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    150
  • Decanting time

    No
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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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
VINTAGE 1993

THE HARVEST
A vintage characterised by its precocity. Despite very average temperatures, the summer was remarkable both for its amount of sunshine and the drought which lasted until the harvest began



TASTING NOTES

On the nose
Opens with notes of red-fleshed peaches, rapidly evolving to cashew nuts and dried herbs.
This aromatic experience finishes on a note of lightly toasted brioche.

On the palat...

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Vintage 1993

This promising year deteriorated in September with frequent rains resulting in swollen bunches and increasing rot issues. A regular-sized crop was picked commencing September 8th. On paper, the ripeness and acidity levels achieved are less favourable than those of 1992. Yet the best wines of the year, including Dom Pérignon, Philipponnat Clos des Goisses, Louis Roederer Cristal and Dom Ruinart, have brought about good surprises but have largel...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

23 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Medium, Gold and Clear

ending

Long, Smooth and Flavorful

flavors

Vanilla, Toasty, Buttery, Coffee, Honey and Creamy

nose

Open, Complex, Fresh and Seductive

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Low alcohol content, Balanced, Good texture, Perfectly balanced, Mature, Light, Elegant, Toasty, Round and Dry

Verdict

Well-rounded and Sophisticated

Written Notes

The 1993 Dom Pérignon initial release, which had been stored in our hosts’ perfect cellar, was served alongside the 1993 Dom Perignon Oenothèque. The Oenothèque program, now the Plenitude program where the wines are either P2 or P3 depending on length of time on lees (and, yes, much more, but that requires a separate piece), is where the wines are held in the maker’s cellars for an extended period on lees before disgorging. In this case, the Oenothèque was disgorged in 2005, so it had also enjoyed a significant period of cork aging.

The 1993 vintage has always been considered a fairly average vintage but on the evidence here perhaps a re-examination might be in order.

The initial release was a deep golden color. It was complex and intense, utterly glorious with such length. Notes of quince, hazelnuts, cumquats, orange rind, and even the merest hint of vegemite. Concentration and focus. Interestingly, Charles Curtis MW, in his Vintage Champagne, definitely not a fan of this year, notes that the Dom was already tired after ten years (2003). This bottle could not have been more different.

The Oenothèque opened so wonderfully fresh. A much lighter lemon color, there was a brightness and vibrancy here. A laser-like focus with great persistence and length. Notes of jasmine and lemon zest.

At first, I had the pair on level-pegging but with time the initial release showed more and more and blew us away. I had it at 98 and the Oenothèque at 96.

  • 98p
Minty and elegant with an underlying exotic fleshiness. Fine mineral note and stringency. Delicious, sweet finish. It would be fun to taste beside the somewhat weaker '92. The coffee notes and richness began to appear at nine years of age. Very nutty and nice in magnums.
  • 90p
It lacked the purity of fruit of the .95 and .96, with more earthy, weedy and bready aromas that seemed stale by comparison. There was a little more mature honey as well, but that aroma was secondary. Justin called it .really light with a clover bordering on stale bread crumbs.. We concurred that it was funky, but not a good funky, more like a white guy funky. There was no front palate, and the backside was ok but had a touch of musty flavors. There was some structure but it was a one-dimensional wine, and it got disturbingly celeric on the palate
  • 87p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

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