focused on the palate, with outstanding concentration, depth and grip. I'm having a difficult time keeping my hands of this beauty!
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12/24/2011 - cubswinws wrote: 95 Points
Very impressive. Light on its feet but yet great depth and long finish. Wonderful
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12/20/2011 - jljones wrote: 93 Points
First bottle of DP. Restrained in a good way, some lemon and a tiny bit of toast, clean aftertaste. Really nice but going to wait a bit to open another '02.
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12/19/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 91 Points
Perfect to open and share with generous friends bringing presents for the kids....definitely a Christmas-friendly Champagne. Will it be better in 2-3 years time? Probably. Will there still be the same moment to open it then, who knows?
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12/18/2011 - winebling Likes this wine: 92 Points
This vintage of Dom was much more approachable than I'd expected. A very creamy, complex palate - a big, full bodied champagne with terrific length.
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12/15/2011 - the player wrote: 94 Points
Outstanding champagne, great toasty nose, zesty and crisp, definite sweetness and a nice solid finish.
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12/11/2011 - numen wrote: 91 Points
color: pale yellow verging on green. nose: lemon, stone, chalk, slightly sweet, citrus aromas. taste: fine, but not creamy mousse. good acidity, hint of lemon and green apple, well balanced sweetness, and crisp. finish: medium-length. Improved as it opened up, increased oxygen and temperature, and a very solid bottle. Still very young, and probably will need a few more years (3-4?) before fully coming into its own.
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12/11/2011 - WineDoctors wrote: 95 Points
clear, pale, lemon color; tiny continuous bead, gentle mousse, clean, light intensity, dry, medium acid, medium bodied, long finish with light yeast, not creamy or lactic, not mushroomy, sublte pink grapefruit; fleeting and ethereal and leaves you wanting more.
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12/11/2011 - JOsgood wrote:
Wow, this is awesome! What a great vintage of DP. Crisp with a slight sweetness on the palate. Dry on the finish. Should age beautifully.
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12/11/2011 - UTPK wrote:
Good toast to the nose, not very complex at this stage. Fuller body than the Pol Roger 1999 tasted alongside, but less complex nose. This might be quite good at some time.
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12/11/2011 - bp1203 wrote:
Yyyyyyy
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12/8/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 92 Points
Dom Perignon Dinner (2002,1996,2000 Rose,1971) (Man Wah Restaurant, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong): Very light silver-green colour almost like a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Muted mousse but persistent pinprick bubbles in the initial flute glass but much more wine-like when served in a wine glass over the dinner. Nose really benefited from the wine glass......very immediate citrus, high lifted notes, an element of gunflint and lazer precision. Palate is an immediate impression of complete harmony and balance....really poised as the pinot noir and chardonnay countebalance each other......lovely fresh peeled hazelnuts picked straight from the bush and freshly toasted white bread without any crust.....then good brioche cuts in and there is a really nice toasty oak at the finish. Although young, there is quite a lot of resonance inside the head on the finale. This was nice when drank as a fairly cold aperitif in a flute but it became really gorgeous when drank in a wine glass and paired with foie gras (shaped into a chicken's foot), lightly marinated fresh abalone and a small cube of roast pork belly. This has all the makings of a classic....if you can keep your hands off it for long enough.
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12/4/2011 - Clarkmeister wrote:
Rated WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Drank from a magnum. The bottle was really heavy which made it difficult to drink from without asking someone to move out of the way. Glowing label from attached blacklight was a plus for sure.
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12/3/2011 - RobertWinesWeLove wrote: 85 Points
Elegant doft , lång eftersmak, bra syra. Skum unken smak. Hade förväntat mig mer
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11/27/2011 - robertek wrote: 91 Points
Young.
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11/25/2011 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Seems sweeter, more yellow fruit, not as mineral as some of the earlier bottles, perhaps settling down but still open for business. This definitely has the core concentration. I am starting to guess that if one prefers and is custom to the expressive grower’s signature this may seem to manufactured. Just like a great young Batard, there is a lot going on textually.
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11/24/2011 - bmagic wrote: 92 Points
Nose - fresh malted bread; warm; freshly-picked mushrooms; green bananas perhaps too.
Palate - fruity to the fore. Like a serious white wine; strong but not acidic. Dark and pleasant. 92 pts.
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11/24/2011 - Cubatobaco Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dom Perignon would smile! This Champagne delivers an elegance other houses dream of capturing in one bottle. Emerging your nose into the glass unviels an intense array of aromatics such as fresh lemons, yeast, almonds, and minerality. A rich, creamy complexity of dried fruits, floral components, citrus, and honey arouse the palate while the mouth-feel is dominated by beautiful acidity and a layer smokiness. What remarkable structure! Disgorged in July 2009, the 2002 will benefit from many years of rest, but peeking inside now doesn't do any injustice. RH 95+
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11/20/2011 - tplskylrk wrote:
Just so classy yet easy to drink, simple yet sophisticated. I really like both it's pop & pour bubbly personality, all that tight acid fruit wood punk rock dance. Then hours after opening now, more of a tango, last glass, it is pure voluptuous wine, long finish, big huge fruitIf you were blindfolded many of us would call this a syrah, or a zin.
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11/20/2011 - alain@driesassur.com wrote:
Had one with Matthias and every time i drink DP i say to myself it is THE best champagne. The taste, the size of the bubbles, and mainly the after taste and gorgeous smell. Unique.
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11/19/2011 - Mingmong wrote: 92 Points
Limestone, soy sauce, honey lemons nose. Limes, lemon peels, good balance.
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11/19/2011 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
100 Year Old Champagne and Other Wonders (Kingyo, Marina Square): Excellent again - this reaffirmed my impression from the last bottle that this was as good a young DP as any since 1996. Placed next to a very much in vogue maker's Champagne (the 2002 Guy Charlemagne Blanc des Blanc Grand Cru) this scored a point for the Grand Marques - I thought it was just a sliver better then the young upstart. Though tight and a bit thinnish when first poured, we knew from the previous experience to let it sit in the bottle for some 3 hours before serving it. When we did, the nose was classic DP, with toasty aromas of nuts and yeast, a little whiff of soybean, then pure white white fruited apple scents, some meadow herbs and a nice white flower nuance. The palate was as good as I remembered it from the last bottle as well. There was a beautiful fresh balance here with quite some zip to it, though not quite as acidic as say the 1996 when young - this had rounder, more generous fruit, with bright flavours of lemons and green apples showing some lovely depth. What was most impressive though was the sense of suave elegant that the wine had in its super-fine mousse, stylish balance and graceful lines leading into a wonderfully long finish where the white fruit was lined with some spice and mineral. A feminine counterpart to Guy Charlemange's muscular masculinity. Like the previous wine, this was also a lovely pairing with Aburi Sushi. I can only imagine how many bottles of this will be swilled down around the world come this Christmas season, but it really does deserve at least 6-7 years in the cellar.
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11/16/2011 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 95 Points
straw color with green tinge - very young, with very fine beads. nose is a bit tight at first pour - yeast, chalk which later develops to stone fruit, brioche. palate is very supple and balanced. potential for increasing complexity with more age. very elegant.
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11/12/2011 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 98 Points
Sublime. Packs all the elegance and style of DP but with added power and weight. Quite closed still but already very attractive, touch of honey. Finesse, lemon and melon. smoky minerality, magnificent intensity and length. Truly great but needs time. Drink 2015-2032.
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11/11/2011 - psmith wrote:
Very nice as always. Clean, mineral and bright citrus-driven flavors. Medium bodied; well balanced. Bright, more transparently styled Dom.
