Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Vintage:2002 the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape

the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee da Capo is sheer perfection in a glass

which I think remains one of his best wines to day

The supple but tautly muscular medium weight plus flavors possess a suave mouth feel thanks to the abundant dry extract that both coats the palate and buffers the very firm tannic spine on the highly persistent and imposingly powerful finish

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Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Vintage:2002 the 2010 Chateauneuf du PapeThe 2008 Dom Prignon continues to show very well, offering up a pretty bouquet of Anjou pear, fresh peach, citrus oil, fresh pastry, smoke and iodine. On the palate, it's full bodied, lively and incisive, with an elegantly textural attack and a creamy core of fruit that's underpinned by a bright but nicely integrated spine of acidity. The finish is long, saline and well defined. As I wrote earlier this year, this is the finest Dom Prignon since 1996,