2008 Lanson "Gold Label" Brut Champagne
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Wine Enthusiast
Reviewed December 2019From a great vintage, this wine both reflects the year and also shows the producer's trademark crisp style that keeps the wine's natural acidity. That approach lends itself to aging and this wine, now 11 years old, is still intensely fresh. It only just shows signs of maturity and toast. That means it will age further... (RV)
Professional Reviews
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James Suckling
This has seen more than six years of ageing in the cellar and has attractive concentration and nicely played complexity. The nose is as fresh as you'd expect from Lanson with all yellow grapefruit and lemon but some pastry too. The palate, meanwhile, has a refreshing sweep of acid-driven, lemon fruit and is super pure, fresh and long. A great-value wine here.
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Wine Spectator
Notes of oyster shell, graphite and spice are a fresh and aromatic entry for this vibrant Champagne, layered with firm, focusing acidity and flavors of poached apricot, black cherry, lemon curd and slivered almond. Offers a lovely, creamy texture and a juicy quality to the mineral-laced finish. Disgorged February 2016. (AN)
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John Gilman
The 2008 Lanson “Gold Label” Brut Millésime is composed of a blend of roughly fifty percent each of chardonnay and pinot noir. It was disgorged in February of 2016, after seven years aging on its fine lees. Today, the wine is really starting to drink with generosity, soaring from the glass in a refined blend of peach, apple, wheat toast, hazelnut, a beautiful base of soil tones and a nice touch of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and zesty, with a lovely core, fine soil undertow, very elegant mousse, a lovely spine of acidity and a long, complex and very classy finish. At twelve years of age, this wine is wide open and hitting on all cylinders, but still has decades of life ahead of it. 93+
Staff Reviews
GW
We are very lucky to have secured an allocation of this great vintage Champagne from Lanson. Many Champagne fans will remember the 2002 from this house, and I am happy to report that this 2008 is even better. They selected only the very best Grand Cru vineyards for this wine, Ay, Verzenay and Bouzy for the Pinot Noir and Mesnil, Oger and Avize for the Chardonnay. The blend is 53% Pinot Noir and 47% Chardonnay, and the wine has not gone through malolactic fermentation, giving it a straight line finish of crisp acidity that will see the wine through the ages. It is ready to drink on release, especially paired with cracked crab or scallops, but its best days are ahead of it. If you were married or had children in 2008, this is a bottle not to be missed. The 1976, which I tasted recently is proof of the immense ageing potential of these wines!
Notes
This entirely grand cru vintage Champagne is composed of 49% Chardonnay from Avize, Cramant, Oger, and Mesnil, and 51% Pinot Noir from Ay, Verzenay, and Bouzy. Given how fresh the 1976 tastes now, this vintage should be one for the ages -- if you can keep your hands off of it! (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne Buyer)
Details
| Type | Sparkling Wine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Champagne, France |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1420711 |