Dom Perignon 2008 2-Pk 750mL with Gift Box

Two bottles of Dom Pérignon 2008, packed together in a gift box. The wine is the same celebrated vintage sold singly, a tense, long-lived year that the house held back until it was ready.

About This Champagne

Grey skies and a late pick in the second half of September left the 2008 base wines with striking acidity. Richard Geoffroy chose to give it extra time, releasing the 2009 ahead of it, and the 2008 finally reached shops in early 2019 after almost nine years on the lees and a year on cork. For the first time since 1990 the blend is exactly 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir. Reviews at release and since have been consistently strong, and older bottles are moving into riper, honeyed territory.

Tasting Profile

• Nose: Citrus confit, baked apple and brioche, with smoky, flinty lift and a note of marzipan.
• Palate: Precise and tonic, with generous fruit carried on lively acidity and a very fine bead.
• Finish: Long, dry and smoky, with lemon and chalk hanging on.

Serving & Food

Open at around 9°C and let the first glass sit so the reduction blows off. A white wine glass works better than a flute here. Pair with pan-fried turbot with beurre blanc, Iberico ham, or chicken with morel cream.

How to Enjoy

Anniversaries and dinners where the wine is the centrepiece, and for comparing against younger Dom Pérignon vintages.

Product Details

About the Maison

The wine takes its name from a 17th-century monk at Hautvillers, near Épernay, who spent decades working on blending and on keeping wine in bottle. The brand itself belongs to Moët & Chandon, part of LVMH, and only ever carries a single year on the label.

Dom Pérignon aims for a recognisable house signature across very different seasons. Winemaking is carefully reductive, with oxygen kept away at every step, which is where the smoky, struck-flint note in young bottles comes from.