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11/11/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Jen's Birthday (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Almost exactly like another bottle opened last week, although that bottle had the Warhol label. Fine lemon and lemon zest start with good energy, the wine didn't have great follow-through or intensity and showed a hint of bitterness near the end.
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11/10/2011 - Margauxguy wrote: 96 Points
Great wine, may rival the 1996, wait to drink
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11/7/2011 - rc@ughey wrote:
This didn't meet my expectations. I found it subdued and showing little more than pure, concentrated fruit. That's not bad, of course, but Dom promises so much more. That said, this was very tightly wound, and I have no reason to believe it won't blossom into a beautiful wine with time.
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11/6/2011 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 Points
These are always good. This one was on the high side of good. Crisp and pure, light yellow, tasty, and mineral driven.
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11/5/2011 - KenK wrote: 92 Points
Nice rich round nose.
A good ginger flavor, round fruit, good bubblies, slight licorice finish.
Nice, but a bit more simple then I remember. Need to visit this again soon. Slighlty advanced.
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10/22/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 90 Points
Krug/Dom Perignon Wine Dinner (Chef’s Table, One Harbour Road, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong): Very light silver-gold colour, almost Sauvignon Blanc-like. Nose is lifted citrus and minerals, with high acidity, lightly toasted white bread without the crusts together with deeper notes of freshly-risen bread dough. Palate is very young and unevolved, similar to the nose and very enjoyable. The crisp citrus elements paired very will with the two Cantonese dishes. With 2 hours in the glass the lemon acid drops element came very much to the fore. Needs a lot more time to evolve but was well overshadowed by the Krug Grande Cuvee NV that followed it.
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10/18/2011 - Ramberg wrote: 92 Points
A beautiful Dom P!
It's drinking really well now, but surely will deliver much more with time!
But if you have many bottles, start drinking now, this will be very interesting to follow!
Simply great!
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10/16/2011 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Lively bubbly and richly yeasty with monolithic beam of lemonyness. Delicious and mouth watering. A strong champagne that knows it's stuff and punches at it's Weigthclass.
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10/11/2011 - Greis wrote: 90 Points
Magnum:
Still closed, tight, butter, bread, gunpowder, ok balance,
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10/11/2011 - Greis wrote: 89 Points
Normal bottle:
Big mouthful, butterish, bakes bread, gunpowder, not i balance, classic DP taste..
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10/8/2011 - Vinx wrote:
Much better i thought than the 2000 vintage that was in mind simply okayish. Nice pale yellow robe, medium bubble and citrus aromas on the nose. In mouth everything was about lemons again i felt. But the most important thing is that compared to the 2000 vintage, i feel i actually got the bang for my bucks and would be happy to fork out more money for another one.
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10/5/2011 - jdabrowski1027 wrote:
Starting to come together now, very good, but still needs time.
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9/30/2011 - bubbachumps wrote: 94 Points
Delicious Champagne! Very tight and focused. Similiar to my prior note, but it has calmed down a bunch. Should keep getting better with age.
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9/30/2011 - tooch wrote: 90 Points
Very dense mousse on the nose with tightly wound citrus on the palate. Still incredibly young, but I think this will be a wonderful wine in a decade or so.
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9/30/2011 - Skiefer7080 wrote: 95 Points
Waited nearly a year to drink this one. Incredible!
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9/26/2011 - BrandrB wrote: 94 Points
2011 Masters of Wine Champagne Tasting (San Francisco, CA): Stunning – the finest young bottle of Dom Perignon that I’ve tasted! Beautiful bright nose bursting with lemon citrus, yeasty, chalk, and light floral nuance. Medium-bodied palate with bright lemon and toasty mineral flavors. Nicely balanced acidity coupled with the bright fruit leads to an overall profile of youthful power with an assured promise of future elegance. Medium-long finish. Tight and young – as expected – but with truly terrific potential. Drinkable now, but doing so does this wine a disservice – needs at least another 5 years of aging and will benefit tremendously from even more time in the bottle. Significantly better than other recent Dom vintages I’ve tasted and overall this is easily the best since 1996. As much as it pains me to say… this was a very strong contender as my favorite Champagne of the tasting and is one of the best Champagnes I’ve tasted all year. Classic potential.
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9/22/2011 - Lombardi wrote: 94 Points
Drinking well but needs more time. This has huge potential. Very complex on the nose and palate. Amazing concentration of fruit. Structure is perfect. Medium++ finish.
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9/22/2011 - RayOB wrote: 90 Points
Boisdales - Had with a Pol Roger - Sir Winston
Fresh almond and lemon
Subtle on the palate with a presentation of fruits and a rich flavour
There is an underlying bitterness there
Sorry boys the Sir Winston wins
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9/22/2011 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 90 Points
The Big Two (Bar Boulud): I like this much better now than I did when it first came out about a year ago. Back then it seemed gloppy to me. Now it's starting to show more focus. It has a nice sunny brightness, and a pretty note of herbal greenery on the back end. But it's heavier on the fruit than the minerality. You get a little whiff of metal shavings in the aroma and it takes awhile before any of that migrates to the palate. It's probably best to leave this one cellared awhile.
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9/19/2011 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Great elegance and creaminess with good power and line. Loaded with brioche notes and a big squeeze of citrus fruits. It shows great depth and harmony.
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9/10/2011 - jorge48 wrote: 91 Points
Sipped at Spice Market, NYC, avec Leticia, Antonio, Aline, Priscila et Rodrigo Betti. Unlike the bottle we popped on New Year's eve, this combined notes of almonds, burnt toast and tonic with the vintage's characteristic citric zest. For my taste, still a little unbalanced, but evolving nicely.
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9/9/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Delicious wine, very consistent to when it has was yet to be released - fresh and vibrant, yeasty on nose. While this is lovely it is not profound.
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9/5/2011 - TexasBob wrote: 93 Points
Lite green-yellow. Butter and cream dominate with green apples and hazelnut notes present as well. Very good, but still distant as compared to the 2002 Cristal. The bubbles are fat in this champagne.
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9/4/2011 - tbabes wrote: 94 Points
A lovely champagne that is drinking surprisingly well at the moment, but this clearly has the stuffing to age and improve for 20+ years. Notes of crushed rocks and bread. Crisp and focused on the palate, with a long and well delineated finish.
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9/4/2011 - wallstreet wrote: 93 Points
Nice, very good balance. Needs time to further integrate, but exceptional drink. In a few years this will gain a few points.
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9/4/2011 - Awdelgado wrote: 98 Points
Simply Perfect!!!
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9/2/2011 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
Had at dinner at the Key Largo Hilton Resort. Fantastic and consistent with previous.
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8/22/2011 - traderspartan wrote: 93 Points
Pear and apple
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8/22/2011 - Blackland wrote: 93 Points
Excellent
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8/19/2011 - jkoenen wrote: 93 Points
Impromptu tasting @ Peter Z. (Belgium): Inviting and open, smoky, fleshy nose. Hints of bacon, yellow fruits, butter. Lots of freshness and poise, very young and already drinking very nicely, to be honest. Modest and soft mousse which could integrate in due time. Really very, very good. 18+/20
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8/19/2011 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
Annual Pilgrimage to Chateau Lanessan (and its 200 year old cellar ); 8/19/2011-8/21/2011 (Chateau Lanessan, Bordeaux): Just like last time young and tight. Love the precision and focus but so young stil.
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8/16/2011 - Lord Rayas wrote:
Dinner with Harvey/Esther, Lucas/Joyce , Eric/Katherine (The Pawn): young but nice. much better than 2000.
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8/12/2011 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful Champagne. Creamy and fresh. Some minerals and a touch of sweetness. Soft mousse. Still a bit too young, but already a great pleasure.
