Country: France

Region: Champagne

Vintage: 2008

Cépage: Chardonnay; Pinot Noir

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 97 (RP); 99 (JS)

"The newly released 2008 Dom Pérignon Rosé is a dramatic, perfumed wine, bursting with aromas of blood orange, iodine, sweet citrus fruit, peach and pear mingled with hints of buttered toast, smoke and spices. Full-bodied, textural and enveloping, with terrific concentration, racy acids and a pillowy mousse, it concludes with a long, penetrating finish. It derives its intense hue from red wine produced from Pinot Noir grown in lieux-dits Chants de Linottes in Hautvillers and Vauzelles in Aÿ."

William Kelley (RP) - 09/22