1985 Dom Perignon - Deep Deal!

Graileys Price - Was $699.99 - Now $599.99

1985 is unanimously regarded as a wonderful vintage for much of the wine world, especially in Europe. Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône and Champagne all put out extraordinary vintages, but in Champagne, it is regarded as the vintage of the decade. We are fond of saying (and we'll probably say it again!) that nobody tastes more high-end, vintage Champagne than us, and as such, we have unique experience and a very accurately informed knowledge of many superb wines from the greatest Champagne Houses going back decades. On one of our most recent memorable encounters, we popped and relished the unashamedly spectacular 1985 Dom Perignon. Words won't do this immaculate Champagne any sort of justice, it was just sublime. Sitting right in the sweetest of sweet spots, this is a stunning example of a classic vintage Champagne that every fine wine enthusiast simply must experience. Only 6 Bottles Available.

John Gilman - Tasting Notes - "The 1985 Dom Pérignon is still several years away from its peak of drinkability, and while it is certainly quite approachable at this stage in its evolution, this wine will continue to improve with further bottle age. The bouquet is deep, complex and still a tad adolescent, as it offers up scents of tart apples, pink grapefruit, gentle herbal tones, a touch of limepeel, stony minerality and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and still quite young, with a rock-solid core of fruit, bright acids, fine focus and balance, tiny bubbles and superb length and grip on the racy finish. While some tasters around the table thought this wine was drinking beautifully, for my palate it remains still a bit bound up in its minerally adolescence and will offer up significantly more opulence and toasty charm with another five to ten years of bottle age. It should prove to be an absolutely classic vintage of Dom Pérignon."