In the glass
Aroma: white peach, almond blossom, candied citrus, smoke, brioche
Palate: stone fruit, saline minerality, silky texture, spice
A single-vintage prestige cuvee of silky, sculpted precision: white peach and candied citrus over a smoky, saline mineral core that the house calls its first plenitude.
What it pairs with
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Turbot or sole
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Silky stone fruit and saline minerality frame fine white fish. -
Souffle au fromage
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The wine's creamy texture and lift mirror the airy souffle. -
Roast poularde
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Smoke and brioche notes echo roasted poultry skin.
History
First produced from the 1921 vintage and released in 1936, Dom Perignon is made only in years deemed worthy of a vintage, always as a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and released after long lees ageing.
- 1936 — First commercial release, the 1921 vintage
- 2014 — House reframes successive disgorgements as Plenitudes P1, P2 and P3
Facts
- Producer
- Moet & Chandon
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- No oak; long lees ageing on a single declared vintage to first Plenitude
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 180 to 280 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1936
Scores
- Decanter 95 (2013 vintage, reviewed 2021)