Siaurac Vintage:2005 The 2008 Dom Pérignon continues

The 2008 Dom Pérignon continues to show very well

with restrained ripeness

57 ha in Clos du Roi

07 ha parcel of 35+ year old vines)

menthol and wood toast where additional breadth is present in the form of wet stone and spices

Siaurac Vintage:2005 The 2008 Dom Pérignon continuesThe 2005 Siaurac is such a pleasant surprise. At fifteen years of age, it is at a gorgeous plateau of maturity. Cedar, tobacco, dried black cherry and worn in leather are the signatures of a wine with a fair bit of bottle age, and yet the 2005 clearly has enough freshness to drink well for another decade. There is a bit of angularity in the tannin, perhaps because of the extraction and or cooperage, but I am willing to look past that because the wine