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8/11/2011 - tbabes wrote: 95 Points
A lovely champagne, but oh so young. Very steely on the palate; crisp, with notes of white fruit and mineral. Wonderful texture, grip, focus and finish.
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8/6/2011 - vinograph Likes this wine: 97 Points
Complex; nutty and bread notes; floral nose; rich fruit
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7/31/2011 - traderspartan wrote: 94 Points
- Light gold color.
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7/30/2011 - tplskylrk wrote: 94 Points
That Champany kind color. Get all that floral, white fruits, mineral, touch of wood. The acid is perfect for me, it supports the bright fruits, A really big whammy of fruit, followed by a second wave, a third swallow gets it all down and this lingers. White grapes (duh), some exotic tropical stuff, lychee, durian texture, those red hairy things, then the lemon not quite pineapple flavors. There are some nice tannins but thins was open for business for me in a larger mouthed glass and good swirl. A keeper that will just change over the years and I think really get BIG as the fruit is substantial. Can see what Tanzer means, but I saw hints of that Smoky Reductive thing and think it will go more in that direction. I love Champagne but don"t drink enough, note to self, but more of this. Make more money.
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7/26/2011 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 Points
Not as good as the last bottle. Seemed a bit closed. Orange peel, spice, minerals, floral and apple. This has a long finish and really needs some time in the cellar.
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7/24/2011 - rralls wrote: 91 Points
Need to give this several years for sure.
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7/24/2011 - sterin wrote: 90 Points
Somewhat disappointing. Great balance and very good, but well short of spectacular and its price tag.
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7/23/2011 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Vintage Champagne and Mixed Wines Offline (John and Erin's): Light gold color. Gorgeous column of tight tiny bubbles streaming upward from the center of the flute, spectacular to look at. Sadly though, while this was very good, it was no where near the bottle we raved about 3 months ago. The previous bottle was just on a completely different level (both were from different sources, the most recent from a local shop). The nose has light florals, biscuit, citrus, some earth, minerals. The palate is crisp, with citrus and some tropical fruit, lively, a touch bitter on the finish today.
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7/20/2011 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
Lemon, cream and toast on the nose. Palate is long and has great depth. Beautifully balanced and already has some complexity.
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7/17/2011 - Krugman Likes this wine: 91 Points
While this was good, I can't help but think that it has a very long way to go before this is really ready to be fully appreciated. It still seems very primary and not yet fully integrated, although I can tell that there is a layer of depth just waiting to emerge. Other than that I could also taste the classically reductive Dom Perginon style and everything was very fresh. There is more potential here overall than the Dom Perignon 2000 I had about six months ago, but the 2000 was already much more ready to drink than the 2002.
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7/16/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Delicate lemony fruit with some herbs. First time I've tasted this. It would have been fine on its own, but it paled in comparison to the individuality and intensity of the Selosse. When I say "paled", I mean it tasted like good generic Champagne, not a vaunted Grand Marque. I can't imagine that it will be as good as, say, the '85 or '90.
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7/1/2011 - jeff nowak wrote: 93 Points
strong showing in this bottle. complex and well delineated. great future.
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6/26/2011 - avp wrote:
Fresh appley fruit character on the nose complimented by a huge minerality reminiscent to Chablis. Lemon zest and bisquity autolysis action.
Dry and mineral feel with a rather etheral mid-palate. Strong vibrant moussé reveals an endless ending showing some bitterness, pure chalky minerality and elegant toast character.
Very good already and filled with promise. Bought a glass in a restaurant and really can't say when I'd open a bottle of my own. Not in the near future anyway.
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6/26/2011 - joshwoodward wrote: 94 Points
Wow. I usually measure how much I like a Champagne by how yeasty it is, but this one wasn't over the top in that department. Instead, it reaches greatness through an awesome body, with great mouthfeel and acidity. Very concentrated flavor. Great stuff.
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6/24/2011 - jc-mmb wrote: 93 Points
a little better bottle than the last. impression preety much the same. nice yeast, nuttines. better bubbles on this bottle. little more fruit comes through. finsih was very nice with better acid than i remember.
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6/23/2011 - Papies wrote:
Introduction to Serious Champagne (Roberson Wine, South Ken, London): Very young and tight. Very foccussed and precise but almost a crime to open it now. So focussed its almost difficult to approach now. Yet you feel the quality and elegance . Wait 10yrs and hope the critics got it right, especially if like us u bought some for investment...
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6/19/2011 - maxime3333 wrote: 96 Points
Magnifique couleur jaune pâle. Au nez, c'est d'une complexité inouïe. Je ne suis pas un expert de champagne, mais je peux vous dire que j'ai rarement goûté un vin effervescent avec une palette arômatique aussi profonde. Pomme, fruits, argumes et, étonnamment, une odeur subtile de café/moka/torréfaction.
En bouche, c'est grandiose, très suave. La bouche est extrêment classique des grands champagnes secs sur la pomme et la brioche. Finale incroyablement persistante.
Conclusion: j'ai beaucoup lu que ce champagne était trop jeune pour être bu à ce stade. Je suis plutôt d'avis qu'il est comme un grand sauternes: il sera approchable à tous les stades de sa vie, offrant simplement une palette arômatique différente. Extraordinaire!
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6/19/2011 - Atwellian wrote: 95 Points
This wine was delicious! If you can afford it, buy it. If you have it, drink it. In honor of my first Father's day as a Grandfather of Luciana Sabella this was perfection.
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6/13/2011 - tbabes wrote: 92 Points
A gorgeous champagne, but entirely too young at the moment -- still quite backward and tight -- should be drinking wonderfully circa 2020. Notes of apple, crushed gravel, and a hint of brioche; full bodied, with great concentration and depth, but very structured and holding things close to the vest.
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6/11/2011 - Umay Ceviker wrote: 94 Points
Fruitier and more floral than expected from a vintage Dom Perignon where flavours of toast, bread crust and cream follow only after. Delicate mousse, elegant structure with great focus and concentration.
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6/11/2011 - dgoerisch wrote: 94 Points
Great acidity and freshness. Revisit in a few years after it has a chance to develop more yeasty notes, but this has the stuffing to be one of the best Dom's ever.
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6/7/2011 - Bar57 wrote: 92 Points
Its almost unfair to rate this champagne at the moment. I had only 4cl or so and hadn't time to see it evolve with time but the notes was exactly what I expected: Citrus, Green Apples, Almond, Butter etc...a bit of bitter aftertaste. There is a lot of potenial here but at the moment just a bit too young with acids all over and too little integration from the autolysis and further developed fruit.
Prefer both Pierre Peters Cuvee Special 02 and Bollinger Grande Annee 02, both almost at half the price. But in 10 years the positions might have changed.
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6/7/2011 - SimonG wrote:
Rousseau Ruchottes for Pebbles (The Ledbury, London): Fresher,lighter nose than at LLC offline. Shows a touch of sulphur on the palate, but far more vivacity than previously. Fine mousse. Obviously still quite tight and compact through the mid-palate and a slightly chalky tingle on the finish. Moderate length. Sulphur comes back on the finish. Good potential but come back in a decade. Currently ***(?*)
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6/4/2011 - TexasBob wrote: 93 Points
Shimmering gold color. Dry nose of fresh bread and pears. Notes of pears, lychee, and other stuff I don't have the sophistication to describe. Very long, dry finish that keeps the tongue alive.
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6/4/2011 - lewrose@gmail.com wrote:
Drinking beautifully. Lemon and pears.
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5/29/2011 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote: 92 Points
Butter, peach and green fruits in lovely combination, with a touch of light toast. Still way too young, though.
