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  • Country ranking ?

    62
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

In 2014, Dom Perignon announced that it would be changing the name of its late-release Oenothèque series into a “P2” and “P3” offerings, referring to the second and third “plenitudes” of development in the evolution of a Champagne.

P3 offerings are fully matured, recently disgorged Champagnes that have been stored in the cellars where they were originally made.

The maturation of Dom Pérignon occurs not in a simple linear trajectory, but ...

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Vintage 1976

This sunny and hot drought year with record heat levels across Europe led to a very early harvest, which began on September 1st. Large yields (averaging 10,359 kg/ha) of super ripe fruit produced rich and powerful champagnes, although relatively low in acidity (averaging 7.2 g/l). The acidity levels made some winemakers doubt the wines' longevity but this has since been proven wrong by a multitude of majestic 1976 Champagnes defying time. The ...

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Average Bottle Price

2017
2 455€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Deep, Straw and Healthy

ending

Round and Pure

flavors

Blueberry, Vanilla, Plum, Honey, Truffles and Floral

nose

Intense, Fresh, Opulent and Generous

taste

Perfectly balanced, Well-structured, Good texture, Full-bodied, Rich, Vigor and Elegant

Verdict

Transparent and nice but not special

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle, in an perfect condition and has by the neck level. Colour is straw, and looking clear, healthy and deep. On the nose it is intense, wide, fresh, opulent, generous, tempting and rich. The taste is fresh, rich, vigor, elegant, fragrant, refined, full-bodied, with well-structured, perfectly balanced and good texture structure. On the palate it is layered and has tropical fruits, truffles, vanilla, blueberry, plum, honey, white fruits, floral, dried-fruit and citrus flavours. The finish is round, lingering, pure and vibrant. This wine is intelligent, transparent, sexy and masterpiece. I paid around 1k-3k€ a bottle. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least 15min before tasting. Good value for money.
  • 98p

The 1976 Dom Pérignon P3 is a revelation. Among other things, it is noticeably brighter and more nuanced than the other 1976s in this flight, with a real sense of crystalline precision that is unusual for such a big wine. It is also remarkably polished in every way, not to mention one of my favorite wines of the night.

  • 97p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

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