Knightsbridge Dom Perignon Dinner

Wonderful Dom Perignon dinner sponsored by Knightsbridge for the store's anniversary. A few of us brought a few bottles of red wine given the menu. These aren't the actual flights, just split between the great Champagne and the bottles we brought.

• NV R. & L. Legras Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut 89 Points

  France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

  Apple with some lemon aromas, then similar on palate. Reasonable fresh and vibrant with slightly fatter fruit on finish.

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• 1993 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 90 Points

  France, Champagne

  From magnum. Subtle apple and pear aromas, also slightly toasty. Reasonably advanced but still showing good fruit. Moderate intensity and length.

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• 1993 Dom Pérignon Champagne Oenothèque 91 Points

  France, Champagne

  Apple aromas with a bit of lemon and fair amount of buttered toast. Slightly more intense than the "regular" cuvee tasted in the prior flight.

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• 1998 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 90 Points

  France, Champagne

  More toast than bright fruit on either nose or palate. Very good and balanced but certainly simpler in every way vs. the vintages I really like of 1990 and 1996.

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• 1996 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon Rosé 94 Points

  France, Champagne

  Aromas of lemon peel and strawberry. Incredibly elegant on palate with great fruit, great energy and lots of concentration particularly on long finish.

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• 1976 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon Oenothèque 93 Points

  France, Champagne

  Mature and almost caramelized fruit aromas. Dense apple and lemon flavors, also with a toasty, concentrated character. Kong, dense finish.

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• 1988 Ceci Clos Vougeot 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  Great aromatic start, with floral elements, moderately mature black fruit, good mushroom hints. Palate was similar but slightly less intense. Moderate length came across as slightly more mature than the aromas might have implied.

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• 1997 Domaine Anne Gros Richebourg 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru

  Very ripe red cherry and boysenberry aromas starting to show age. Moderate baking spice in background. Nuanced from start though middle, just not very long. At its peak now.

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• 1999 François Parent Echezeaux 89 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

  Good black fruit aromas with moderate sweet baking spice. Less forthcoming on palate with fruit somewhat obscured today behind prominent structure. Better after 2010.

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• 2001 Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape 92 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  Tough wine to assess with alluring lusj, ripe black fruit with great sweet spice. Palate was more subdued, seemingly shut down, not coming across as characteristically Chateauneuf. We were confused, thinking perhaps this just needs some more time (?).

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