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5/28/2011 - BrentsMom Likes this wine: 93 Points
Love this champagne! Received it for my birthday and shared it with Brent and Chad while in Columbus memorial day weekend. Wonderful pale yellow color with the tiniest bubbles that seemed endless. Perfect for all the good things we had to celebrate! :)
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5/24/2011 - GreatLibations wrote: 95 Points
Pale yellow with sexy pin tip bubbles that stream endlessly. Aromas of peach cobbler, green apples, crushed white minerals, and a bit of toast. Medium body with excellent acidity and abundant fruit. The peach cobbler really shines through with essence of honeysuckle, nectarine, green apple and plum. The finish lasts and lasts.
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5/22/2011 - Tree512 wrote:
Super backward and undeveloiped. Needs at minimum a decade to fill out. Do not touch until 2020 at the earliest.
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5/21/2011 - elledeca wrote:
pale gold. Intense chardonnay nose of peach, butter, smoke, with honey and cream coming in in the mouth. Very round and opulent, a pleasure to drink.
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5/17/2011 - BradKNYC wrote:
Fresh and crisp with apple, citrus and mineral aromas and flavors dominating at first. With air it took on a more rich stone fruit character. Only lightly biscuity at this stage. Lots of structure here and the wine is a little bit diffuse in the mid-palate at this time, but should fill in nicely when it loosens up in a few years. One that should age very nicely. A-.
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5/14/2011 - Li wrote:
Klar strågul farge. Fin mousse. Grønne epler, sitrus og gjær på duft. Smaken følger opp med nydelig syre og fine mineraler i avslutningen. Lang. Veldig bra Champagne som helt sikkert har et langt liv foran seg. Anbefales!
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5/5/2011 - WetRock wrote:
Hertiage Auction Preview & Friends (Hertiage Auctions, Beverly Hills, CA): Very tight but showing a lot more fruit concentration than my previous tastes of this wine. There is still pronounced sulfur and strong tartness so this needs some rest. There seems to be some strong variation among the bottles of this vintage.
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4/30/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
Pre-BOD celebration (Imperial Treasure @ Great World City): Alcohol :: 12.5%
Fine beads with super focus aromas of white flower scents, white fruits with a dash fresh honey, very refreshing and perfume. As one would expect, this is still a baby and the mid palate weight is obviously not showing what an aged DP can offer, but it inherent the structure, sense of elegance and harmonious of DP. The fine beads gently explode on the palate that bring out the flavors of stone fruits, mineral, green fresh herb. Good intensity and definition though not necessary with good depth and complexity now. Crisp, fresh, medium length finish that's is very clean and precise. Hand off for another 10-15yrs if you own some of this. Maybe a buy at this point, but would love to try this again in the future when it is more ready. Buy - Maybe.
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4/30/2011 - pjaines wrote:
Cambridge University / CellarTracker Dinner (Pembroke College, Cambridge): This is going to be a brilliant wine in a few years - packed full of potential. Very tight and compact at the moment but oozing with rich fruit and minerally, chalky finish. Very long, very fine with a complex palate. One of the best Dom Perignons I have had in a long time.
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4/30/2011 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 94 Points
Major League Bordeaux Tasting at Kevin's (Kevin's House): A top five Champagne of all time for me. Elegant with minerals, lemon, orange peel, biscuits, nuts and great acidity. This is really young and will need further cellar aging but a treat to sample.
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4/30/2011 - yeoman wrote:
My 1st 02 sparkling, suppose to be the great year after the fabulous 96. Great acid and stucture with the lemony and apply taste, slight nutty notes. Finished is very good. Will aged very well, keep your hands of it for at least another 10-15 years.
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4/30/2011 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
The Big F-ing Show: Great Bordeaux from 1982 & 2000, 2002 Dom and 2001 Suduiraut & more in Mpls (Rocknroller's (Kevin's)): Light gold color with extraordinarily fine bubbles. Very floral nose with perfume, citrus, peach, biscuit. The palate is oh so elegant with tremendous balance, layers of complexity are revealed over time. The palate has a smokiness with ripe peach, citrus, and subtle minerals. This is a remarkably clean and elegant champagne and one of, if not the finest I have had. This will be really fun to revisit in 10 years, but it is fantastic now. 95+pts.
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4/30/2011 - rdk8 wrote: 93 Points
Apple and lemon, good acidity and structure, nutty hints. Long finish. Good now, but tart enough to handle more age.
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4/28/2011 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dinner at Collichio and Sons with Mike and Stuart et al (Collichio and Sons): Very approachable right now,tropical fruits with a citrus coming to the fore
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4/23/2011 - ginfizz wrote: 90 Points
This bottle fully mature, ripe, full, slightly alcoholic, with citrus tinged red apple and great mousse. I could believe that this wine was 10 years old. Good finish, but alcohol came in on the end.
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4/22/2011 - dhammer53 wrote: 94 Points
Drank this with family at Eric and Barries engagement dinner at Tribeca Grill. Lots of mini bubbles. This was very tasty. Time to buy another bottle or 2.
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4/13/2011 - Piotrpanek wrote: 94 Points
Perfect with caviar
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4/11/2011 - EMichels wrote: 92 Points
Nice nose; Good solid body; Richness; Medium body
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4/11/2011 - JOsgood wrote:
Crisp with good structure and a lingering finish.
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4/9/2011 - darren81 wrote:
7.5/10 - Crisp with nice acidity providing structure to a good mix of apple, lemons and minerals. Great mousse and mouthfeel. Very tight, however and it feels like the wine has more to offer further down the road.
Drank at Raphael's first month party.
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4/3/2011 - G_H wrote: 93 Points
Dom perignon are consistently among my highest rated champagnes, even though i prefer small production wineries. This was very balanced, little brioche, peach lemon and vanilla, needs time!
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4/1/2011 - InVinoMomentum wrote: 94 Points
This Champagne followed the 2000 La Grande Année Bollinger, and it outperformed the Bolli by a mile. Lovely Champagne!
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3/26/2011 - kenv Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gala Dinner of La Festa del Barolo (Del Posto Restaurant, NYC): Complex, yeasty, fresh, tart, lovely. Very young and hard to judge at this point. 92-95 points.
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3/26/2011 - JamesKelly wrote: 95 Points
nye - 2010 w/ sue and ML - delicious
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3/19/2011 - bubbachumps wrote: 93 Points
2001 California Cabs and Bryan's Midwestern Rib Cap (Coral Gables, FL): On the nose, very lively tart lemon and bisquit. A very tight package and precocious wine that needs more time in the bottle, but it will get better!
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3/18/2011 - Timbalimba wrote: 93 Points
Like seeing an old friend again after years of separation. I've had my share of Dom disappointments, but this specimen delivered. Surprisingly mature nose, a fabulous mix of oatmeal and that Valencia orange aroma that I sometimes find in Moët vintage as well. Great stuff. Palate is a dream, like eating sherbet. This is obviously Brut but there's so much sweet fruit available. Long, velvety finish. Firing on all cylinders. Based on the evidence of this bottle: Drink now - 2015. 93-96pts.
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3/17/2011 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
For my wife's bday celebration. A couple sips, yellow fruit, mineral, excellent.
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3/14/2011 - durstgt wrote: 92 Points
Fruity
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3/12/2011 - Shorepower wrote:
Mycket av allt som är en kommentar. Brödiga doft med den lite rostade tonen som DP har. Vinet ar fullt av röda äpplen och kanderad frukt. Dosagen är något för hög men jag tror att med mognad kommer det här bli en riktigt bra DP, kanske deras bästa sedan 1988
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3/10/2011 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 94 Points
Winter's Weakening Death Grip: This is a huge step up in quality from the previous two champagnes. Beautiful nose with clean aromas of lemon/citrus and mineral. As the mousse fades flavors of lemon, bread dough and mineral take over. Well balanced. Great intensity. Long, satisfying finish. I had high expectations for this one and it delivered in a big way.
