Features
Name:
Champagne Dom Pérignon Vintage 2012 (with case)
Terrain:
white craie rich in limestone sediments mixed with siliceous sands, clays and white and green marls.
Cellar
Dom Pierre Pérignon, considered to be the founding father of the world's most famous bubbles, synonymous with luxury and perfection; a young Benedictine monk who in 1668 was appointed cellarer of Hautvillers Abbey, overlooking the Champagne vineyards: his passion for oenological excellence drove him to want to create the 'best wine in the world' to serve his community and the glory of God.Each bottle is an authentic act of creation, made from the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes of a single harvest, in percentages that vary from year to year, between a 50/50 and a 60/40 in favour of one of the two.Dom Pérignon's ambition is to pay homage to each vintage, whatever the challenges. Dom Pérignon dares to put itself on the line, to take risks, even going so far as to abandon the creation of the Millesimato when the vintage is not up to scratch. A Millesimato Dom Pérignon expresses itself fully in its three dimensions: L'vintage: the character of the seasons I Plénitude: the evolution through successive expressions thanks to a long maturation on the lees. The colour: white or rosé. The complexity of Dom Pérignon is based on slow ageing. Each bottle is born to face time extraordinarily well.
Description
This Dom Pérignon Vintage 2012 is produced from a secret blend of chardonnay and pinot noir, and is made with an extremely rigorous selection of the best grapes. Depending on the quality of the vintage, Dom Pérignon chooses to declare the vintage or not. In line with his ideals, Dom Pérignon Vintage champagne is revealed after more than 8 years of elaboration and cellar rest. The 2012 vintage was characterised by unpredictable seasons, with truly singular meteorological vagaries, so that the grapes conveyed a variety of sensations of unparalleled richness. Each plot and each grape variety reached the peak of its potential, resulting in a vintage that combines all the characteristics of the case: aromatic intensity, structure, controlled energy, mineral tension and even a hint of bitterness. A vintage of explosive harmony.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Brilliant straw yellow colour with very fine perlage.
The nose is complex, mingling floral fragrances of white flowers and fruity notes of apricot, plums, to the point of intertwining citrus scents, from cedar to powder, notes of rhubarb with a subtle freshness, balsamic of mint leaves.
On tasting, it reveals itself to be energetic, with a lively effervescence, rich and intense, it takes on body with an explosion of flavours that is pure harmony and moves between acid and bitter notes, all enveloped by a rampant effervescence that then gives way to spicy and peppery notes. The harmony is prolonged to the point of enhancing the roasted part that lingers in the finish, of ginger, tobacco and hazelnut.
Storage time:
1-10 years
Vinification
Dom Perignon is produced in vintages and only in the best years. For this Vintage, the vinification process took place in steel, with a second fermentation in the bottle where the wine was matured on the lees for a minimum of 90 months.
Acknowledgements
2012 Robert Parker 96/100
2012 James Suckling 97/100
2012 Wine Spectator 96/100
