Buy wines of Dom Pérignon
Dom Pérignon was originally a champagne brand, first from Mercier, then from Moët & Chandon. However, the brand has long had its own house, its own cellar and its own cellar master.
Dom Pérignon is actually a contradiction in terms. Today, the name is worth its weight in gold, the market acceptance is enormous and the products are among the best known that Champagne has to offer. Yet the house is anything but small and the wines are readily available. What makes it so fascinating is the fact that Dom Pérignon knows how to produce extremely good and reliable quality in large quantities like nowhere else.
The name of Dom Pérignon champagne goes back to the monk who made a significant contribution to the development of champagne production at Hautvillers Abbey. After the French Revolution (1789-1799), Jean-Remy Moët bought the secularised Hautvillers Abbey in 1823. in 1930, Moët & Chandon also acquired the rights to the Dom Pérignon brand from the House of Mercier, which had never used the name. Moët & Chandon's prestige cuvée has been marketed under this name since 1936. There is the classic „Dom Pérignon Brut Millésime“ and the „Brut Millésime Rosé“. Until 1998, there was also a „Dom Pérignon Oenotheque“, which was allowed to mature much longer in the cellar and was therefore launched on the market later. Since 1998, this champagne has been called „P2“ for the second plénitude, i.e. the second peak in the life of a champagne. The base wines are fermented in stainless steel tanks and dosed with approx. 5 grams. The classic „Dompi“, as it is often called, remains on the lees for eight years, the „P2“ for 12 to 15 years. It always consists of roughly equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but not Meunier from the same vintage. The rosé contains around 20 % red wine.
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