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2/28/2011 - Thirsty1 wrote: 94 Points
Consistent with previous
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2/25/2011 - SimonG wrote:
Shama's LLC Offline (The Square, London): Unsurprisingly sulpherous nose. Pale colour. Curiously flat, not a bubble in sight, pretty flat on the palate too. Lifeless. No idea how to view this. Hope it's a faulty bottle. ?
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2/19/2011 - manonthemoon wrote: 91 Points
Super tight bottle. Most people who have had this prior said this bottle seemed shut down. With more air it seemed to gain some weight and fruit to go along with the chalk and minerality that was showing strong prior.
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2/19/2011 - Lessthanzero wrote: 91 Points
Pleasant, and minerally, but very tightly wound, and nowhere near as good as previous bottles. Better to let this rest for a decade.
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2/19/2011 - tooch wrote: 91 Points
30th Birthday Dinner (Ardeo, Washington DC): Decanted this and even after a couple hours of air, this was still very tightly wound. Came across very monolithic at this point with underlying notes of citrus, bready yeast, and minerals. This will need considerable time to unwind.
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2/17/2011 - BryAG wrote: 95 Points
Its body held a vibrant goldish yellow hue and it exhibited a pearly luster. While it was served in a standard party style wine glass, the sheer amount and persistence of the bubbles were remarkable and I can only image their concentration served in proper flutes.
On the nose, the freshness of the yeast was primary and right away I got the olfactory sensation of lemon juice squeezed over crushed soda and graham crackers. On the palate, its most striking component was its laser guided, pinpoint acidity. I picked up a wonderful citrus and peach driven minerality as it finished with profound elegance and length.
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2/15/2011 - nytiger wrote: 91 Points
pleasant of course, little nose, moderately effervescent, tasty, less than expected
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2/14/2011 - KeithSurg wrote: 88 Points
Light nose, with grapefruit, peach and mineral palate. Quite acidic, to the point of being tangy. Very dry. Lacks the complexity or richness I was hoping for in this anticipated vintage. Perhaps not ready yet? Good, but I enjoyed the '02 Cristal much more.
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2/11/2011 - Thirsty1 wrote: 94 Points
Rarely do I have a bad bottle of Dom. Light straw color, fantastic young green fruit, ripe with zesty acidity and abundant effervecence. This will last a while and didn't taste like a 9 year old bottle of wine.
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2/11/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 93 Points
Todd and Mina shared this with us at an end-of-vacation dinner at Cuchina at the JW Marriott Resort in Phuket. No detailed notes but this was really good.....deep gold in colour, incredibly precise and deep toasty brioche nose. Similar clean, toasty and welcoming brioche palate with a weight that made it taste like wine rather than what you normally associate with champagne. Almost chewy. Very young and unevolved but quite captivating. This couldn't be more different from the Cristal 2002 I have drank a few times but each have something quite profound in potential despite their youth. Great stuff!
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2/6/2011 - BigJ wrote: 91 Points
Very tight, but with great possibility
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2/1/2011 - mmh wrote:
Very good and interesting nose with gunpowder, mushrooms, minerals and some animal notes. A bit of toast and fruit too. Bone dry on the palate. Quite acidic. Grapefruit. Feels a bit light at first, but the long, good aftertaste makes up for this. I would'nt score it over 90 at the moment, but it clearly has potential to become outstanding.
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1/31/2011 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Fresh mineral driven, another excellent example.
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1/26/2011 - jc-mmb wrote: 91 Points
for all the hype, certainly a lighter less dimensional version of dom. wonderful nose of mineral, nuttiness and vibrant fruits gives anticipation of further greatness. alas, not so much. very nice acidity in this bone dry bottle. the fruit is very full and almost tart/rindy. not enough of the mineral, earthiness or nuttiness comes through. there is some yeasty brioche but not enough to balance out. the finish is a bit thin and acidic to be great/classic. maybe will improve with age. hope so.
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1/17/2011 - jeff nowak wrote: 93 Points
i wanted this to be tasted next to the 96, but, alas, 2 flawed bottles of that killed the comparison. after reading all sorts of comments about the new release 02, i wanted to see what all the fuss was about. and, yes, this is a nice dom. i do think it lacks the super fine undercarraige of a proper 96. i'd like to spend more time with another bottle.
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1/17/2011 - kstoddard Likes this wine: 93 Points
G6 (Jeff): Straw yellow color. Apple nose with some minerality. Tastes of apple, pear, and melon with a strong soda minearlity backbone. Nicely balanced with an elegant finish. 12.5% alcohol.
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1/12/2011 - Uglypinga wrote:
Im not a champagne lover, but a friend brought this over and wanted to crack it. Toast, green apple and citrus in the nose. The palate is intense with more citrus, butter, and a hint of apricot. Searing acidity, nice minerality.
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1/5/2011 - Siggy wrote: 95 Points
Sushi and 2002 Vintage Champagnes (Fuji-Ya, Minneapolis): The 2002 Dom is still wide open for business, and this bottle rewarded our infanticide. The deep, dynamic, fascinating nose initially shows flowers and smoke, but turns more fruit- and spice-driven with air. Complex, fresh palate -- ginger, anise, toast, and cream, wrapped around a tight core of ripe citrus fruit. So intense, racy, and elegant. Gorgeous, pin-prick bubble mousse. A terrific showing. Unanimous WOTN.
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1/4/2011 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
More yellow fruit and rounder examples.
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1/4/2011 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
Displays excellent mineral quality. Fine mousse. Excellent example.
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1/3/2011 - jorge48 wrote: 89 Points
My first DP, cracked on New Year's eve. Lots of apple and citrus on nose and palate. Slightly disappointed by this bubbly's-- to me-- excessive tartness and acidity. Lacks the toasty baguette notes I look for in a champagne, which can be found even in "lowly" N/V Moets (for less than half the price!). Perhaps needs time, or maybe I am more of a N/V Moet guy...
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1/2/2011 - shadowman Likes this wine: 96 Points
Shared this for a special New Year's toast. Razor sharp and exceptionally smooth. I was blown away.
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1/1/2011 - bon vivant wrote:
Surprisingly "light" for a young DP, in a nice middle of the road style which i would describe as crowd pleasing. I would have not recognized this as a DP in a blind tasting as this seemed much less flavor intense (especialy on the mid palate and low end). There was a nice young touch of citrus over a core of white pear fruit -nice balance but a relatively short finish. Of more concern was the monolithic character of this wine -very simple flavor profile. We left a small amount out for 4 hrs to see if we an coax more out of it -while it got touch more honeyed if failed to gain complexity. This is no where as complex or intriguing as the 96 was at a similar age. If this gains complexity i would be pleasantly surprised, yet I have my doubts....
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1/1/2011 - Jody Smith wrote:
Tight, crisp lines - lemon verbena oil and a flinty, tense finish. Fine, generous mousse propels citrus pith and petrol through a moderate, finish. Ends completely clean. Really nice start to a night of great wine.
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1/1/2011 - psmith wrote:
Bright and citric compared to the '00, with more weight though clearly very coiled up. Tart, with aggressive mousse. Very nice.
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1/1/2011 - FakeAccount wrote: 97 Points
Wow!!! I normally like to poo-poo Dom, but have to give them props when they deliver. After reasonably good (but overpriced) vintages of 1998, 1999, and 2000, Dom has delivered an amazing Champagne in 2002. Best since the amazing 1996!
