1985 Dom Perignon Brut (Limited Release Wooden Box) - 750ml

Wine With Bok - 10/10 Stars
So last week we had the International Vivino gathering at my place. Johan discreetly asked his secretary bought a bottle of this champagne from me, and brought it to our tasting, of course, he wrapped it with 10 layers of aluminum foil. So I tasted, wow, great stuff! Aged yeast, honeycomb on the nose. The palette was very pleasureable, aged, very intense, rich, great depth. Ed asked me how much I will pay? I said around $600-$700. Should be early 80s, but clueless on the label. Was shocked. (3/2015)

John Gilman - 96 points
The 1985 Dom Pérignon is still several years away from its peak of drinkability, and while it is certainly quite approachable at this stage in its evolution, this wine will continue to improve with further bottle age. The bouquet is deep, complex and still a tad adolescent, as it offers up scents of tart apples, pink grapefruit, gentle herbal tones, a touch of limepeel, stony minerality and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and still quite young, with a rock solid core of fruit, bright acids, fine focus and balance, tiny bubbles and superb length and grip on the racy finish. While some tasters around the table thought this wine was drinking beautifully, for my palate it remains still a bit bound up in its minerally adolescence and will offer up significantly more opulence and toasty charm with another five to ten years of bottle age. It should prove to be an absolutely classic vintage of Dom Pérignon. (5/2018)

Burghound - 95 points 
At 30 years of age many '85s in fifth are now tiring but the same wines in magnum are often still singing beautifully and the '85 Dom is just one of those beauties with its elegant and highly complex nose that displays mature aromas of yeast, toast, baked apples, citrus, spice and soft floral nuances. The delicious and equally complex middle weight flavors are still supported by a firm but balanced mousse where the mouth feel is quite fine before culminating in a long, toasty and regal finale. This has arrived at its peak and should probably be drunk up over the next decade or so absent one having a preference for post-mature aromas and flavors. (10/2015)

Wine Advocate - 95 points 
Drunk from a pristinely preserved original disgorgement, the 1985 Dom Pérignon is inviting and exuberant, bursting with aromas of apples, pears, buttered toast, orange oil, tarte tatin and smoke. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and pillowy, with a generous core of fruit, ripe but racy acids and a refined mousse. (4/2020)