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Dom Pérignon P3 1988

Moët & Chandon, Champagne, France

Moët & Chandon
Champagne France
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  • 13 Pros of
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  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    110

  • Producer ranking ?

    6

  • Decanting time

    20min

  • When to drink

    now - 2030

  • Food Pairing

    scallops

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Tasting Notes: Straw yellow with golden highlights. As the wine breathes it reveals its strength. The first burst of brioche and ripe wheat evolves into a complex bouquet that is sombre and shadowed, mineral, smoky with a hint of roasting coffee. 

The attack is sharp and pronounced, the prelude to an unusual breadth. The full tale is revealed, unfolds and glides across the palate as if powered by the incisive finish that continues to charac...

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P3 offerings are fully matured, recently disgorged Champagnes that have been stored in the cellars where they were originally made.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

After an astonishingly mild winter and early, rapid flowering of the vines, the 1988 vintage was marked by a summer of alternating heavy rain and high temperatures. Picking began on 26 September for the Chardonnay, and on 27 September for the Pinot Noir.

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Vintage 1988

CHAMPAGNE: From this year, the most classic and refined champagnes were produced. Champagnes are long-lived and mature slowly to their peak.

Winter and spring were fairly mild. Inflorescences began in good weather in June. Already during the next month, the cloud masses swarmed to the Champagne province. Finally, the sky broke right before harvest. The harvest remained smaller than in the previous year. Even though the weather was unstable,...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

16 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Light and Green-Yellow

ending

Long, Lingering and Pure

flavors

Toasty, Mineral, Mint, Citrus, Vanilla and Smoky

nose

Intense, Fresh, Generous and Pure

taste

High in Acidity, Balanced, Concentrated, Well-structured, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Fresh, Fragrant, Focused and Dry

Verdict

Sophisticated and Outstanding

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle, in an perfect condition and has by the neck level. Colour is yellow, deep and full. On the nose it is intense, refined, fresh, opulent and generous. The taste is full, fresh, rich, vigor, fragrant, full-bodied and with perfectly balanced structure. On the palate it is layered and has white fruits, honey, perfumed, tropical fruits, vanilla, toasty, smoky and mineral flavours. The finish is long, round, extensive and lingering. This wine is intelligent, fine and masterpiece. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least 15min before tasting.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 98p

The nose reveals itself in successive waves of dried flowers, orange peel, gingerbread, exotic tobacco and grilled aromas. The palate is sophisticated: tense, incisive, serous and silky all at once, with a patina. The finish is firm and surprisingly fruity, with an unusual satiny note.

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Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is green-yellow and light. On the nose it is open, intense, youthful, complex, fresh, seductive, generous, charming and pure. The taste is fresh, focused, fragrant, and dry, and high in acidity, medium-bodied, with balanced, well-structured, concentrated structure and youthful. On the palate it is layered and has mineral, mint, citrus and toasty flavours. The finish is long, lingering, pure and vibrant. This wine is sophisticated and outstanding. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least 2h before tasting.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 95p
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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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