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.
Winery
Dom Pierre Pérignon, considered the founding father of the world's most celebrated bubbly, synonymous with luxury and perfection; a young Benedictine monk who in 1668 was appointed cellarer at Hautvillers Abbey, overlooking the vineyards of Champagne: his passion for winemaking 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 vintage, in percentages that vary from year to year, between a 50/50 and a 60/40 in favor of either.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 forego the creation of the Millesimato when the vintage is not up to par. A Dom Pérignon Millesimato is fully expressed 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 color: white or rosé. Dom Pérignon's complexity is based on slow aging. Each bottle is born to face time extraordinarily.
Description
This Dom Pérignon Vintage 2012 is made from a secret blend of chardonnay and pinot noir, it 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 keeping with his ideals, Dom Pérignon Vintage champagne is revealed after more than 8 years of elaboration and cellar rest. The 2012 vintage was characterized by unpredictable seasons, with truly singular weather vagaries, so much so that the grapes conveyed a variety of sensations of unparalleled richness. Each plot and each grape variety reached the apex of its potential, resulting in a vintage that knows how to combine all the characteristics of the case: aromatic intensity, structure, controlled energy, mineral tension and even a slightly bitter edge. A vintage of explosive harmony.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Brilliant straw yellow color with very fine perlage.
The nose is complex, blending floral fragrances of white flowers and fruity notes, of apricot, plums, until intertwining citrus scents, from cedar to powder, note of rhubarb with a subtle freshness, balsamic of mint leaves.
On the palate it reveals itself to be energetic, with a lively effervescence, rich and intense, it takes on body with an explosion of flavors that is pure harmony and moves between acid and bitter notes, all wrapped in a rampant effervescence that then gives way to spicy and peppery notes. The harmony is prolonged until the toasty part lingers in the finish, of ginger, tobacco and hazelnut.
Storage time:
1-10 years old
Vinification
Dom Perignon is made in vintages and only in the best vintages. For this Vintage, the winemaking process took place in steel, with second fermentation in the bottle where aging on the lees took place for a minimum of 90 months
Acknowledgements
2012 Robert Parker 96/100
2012 James Suckling 97/100
2012 Wine Spectator 96/100