Aromatics of acacia blossoms, chalk, and honeysuckle. This profile only expands on the palate with pear, brioche, and peach notes. Full-bodied with high acidity (not too high, but enough to give it a long life). 30 second finish that demands another sip when it fades. Drinks incredibly well now, but will only get better with time. This is a dangerous wine... you could drink the entire bottle without realizing it... make sure you share one with a friend... OK... get a magnum and share it with a friend. :)
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1/1/2011 - FakeAccount wrote: 98 Points
Wow!!! I normally like to poo-poo Dom, but have to give them props when they deliver. After reasonably good (but overpriced) vintages of 1998, 1999, and 2000, Dom has delivered an amazing Champagne in 2002. Best since the amazing 1996!
Aromatics of acacia blossoms, chalk, and honeysuckle. This profile only expands on the palate with pear, brioche, and peach notes. Full-bodied with high acidity (not too high, but enough to give it a long life). 30 second finish that demands another sip when it fades. Drinks incredibly well now, but will only get better with time. This is a dangerous wine... you could drink the entire bottle without realizing it... make sure you share one with a friend... OK... get a magnum and share it with a friend. :)
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1/1/2011 - Mrbuzz wrote: 89 Points
New Years wine.....this is the second bottle I've had of this, and I'll tell ya, I'm a little disappointed. I guess this needs some serious time, although I've had the '99 a few times, and it seems way ahead of what I've tasted in these 2002's. I don't get any of the smoky caramel/flint/truffle flavors or nose, or the plush pillow feel in the mouth. All I get right now is a HUGE cut of citrus acidity, sharp tingly bubbles, little mineral, and really not much else. Now don't get me wrong...I like what I'm tasting, but I just am looking for more when it comes to a Dom P, especially in such a heralded vintage. Conclusion...I will definitely drink this wine on someone else's dime...but my remaining bottles won't be touched for 5+ years.
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12/31/2010 - pizzler wrote: 93 Points
While it was hard to evaluate this in a one ounce plastic tasting cup, it clearly had an amazing long finish that lasted well after we left the tasting. Great balance, developing tastes of nougat and dough. A fun one to watch over time.
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12/31/2010 - jrobs7777 wrote: 93 Points
New Years Eve Cabernet and Dom Blowout (Our House (2033 Brandywine St., Philadelphia)): Very solid. Not quite up to level of 96 vintage but this may ultimately develop into something better. Honey, nuts, apple, pear on the nose Very bight and primary. Palate is more of the same. Intense and packed with juicy fruit. A simply in comparison to the 96, but the secondary development may yet come. Nice crisp finish.
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12/31/2010 - Miceri wrote: 94 Points
Light coloured; slightly bready nose; lots and lots of bubbles; very flavoury, complex and creamy; lots of aftertaste
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12/31/2010 - PaulHig wrote: 90 Points
Still so fresh & young, the richness is hidden behind, and mature notes are sure to come with time.
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12/31/2010 - Roberto_1 wrote: 89 Points
Good freshness on the palate. It is citrusy,linear and steely but to me and lacks some of the fat and roundness in the mid-section that other great vintages display. This may be a function of age and I am hopeful that all will come together.
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12/26/2010 - St Paul wrote: 94 Points
A great champagnes to celebrate the STEFAN day...coffee and fudge in a sensual way
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12/25/2010 - tarheel17 wrote:
very mineral-driven, almost painfully precise. Tasted like the fruit was locked up tight behind a granite wall. Very unforgiving at this stage, I would prefer to drink something else for the next 20 years while this learns to behave.
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12/24/2010 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
nose: distinct and compact nose of white fruits, fresh picked citrus tones, pain grille, white florals, minerals, white peaches and a touch of white florals. There is a real good intensity to this nose with very pure fruit. It's tight on the nose but shows off a lot of depth and purity
taste: medium/full body with medium/high acidity and plump tones of white peaches, pears, white fruits, fresh picked citrus tones and a nice mineral base
overall: Its nice to be able to spend more time with this then I did previously. This is obviously still quite young and the acidity is very noticeable right now. The nose is also on the tight side and the palate is holding back, but there is definitely a lot of great material to work with
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12/21/2010 - kthornton78 wrote: 94 Points
brioche with citrus zest, pear, and (?) caramel on the nose. great acidity with round, bright stone fruit flavors. nice persistence. a great wine.
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12/19/2010 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Combined bday dinner; 12/19/2010-12/20/2010 (Tornado): Fresh and Tiight but approachable. Serious looking but fun. Fresh bread and Lemon Perrier with green apples and some red apples. More conventional style.
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12/18/2010 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
30-40-50 Dinner (Music and Wines of the 1960s, 70s and 80s) (Bounce, Iluma): An excellent young DP. Quite far and away the best vintage since 1996 I think. Very vigorous fine bead at first, but verytight. A quick decanting sacrificed some of the bubbles but helped the wine to open up quite a bit. Nose was lovely, with smoky, toasty, oak hints, deep white fruit notes, fresh green herbs and a hint of mushrooms. Very attratctive, it just exploded out of the glass. The palate had superb balance, super fresh, yet unlike some 1996s, not hard or acidic at all. It was tight, but nevertheless had lovely drinkablity, with fun fruitiness in the form of sweet lemons, green apples, gobs of fleshy white fruit, and gentle minerality all in perfect proportions as the wine zoomed across the mouth into a fine, frothy finish. Lovely complexity, yet super friendly, with no lack of substance to boot. An excellent wine. I have no doubt it will grow in the bottle to make a beautiful champagne in a decade or so.
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12/17/2010 - sparksinsuits wrote: 90 Points
DP is always great. It's better out with friends from McGoff & Vickers
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12/15/2010 - Matt T wrote: 93 Points
Champagne Tasting (Bell's Wine Shop, Washington DC): I could tell that this was complex, but it was hard to pinpoint the distinctive flavors--some mineral and perhaps vanilla and brie notes here. Toasty with some sweetness and yeast and a medium length finish.
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12/13/2010 - Cheryl wrote:
I missed the conversation about this wine possibly having been off as Bigwineguy420 says below, but would be pleased if that were the case. I'd read great things about this wine and wanted to enjoy it but found little to be excited about. Citrus with a lifeless palate.
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12/13/2010 - PatrikO wrote: 94 Points
Young for sure, but I still enjoyed this big bodied champagne. Got all the stuffing to make this a great one, found it fuller and richer than the 96. With maturity I hope it will shed some of that bitterness it got on the aftertaste.
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12/13/2010 - bigwineguy420 wrote: 87 Points
Pink Label. Tasted like pink grapefruits. Not a great bottle. One dimensional and flat. I was told by others this was not a good representative.
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12/11/2010 - DanNZ wrote: 92 Points
Very good but tight at this stage. Showing a lot of citrus & mineral with fresh acidity. Initially light but building in power & intensity with time in the glass. Rich toasty notes developed by end of glass. Excellent potential. Needs time to develop more complexity. Try again in 2-5 years.
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12/9/2010 - jlgnml wrote: 94 Points
HDH Hope Dream Live Charity Dinner (Custom House Tavern, Chicago, IL): Fresh, great bubbles, awesome on the palate, great start to a charitable evening.
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12/8/2010 - EMichels wrote: 91 Points
Big texture; Austere
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12/8/2010 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
nose: packed and lush nose filled with balanced tones of citrus', bread, bits of white peaches, with a great mineral base that carries through. Excellent depth and with a lot of youthful exuberance on the nose
taste: extremely balanced with medium/full body and fat tones fresh picked citrus', bits of bread, white peaches and a lot of mineral and crushed stone tones. Shows off a lot of class and depth on the palate but is also showing off some potent medium/high acidity
overall: This is tightly packed a bit right now but showing off a ton of promise. This will need a few years to fully unwind and start to express itself but it also shows itself to be a long distance runner as well. There wasn't a chance to give this more air as it was just popped and poured for a celebration. I would love to see what this could do with a good amount of air
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12/5/2010 - jdabrowski1027 wrote: 94 Points
Very concentrated and young
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12/4/2010 - jdcanby wrote: 91 Points
What a great way to celebrate a perfect 12-0 season. A bottle of Dom in the parking lot after beating the Beavers in the Civil War game.
