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  • Country ranking ?

    269
  • Producer ranking ?

    14
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    now - 2030
  • Food Pairing

    foie gras

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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P3 offerings are fully matured, recently disgorged Champagnes that have been stored in the cellars where they were originally made.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 in successive leaps into new expression, each of which are called Plénitudes. In the long journey of elaboration, the wine goes through this metamorphosis, a transformation. Each Plénitude contributes to Dom Pérignon’s singularity. In the darkness of the cellars, from one plénitude to the next, Dom Pérignon will grow and blossom, transmuting time into energy. 
 

There are three plenitudes in the life of a given vintage: the first window or plenitude is around 6-8 after the vintage. This is when Dom Pérignon Vintage is released.

The second plenitude, or P2, arrives between 12-15 years after vintage, and is about when the energy reaches its climax; showing intensity and vibrancy in high-definition.

 

The third plenitude, P3, comes after around 30 years, when the Champagne has spent more than 20 years on its lees. This is a stage in which maximum complexity is sought, very concentrated, with the most wisdom but with less energy.

 

“Dom Pérignon wines follow the rhythm of three plénitudes: the first after seven years maturing on their lees; the second between eleven and twenty years; and the third beyond twenty. In the darkness of our cellars, from one plénitude to the next, Dom Pérignon will grow and blossom, transmuting time into energy….The lineage of all the vintages in their third plénitude represents the living memory of Dom Pérignon, transmitting this heritage through generations of Chefs de Cave.” -Winemaker’s Notes.

 

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Wine Information

The year was marked by two unusually cold periods, in January and April, when frost destroyed about 10 percent of the vineyard.

Flowering was slow and difficult but was given a boost by hot sunshine in early July. The harvest took place in ideal conditions beginning on September 30.

 

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Vintage 1985

Severe winter temperatures and spring frosts did great damage, leaving many in the region unhopeful of a good year. The destruction was excessive especially in the northern Montagne de Reims, in the hillside vineyards west of Reims and in the Aube. The early summer weather did not raise the hopes, but finally fine September weather came to the rescue and yields ended up being better than feared (albeit tiny, 6,827 kg/ha) when picking commenced on September 30th. Champagnes from 1985 are typically beautifully balanced and intense with great length and character that is still improving today. Dom Pérignon, Charles Heidsieck Champagne Charlie and Blanc des Millénaires, Krug Vintage and Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque excelled, to name a few.

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

18 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Deep, Straw and Bright

ending

Long, Extensive and Pure

flavors

Pepper, Vanilla, Toasty, Honey, Mineral and Herbs

nose

Intense, Seductive, Refined and Tempting

recommend

Yes

taste

Perfectly balanced, Multi-dimensional, Complex, Full-bodied, Harmonious, Focused and Vigor

Verdict

Exotic and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle and in an perfect condition. Colour is straw, and looking bright, deep, full and mature. On the nose it is intense, wide, open, refined, seductive, tempting and rich. The taste is harmonious, focused, vigor, ripe, perfumed, full-bodied, with perfectly balanced, multi-dimensional, complex and good texture structure. On the palate it is layered and has citrus, buttery, herbs, perfumed, pepper, nutty, mineral, honey, toasty, tropical fruits and vanilla flavours. The finish is long, extensive, lingering, flavorful and pure. This wine is sophisticated, exotic and impressive. 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. I do recommend.
  • 98p

Towards lemon yellow. Apples, some spices, lemons, spices, touch of coffee notes, nuanced and detailed nose. Fresh acidity, fresh, fruity, nuances, detailed, spices, layered, superb, long. 96

  • 96p

Light green colour. Intense, complex, refined, toasty, spicy, lemon and spearmint. Dry, crisp, vivid, long and lingering finish. Round, intense, supple. Fresh and delicate.

  • 97p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

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Inside Information

When Father Pierre Perignon took over as cellar master at the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers in 1668, his avowed goal was "to make the best wine in the world". For a young monk just 30 years old, it took a visionary spirit and exceptional audacity to pursue such lofty ambitions. An exact contemporary of Louis XIV, Dom Pérignon transformed the history of wine, just as the Sun King revolutionized the very notion of "art de vivre". Wine was the medium for their meeting, as the excellence of "Father Perignon's wine" earned it a place at the king's table.


More than three centuries later, the House of Dom Perignon perpetuates the visionary approach of its founder, widely considered the spiritual father of Champagne. Released only as a vintage, Dom Perignon is cellar aged for at least seven years prior to release. This time is critical for harmonising the flavours and ensuring that the wine’s balance remains elegant, sensual and ethereal. Dom Perignon can also be enjoyed many years later with rare OEnotheque vintages, released by the Chef de Cave at times when the intensity and complexity of the wine has reached optimum levels. Each new vintage is a unique creative act, reinventing the extraordinary style of a wine that only the Chef de Cave may declare a "vintage year".

"The grapes are never the same from one year to the next. If a harvest does not meet Dom Perignon's unyielding standards, there will be no vintage champagne that year. This isn't a value judgment - it's an aesthetic vision" says Dom Pérignon Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy.

The unique personality of Dom Pérignon is born of this creative commitment. It is this tension between the distinctive qualities of a year and the timeless spirit that defines Dom Perignon, an unparalleled sensation that imparts weightlessness, airy richness and suppleness from first impression to the long-lasting finish.

 

In keeping with Dom Perignon’s expressed ambition in 1668 to create “the best wine in the world”, Dom Perignon Oenotheque represents the supreme homage to this vision.

 

Once the Dom Perignon style has been achieved after seven years and the vintage released, a limited number of bottles are set aside to begin a second period of aging. Six additional years – for a total of no few than thirteen years in the cellar are required to take the wine to another destination : Dom Perignon OEnotheque. The bottles are manually disgorged, liquored and recorked. Each bottle is tasted and approved by a Dom Perignon oenologist, who ensures its excellence before it leaves the cellar.

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