The question of succession is always an issue in small

Chardonnay seems to play the leading role in 2004

As I wrote earlier this year

(50% whole clusters)

but this is one example where the younger generation is building on past success by taking things to an entirely new level

Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon Vintage:2017 The question of succession isThe 2008 Dom Prignon continues to show very well, offering up a pretty bouquet of Anjou pear, fresh peach, citrus oil, fresh pastry, smoke and iodine. On the palate, it's full bodied, lively and incisive, with an elegantly textural attack and a creamy core of fruit that's underpinned by a bright but nicely integrated spine of acidity. The finish is long, saline and well defined. As I wrote earlier this year, this is the finest Dom Prignon since 1996,