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12/4/2010 - psmith wrote:
Firm mineral and stoney notes. Citrus tones. High-pitched. Very acidic, with aggressive mousse and some smokey character. Medium bodied. Not the quality of '96 or even '95, but nice (certainly stronger then the '98-00).
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12/3/2010 - Keith Levenberg wrote:
This concentration of this wine was almost too much for me. The mouthfeel was practically treacly, not because it's sweet but just because the material feels so thick and dense and sauce-like. It was laced with a lot of the interesting mineral flavors characteristic of DP but was frankly just too rich to be something I'd enjoy drinking now. This came across much fatter to me than the '96 was on release probably because the '96 had more piercing and acute acids. I found the fruit complexion here to be deeper in tone than the '96 as well. There have been rumblings of efforts to make DP in a more forward style and there are aspects of this that I could see as reflective of that, but the sheer concentration of this isn't compatible with a wine for early-drinking for my tastes, so for me this is either a wine I'd throw in the cellar or not buy at all.
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12/2/2010 - amateurwino wrote:
Had a slightly bitter minerality on the palate; good but my least favorite among the premium champagnes poured on this night.
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11/23/2010 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
Spottswoode Vertical (Urbana, Washington, DC): Another great showing for the 2002 DP. Very light, subtle bubbles combine with deep minerality and citrus notes in building this wines complex and deep structure. This needs a lot of time either in a cellar or decanting to realize its full potential at the moment, but there wasn't any doubt around the table that we were tasting the makings of a truly memorable bottle of Dom.
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11/21/2010 - Nutty08 wrote: 92 Points
Nose is rather shy, with some lemon zest, almonds, and dough. Quite concentrated creamy palate, with plentiful acidity, and a lengthy creamy and mineral finish. Quite tasty and complex, though rather tight and unyielding palate. Good, though needs time. Not sure it's worth the tariff though.
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11/19/2010 - subtlet Likes this wine: 89 Points
November Champagne at Renaissance Wines (Renaissance Premium Wines and Cigars, Orenco Station, Oregon): Full caramel apples show on the nose while remaining subtle. Nice, rich apple flavors are showing well, and the bubbles evolve evenly with a clean touch. A hint of caramel lingers on the mid palate. The apple hits big on entry, and then it drops lower and lurks on the palate through the rest of the experience. The acid is even and approachable, and all of the flavors linger.
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11/16/2010 - dave747400 wrote: 90 Points
Farr Christmas Tasting 2010: Nice high acidity, abundant mousse, clean. £875/cs (Sal 89pts)
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11/13/2010 - Paul Lin wrote: 94 Points
This was my favorite wine of the tasting -- absolutely exquisite. Shortbread, marzipan, lemon zest, sugar cane, crushed minerals, maybe even a hint of lychee. Refined and complex with wonderful precision and pitch.
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11/11/2010 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Burgs with the fellas (Galletto Ristorante, Modesto Ca.): Beautiful nose of caramel, ginger, toast, fresh floral citrus.....in the mouth, good airy mousse, but VERY crisp/tight with citrus acidity and minerals. Not as complex as the nose, yet refreshingly nice to sip on....the right food added to its pleasure. +pts
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11/6/2010 - Kirk Grant wrote:
Color: Light golden yellow
Smell: Chalk, white floral notes, green banana, and lemon
Taste: Golden apple, lime, kiwi, and chalk
Overall: I don't get all the crazy scores this wine is getting. It is barely in the outstanding range for me at this point. I'm not saying that I don't think it will improve with time...I do. However, at this point it's enjoyable and a great example of the DP syle; but not life-altering
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11/4/2010 - sdr Likes this wine: 94 Points
For once, the hype is right. This is an amazing young DP, brought by Barry to 32 East the night before his birthday. Pale yellow and bursting with tiny bubbles as expected. But unlike most baby Doms, there's a real fragrance of light wheat thins and mixed citrus peel. The palate does not disappoint either. Light in weight but not in flavor. Clean finish. Actually very drinkable now but surely much more to come.
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11/2/2010 - VindependenceDay wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Served a bit too cold, seemed somewhat one-dimensional. Very clean, pure palate. Crisp. Lemon meringue, apricot. Probably should have let it open up a bit more.
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11/1/2010 - ktrh Likes this wine: 93 Points
Creamy texture, lots of unripe green apple. Very nice balanced but not too elegant I'd have to admit, yet there is an extremely long and harmonious finish.
Probably consumed a decade too early, nevertheless an outstanding wine even at this point.
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10/30/2010 - Renegade wrote: 95 Points
I am not able to give a true accurate description of the color of this Champagne due to I ordered a glass of it with my dinner at a restaurant with dim lighting. In spite of this Champagne not being served in a proper Champagne glass, but close enough, I was able to get aromas of toasted almonds, yeast, mineral, green apples and pears. It tasted of toasted almonds, yeast, mineral, pears and green apples. It seemed like there was an ever slight aroma and taste of honeysuckle as well. The bubbles were very fine and plentiful. This Champagne is good now, but time in the cellar will be very rewarding. I would drink this between 2012 and 2027+. Excellent bubbly!
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10/29/2010 - ginfizz wrote: 93 Points
This bottle showing better. Some toast, some fruits on the nose, picked up weight with air, nice mousse but gave out after an hour and a half, needs to settle down. A good Dom at this point.
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10/29/2010 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points
More delicate expression, yellow fruit, fine mousse, enjoyed over a fish dinner, drinking extremely well but not as crisp.
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10/27/2010 - gutt22 wrote:
The early reports are this wine sure do hit it on the head. This is a very fine young vintage for Dom. Very light yellow color. Exquisite bubbles. An awesome nose, loaded with minerals, apples, green apples, creamy-toasty notes, and a touch of flowers. In the mouth, explosive and youthful, racing across the palate and fanning out with its sublime apple and citrus fruit, some yeasty brioche, and a powerful kick of mineral-laden acidity. Profound finish. This might not be on the level of the 1996, but it is pretty darn close. A
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10/24/2010 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 94 Points
2010 K&L Annual Champagne Event (K&L San Francisco Store): K&L Champagne Tasting. Amazing crisp nose of apple, lemon, and wet shale, with hints of yeast and brioche, more of the same on the palate, intense and mouth filling, acid on finish suggests a bright and long future.
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10/23/2010 - subtlet Likes this wine: 89 Points
Tete de Cuvee Champagne Tasting - Oct 23rd ,2010 (Red Slate, Portland, Oregon): Some interesting funk on the nose here reminds me of Pinot Noir, showing notes of wood on the forest floor as well as some red fruit. Red apples show on the palate, along with a hint of raspberry. Some hibiscus shows as well. The bubbles are gentle but the acidity is solid and it gets big late while lingering on the center of the tongue. Some earth shows on the mid palate, and light apples linger on the finish. While my experience is limited, this is the best Dom P. I've tasted. 89+
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10/23/2010 - tp096255 wrote:
K&L Champagne Tent Event 2010 (Hollywood, CA): Quick Grade: B+
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10/20/2010 - ews3 wrote: 95 Points
Zachys Robin Hood 2010 Wine Tasting (La venue, NYC): lovely. wonderfully yeasty bread. lemon zest and acidic spine. med finish. stock up.
