Dom Pérignon
A QUEST OF HARMONY: Dom Pérignon’s vision strives towards harmony as a source of emotion. Harmony in which its aesthetic and sensory values are played out: Precision, Intensity, Touch, Minerality, Complexity.
DOM PÉRIGNON IS ALWAYS A VINTAGE WINE: All creative processes have their constraints. Dom Pérignon's is the Vintage, as it can only be produced from the harvest of a single year. Dom Pérignon dares to take risks and go as far as accepting that it will not declare the vintage. Its creative legacy lies in is this the reinvention of its work with each vintage. Dom Pérignon Vintage is the culmination of the elaboration and creative processes. It embodies the vision, and expresses itself through three dimensions.
THE YEAR: the character of the seasons.
THE PLÉNITUDES: evolution by successive windows of expression on the way of the long maturation on lees.
THE COLOUR: White or Rosé.
These three dimensions are inseparable, and no combination is quite like any other. Each has its own space and time.
DOM PÉRIGNON IS ALWAYS AN ASSEMBLAGE: The assemblage is the foundation of the Dom Pérignon style. It is guided by timeless principles that have always taken precedence over winemaking techniques and their evolution. Dom Pérignon can only be made from a blend of grape varieties and terroirs: our goal has always been to create an enhanced whole with ever-more tension, rhythm, completeness and complexity.
Dom Pérignon is striving for an ideal. The assemblage of Dom Pérignon is a perfect balance between black and white grapes. The paradox of opposite and complementary elements of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir create vibration and tension.
DOM PÉRIGNON'S COMPLEXITY IS BASED ON A COMMITMENT TO SLOW MATURATION: Dom Pérignon is designed to be confronted with time. Both the White and the Rosé are recognized for their impressive maturation potential.
Standing for the mystery of aging on the lees, the wine goes through slow, subtle metamorphoses. The style of Dom Pérignon is perfected. This slow aging is a requirement to make Dom Pérignon stand out as one of the most complex of all wines.
It takes no fewer than eight years in the cellar before Dom Pérignon expresses its first plenitude.
"DOM PÉRIGNON’S AESTHETIC IDEAL IS A QUEST – ALWAYS REFINED BUT NEVER COMPLETELY ACHIEVED – FOR HARMONY: THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN PRECISION, INTENSITY, COMPLEXITY ALONG WITH THE SENSORY VALUES OF RIPENESS, VIBRANCY, LIGHTNESS." - Vincent Chaperon, Cellar Master.