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  • Country ranking ?

    945
  • Producer ranking ?

    108
  • Decanting time

    20min
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Thai coconut soup with langoustines & lemongrass and limeleaf

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A sense of Plénitude

Bottles of fine wine can age gracefully and improve with time, developing what the experts call tertiary aromas, usually at the expense of fruit. Assuming proper storage conditions, it matters little whether the cellars where this happens are located in Paris, New York or Tokyo: the outcome will be the same. Not (always) so much with Champagne, however.

Indeed the specificity of Champagne, since its origins, is that ...

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The Story

 At the end of the 17th Century, Dom Pierre Pérignon stated his ambition to create ‘the best wine in the world’.  On 29 September 1694, Dom Pierre Pérignon wrote that his mission was to create “the best wine in the world.” He dedicated himself to improving viticulture techniques, perfecting the art blending grapes from different crus, and introduced the gentle and fractional pressing to obtain white wine from black grapes.Ever since, the House...

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Wine Information

DOM PÉRIGNON / MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN TIME

In 1936, the prestigious ocean liner Normandie left Le Havre port for New York. In its hold, it carried one hundred cases containing twelve bottles each of the 1921 vintage of Dom Pérignon. These were the first bottles of Dom Pérignon to arrive on American soil - just in time for Christmas and New Year’s Day – they were an immediate success.

In 1951, Marlene Dietrich served Dom Pérignon at an impr...

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Vintage 2005

 The 2005 vintage was a year of marked contrasts between seasons and regions. Following a fairly harsh winter, 2005 had a mild spring with relatively warm temperatures all year long. There was above average sunshine and a slight water deficit, as had been the case throughout the dry cycle of 2005/2004 and 2003. The heat and humidity in July produced larger grapes and bunches, rather unusually for the Champagne region, while the cooler weather ...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

46 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Light, Green-Yellow and Bright

ending

Long, Lingering and Gentle

flavors

Mineral, Citrus, Apricot, Toasty, Creamy and White fruits

nose

Youthful, Pure, Refined and Complex

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, Low alcohol content, Complex, Perfectly balanced, Concentrated, Developing, Medium-bodied, Firm, Focused, Refined and Dry

Verdict

Sophisticated and Fine

Written Notes

I believe that the 2005 DP is the best since 2002, which remains the best recent vintage and is probably only eclipsed by the amazing 100-point 1996. The 2005 is a full-bodied DP with so much richness and loads of ripe fruit such as pineapple and papaya. It has a wonderful, creamy texture and a long and intense finish. It’s a Champagne that fully satisfies but at the same time challenges you with its strength, depth and persistence on the palate.

  • 97p

“intense fruit, more black than red, which then melts into silvery minerality.  Notes of praline and coriander compliment the whole”.  The palate has “a strong character and a powerful presence” with an almost physical aspect.  “It is structured, focused, firm and dense.  Its intriguingly spicy, flowery finish remains present in each sip”.

This is a riper interpretation of Dom and not one of my favorite vintages because it lacks the tension of cooler vintages. There is good power and intensity with biscuits, mixed nuts and citrus notes on the mid-palate with good length.

  • 92p
Good looking magnum size bottle and is in a perfect condition. Colour is and looking bright and medium. On the nose it is open, mature, youthful and complex. The taste is fresh, rich, ripe, and dry, low alcohol content, and high in acidity, medium-bodied, with balanced structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has citrus, floral, bread and mineral flavours. The finish is medium long and lingering.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 91p
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Information

Origin

Reims, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

8

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Inside Information

The 2005 Dom Pérignon is incredibly delicate, understated and silky, with gorgeous textural balance and class. Today, the 2005 comes across as a smaller-scaled version of the 2004 in that it is a Dom Pérignon built on finesse rather than the power that characterizes vintages such as 2002 and 2003. Today, the 2005 is a bit inward and not fully expressive, which is a good sign for the future. Still, given its mid-weight structure and previous showings, my impression is that the 2005 is best suited to near and medium-term drinking. Then again, Dom Pérignon has a brilliant track record for aging. Any way you look at it, though, there is little question Chef de Caves Richard Geoffroy made one of the two or three Champagne of the vintage in 2005. As I have written previously, 2005 will be a very small release by Dom Pérignon standards. So much so, that the 2006 is likely to be released by the end of 2015. Drink 2015-2025.

Score: 95 Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, July 2015
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