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10/20/2010 - Corgi wrote:
Freshly sliced ginger, dough and hazelnut gives its first impressions on the bouquet. Initially, upon opening, the finish was short and abbreviated but after decanting for 30-45 minutes, it develops a richer, extended aftertaste.
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10/19/2010 - tyvoodoo wrote: 94 Points
Similar to my last bottle a few days ago. Nose gives off plenty of minerals, smoke, slate and river rock. Fine mouse with a tight mouthfeel and is stuffed with acid and minerals. Very tightly wound and not giving off much pleasure. Acid is plentiful and linear with the heavy dose of minerals. The substance is there but it plain needs time in the bottle to show its potential.
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10/16/2010 - tyvoodoo wrote: 94 Points
Very tight upon opening and in need of lots of air. Slate, smoke and minerals on the nose. Palate has tight structure with laser like acid, fine mouse and a long mineral touched finish. In need of some air and age but lots of promise.
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10/16/2010 - KenK wrote: 96 Points
Popped and poured from Andy Warhol label bottle. Great intensity burst of fine bubbles. Very young with beautiful lift to ripe precise mineral driven ripe white fruits. Little dobut this will be a long lived wine. Had next to Krug MV and while both very nice wines, DP was more fun to drink with laser like lift to sweet lush dense fruit. Crisp apple finish lingers impressively. Will be very hard for me to keep these around. The label and packaging of the Warhol adds to the fun nature of this wine.
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10/13/2010 - Pacalet wrote: 93 Points
Very pretty after an hour of air, mousse like fine bubbles, nose of lemon and coffee beans. Nice sharp acidity, with lots of yeast and toast and pineapple on the palate, long lingering mineral finish which is a bit Raveneau like, lots of potential ahead.
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10/12/2010 - canan wrote: 96 Points
Alzero + misc (Terkels place): Aggressive nose packed with yeast and acidity and plenty of fresh lemon.
Very powerful mousse with loads of lemon which fills the entire mouth. Slight bitterness in the end.
Great depth and density but still quite elegant. Loved it!!
With air it gets more floral note but also even more density and also some sweetness.
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10/11/2010 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
After reading not so flattering TNs, I opened my third bottle of Dom from the same case as the first bottle. It wasn’t as expressive as the first bottle very similar to the second, certainly a champagne that merits 95 pts. It starts with a lot of bubbles as one can expect, which subdues the mineral expression in the first nose impression but it is clearly there. The first expression is very precise Chardonnay expression but it clips and the Pinot expression dominates. Perhaps this abrupt transformation may be bothersome to some. However, this is a complete champagne that will age well just like other doms.
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10/3/2010 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
Eagles v. Redskins Bubbles (New York, NY): Wonderfully crisp and vibrant with firm bubbles. Great yeasty nose that has has roasted hazelnuts, lemon zest, dandelion stems, crushed rocks and baked bread. Such a young, delightful wine that will continue to improve over the next 20-30 years.
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10/1/2010 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
My second bottle came from the same source as the first which I thought was close to perfect. This seems not as mineral and flowery, more yellow fruit perhaps and not as focused. Is it me or the wine? I feel that the first bottle was clearly better. 95 pts Drank over two nights at home.
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10/1/2010 - suzanna9452000 wrote: 92 Points
Very pale yellow in the glass with extremely fine bubbles. Light citrus, seashore, and some slight biscuit on the nose. In the mouth: Gentle citrus and peach flavors, minerality, good body and balance with crisp acidity. Green apple, peach, and wet stone on the lingering finish.
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9/30/2010 - psmith wrote:
High pitched, mineral, chalk, and light citrus fruits. Firm palate, with fine, uplifting mousse. Really hard to read at this stage, but far less giving then I normally get with young Dom; still, a sense of lots in reserve and should age nicely.
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9/27/2010 - clayfu wrote:
Delicious, expansive mineral like back palate with a long finish of acid and stone fruit. Tastes like a blanc de blanc with all the minerality and green fruit. Finish goes on for days but still needs time to merge all the components together. In the beginning picked up a tinge of sourness on the entry
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9/26/2010 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
Roy’s: Beautiful crisp fruit in a super silky mouthfeel. Noted descriptors “airy, delicate but intense, fine bubbles, fluffy clouds, dissipates effortlessly, leaves a long impression, light tuna-fish oil” you get the idea. Stunning.
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9/24/2010 - dcwino wrote: 99 Points
Dauvissat Le Clos like minerality and precision combined with Truchot delicate yet intense red fruit. Chalk, limestone, sea shell in the beginning followed by copious amount of flowers, white peach, pear, granny smith apple and lemon oil. Then the nose transforms to very pinot with surprisingly intense raspberry and strawberry. It has incredible amount of very fine mousse and bright acidity. Great precise delineate beginning but incredibly rich intense end. Not as singular as the 96 Salon and not as deep as the 96 Krug but drinking better than the either two at the similar stage. You will not be disappointed to drink one now but will last. 99 pts.
* Drank the first half at home.
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9/17/2010 - Shorepower wrote:
Intressant nog är de flesta inne på 90-tal vilket jag faktiskt inte förstod (nu satt jag med facit). Vinet är otroligt ungt på näsan, mineraler, citrus, naturligt sötma med honung. En del rostade toner som man gillar eller inte gillar, dock inte dominerande, kan kanske öka med tiden. Smaken är kanske lite spretig men vinet är väldigt förföriskt. Som vinnörd så ska man ju rynka lite på näsan åt DP men det här är ett riktigt bra vin (och som 88an visade, klarar lång lagring om lagrat på rätt sätt). Är man intresserade av vin ska man köpa det här (med reservation för de av er som enbart gillar små odlare utan dosage). Personligen är jag mer åt odlarhållet men kan bara kapitulera för det här vinet. I jämförelse med Cristal 02 (som väl en av de få andra tillgängliga 02-prestige från de större champagnehusen) så håller jag just nu det här vinet som bättre. Över tiden får vi se vad som händer.
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9/12/2010 - dgerst wrote: 95 Points
Pale yellow color with fine bead. very open nose of baking biscuit, lemons, white flowers. Very intriguing palate of crunchy granny smith apple, lemon-lime, white peaches. Great acidic tingle and looong finish. This reminds me of the '96 on release with perhaps a trifle less acid. Surprisingly approachable now but a long life ahead.
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9/12/2010 - ginfizz wrote: 90 Points
Approachable. Light flavors of lemon tinged citrus and a slight biscuity quality round out the youthful flavors of this medium to light bodied DP. The acidity comes in with air to give it a bit of structure. This needs some time in the bottle to show it's best...these were right off the boat...but not a problem drinking them now. Enjoyable and celebratory.
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9/12/2010 - soyhead wrote: 92 Points
Rolling with two bottles at the vergara house in celebration of his son's new apartment. Nose - lovely nose of lemon lime, grapefruit, sea breeze? quince? Wowsers.
Mouth - crisp, fresh , vanilla, delicious, limited notes
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9/10/2010 - thewiz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious youthful with nice fruity aromas and a tough finish of tanines at the moment. One of the best DP's that I have tried from the last decade. Will be very interesting to follow how this evolves over the years!
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8/18/2010 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
Clean nose, minimal reductive notes, maybe a slight matchstick. Very clean, transparant, a bit of honey and oyster, lean with a tight restrictive finish, delightful mousse, grew a little darker in the glass.
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8/11/2010 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Unreleased; widely acclaimed to be excellent by participants. It was very young and unevolved, but clearly showed good balance. Reminded me of the 2002s from Burgundy - not blockbusters but great character and verve. Likely a good future.
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