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2 disgorgement versions of Dom Perignon 96 Part II

(2009-09-13 15:44:44)
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champagne

dom

perignon

1996

香槟

品酒

杂谈

分类: 嘉明话香槟

2 <wbr>disgorgement <wbr>versions <wbr>of <wbr>Dom <wbr>Perignon <wbr>96 <wbr>Part <wbr>II

Left: the spring-leaf-color-labeled bottle (tasting note Part II)

- suspected to be earlier disgorgement (around 2004?)

 

Right: the autumn-leaf-color-labeled bottle (tasting note Part I)

- suspected to be later disgorgement (around 2007?)

 

2 <wbr>disgorgement <wbr>versions <wbr>of <wbr>Dom <wbr>Perignon <wbr>96 <wbr>Part <wbr>II

The matching corks...the shape of the lower part tells the post-disgorgement

bottle age.

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Curious to compare, on the very next day, Aug 29, I opened another bottle with spring-leaf-colored label, which I bought in Shanghai in May, 2009.

 

Served upon uncorking, then affixed champagne stopper and kept in refrigerator.

 

This bottle, however, is warmly generous and totally satisfying with immediate and direct charm.

 

After just a flash of green vegetal note, the nose opens with toast and hazelnut. And the palate starts with beautifully ripe acidity and intense toasty flavor. It constantly evolves in the glass, unfolding breath-taking peacock-tail spectrum of aromas and flavors ranging from peachy fruit, coffee, white chocolate, cream, nut-toffee to roasted hazelnut, spice, toasted bread, and then the palate thins up with only candied fruit at around 40 minutes after uncorking – just when we are worrying that it starts to drop, it comes back in shape again – coffee, cholocate, toffee, toast and this time adding new elements of butter, butterscotch and roasted almond.  Rich and complex but in no way heavy; elegant and caressingly soft,  

thus not the least demanding -- a masterpiece indeed!  

 

Though the evolution is relatively quick, it does hold up well for around 1 hour and 20 minutes, then thinning up again to candied fruit only, but this time no way back…

 

I suspect this spring-leaf-color-labeled version is a relatively earlier disgorgement, maybe around 2004. And I guess the storage condition prior to purchase also has something to do with the fact that this bottle of Dom Perignon 96 is already at its peak – but what a treat now!!!

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