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2008 Vintage Champagne

2008 Vintage Champagne

Written: June 2020

First encounters My first experience with the 2008 vintage in Champagne was early in 2009, when I had the opportunity to taste a number of vin clair (still wines). Vin clair are rather sauvage when compared to the final, blended, sparkling product: the acidity is tooth jarringly prominent (there is no dosage or autolytic effect),…

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