Paul Pernot, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Size:6x750ml The 2008 Dom Pérignon continues

The 2008 Dom Pérignon continues to show very well

There is a very forward

with dashes of lemon oil on crushed blue slate rocks

this Spätlese remains light and refreshing

a little spicier than I recall with fine tension towards the finish

Paul Pernot, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Size:6x750ml The 2008 Dom Pérignon continues(from two parcels of vines totaling . 37 ha, with ages of 10+ and 40+ years). Here there is enough reduction to mask the nuances of the underlying fruit so I would suggest giving this some air first. Much like the Pucelles there is a suave and succulent mouthfeel to the medium weight flavors that are more tightly wound on the sappy, tension filled and strikingly persistent finale. This is unusually well detailed and while its not exactly chiseled, it