Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Legacy Vintage:2008 with the 2011 Flaccianello della

with the 2011 Flaccianello della Pieve appearing a bit softer and plumper around the midsection

while his uncle Alvaro Palacios spends his time between Priorat and La Rioja

Very dark ruby red

this may be the most under rated wine in the de Montille portfolio with its ripe

there is undeniably brilliant delineation with almost flint-like scents filtering through the black sultry fruit

Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Legacy Vintage:2008 with the 2011 Flaccianello dellaThe 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,