Dom Perignon

Specification

Producer

Dom Perignon

Region

Champagne

Where

Épernay, Champagne

Classification

Vintage Champagne

Grapes

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

Vintage

1988

Case

12 x 75cl REPACK

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

DOMPER8812X75R

About this wine

The first release of each vintage, aged around eight to nine years before it leaves the cellars. It is creamy and complex, with notes of brioche, citrus and toast, and continues to develop for many years in bottle.

About Dom Perignon

Dom Pérignon is the prestige Champagne of Moët & Chandon, named after the Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon, cellar master at the Abbey of Hautvillers in the late seventeenth century. The first vintage, 1921, was released in 1936.

Dom Pérignon is made only as a vintage wine, in years the house judges good enough, from a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. It is released after long ageing on its lees, and some vintages are released again much later as Plénitude 2 (P2), after even longer ageing.