Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon David Lynch

Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon David LynchThe 2003 Dom Prignon is maturing very gracefully in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of smoke, bread dough, waxy lemon rind and confit citrus. On the palate, the wine is ample, vinous and full bodied but retains excellent definition, and it's structured around chewy dry extract from mature skins, which compensates for its comparative lack of acidity. It will be interesting to follow its evolution over the coming decade.

The oak feels a little more evident (Carlos explained they used a little more new oak for it)

with a racy spine of acidity and delicately chalky phenolic structure

I also tasted the 2013 VS

It just needs more complexity and terroir expression on the finish

Chateau des Tours is the family estate of Emmanuel Reynaud

The 2019 Barolo Riserva Rocche Dell'Annunziata pours a dark red brick color and offers a concentrated and very ripe profile

2021 Barolo Bussia comes from an organically farmed site in Bussia Sottana that the Rinaldi family was able to purchase in 2022

flowers and sweet red berries punctuate the explosive finish

Enough wood to merit pointing out is present on the vaguely exotic nose of apple compote

The vines were planted in the late 1970s/early 1980s

There is an interesting hint of grilled nuts to the acacia blossom and citrusy aromas that reveal an appealing spiciness

somewhat uncharacteristically