Champagne, FranceTasted several times now, and this label continues to deliver. Of course, it helps to be from an excellent 2008 vintage. The obvious ripeness can be halting until you begin to drink it. From the brioche, hazelnuts and red apple butter (my favourite), this is a giant of a wine, but it is not all power. Winemaker Dominique Demarville (ex-Mumm) has brought a fresher look without messing with the Veuve style. 2008 is the first vintage Veuve fermented and aged in wood since the 60s. It’s exotic with candied orange, dried apricot, and gingersnap. The mix is 61 percent pinot noir, 34 percent chardonnay, 5 percent pinot meunier from Grand and Premier Cru sites that spent six years on the lees and was disgorged in March 2015. Also new in 2008, five percent of the wines were produced and aged in wooden casks. No rush to drink this.Tasted: 04 November 2019Tasted by: Prices:
Champagne, FranceTasted one year along, and this is as ripe, concentrated and doughy as remembered, with brioche dough, hazelnut paste, red apple butter, candied orange, dried apricot, and gingersnap. For all its weight, there is a raft of freshness that hums on the finish. 61 percent pinot noir, 34 percent chardonnay, 5 percent pinot meunier from Grand and Premier Cru sites, this spent six years on the lees and was disgorged March 2015. New to this 2008 Vintage: 5 percent of the wines were produced and aged in wooden casks. The 2008, the first vintage since 2004, featured new winemaker Dominique Demarville (ex-Mumm) and was the first vintage Veuve fermented and aged in wood since the 60s. It's also the first time VC has placed a disgorgement date on the label.Tasted: 09 December 2017Tasted by: Prices:
Champagne, FranceA blend of 61 percent pinot noir, 34 percent chardonnay, 5 percent pinot meunier from Grand and Premier Cru sites, this spent six years on the lees and was disgorged March 2015. New to this 2008 Vintage: 5 percent of the wines were produced and aged in wooden casks. Classic Veuve throughout, with dough, hazelnut and brioche dosed with red apple, yellow apple and a pithy grip and cherry fruit on the finish. Generous but under new winemaker Dominique Demarville (ex-Mumm) it is fresher and showing more finesse. The 2008, the first vintage since 2004, featured a new winemaker and was the first vintage Veuve fermented and aged in wood since the 60s. It's also the first time VC has placed a disgorgement date on the label. Impressive start by Demarville.Tasted: 06 December 2016Tasted by: Prices:
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