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Dom Perignon
Moet et Chandon
Moët & Chandon is the world's most renowned champagne House. With its legendary
vineyards, impressive heritage and commitment to quality, Moët & Chandon offers
a wide variety of champagnes for everyone to enjoy. Today, Moet et Chandon, the
company who bought in 1794 the Hautvillers' monastery, gave the name of Dom
Pérignon to their very best cuvée. Dom Perignon make any occasion even more
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DOM PERIGNON CHAMPAGNE 1993 VINTAGE
This is a fresh, ripe, and delicious bottle of bubbly with flavors of citrus and
mineral, and a creamy, toasty finish. The hallmark of a fine Dom Perignon is the
tiny, pinpoint bubbles and a lush, creamy feel on the palate.
DOM PERIGNON ROSE CHAMPAGNE VINTAGE
DOM PERIGNON TIFFANY GIFT SET
DOM PERIGNON CHAMPAGNE GIFT SET
A prestigious bottle of Dom Perignon, champagne flutes, and chocolate truffle
balls.
DOM PERIGNON CHAMPAGNE GIFT BASKET
Make a truly lasting impression!
Few Champagnes are as synonymous with luxury and celebration as Moet et
Chandon's flagship Dom Perignon. This impressive gift features one bottle each
of Dom Perignon, BV Georges LaTour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, and
Beringer Reserve Chardonnay.
Dom Perignon – Facts and Legends
We receive
so many inquiries about Dom Perignon that we thought it might be helpful to
publish a page devoted exclusively to this famous Champagne and the most
frequently asked questions.
Dom Perignon is the prestige cuvée of the giant Moët et Chandon Champagne house.
It is named after the famous monk, who was the most important early influence in
the development of Champagne into the sparkling wine we know today. It was not
the first Champagne to use his name, as early in the last century small
proprietaire-recoltants (farmer-growers) at Hautvillers, employed it for their
wine. Unfortunately for them they did not register the name, Dom Perignon, as a
trademark.
Dom Perignon was born Pierre Perignon in 1640, the son of a clerk to the local
judge at Saint-Menehould, a small town to the east of the Champagne region. At
the age of 19 he entered the Benedictine Order at the Abbey of Saint-Vannes at
Verdun. When he was just 28 he was appointed cellarmaster at the Abbey of
Hautvillers.
Long-time rumours that Dom Perignon had heightened tasting faculties because he
was blind are completely without foundation. It seems that he did have a serious
problem with his vision at one stage in his life but this healed in due course.
Whilst he is often attributed with the invention of Champagne, there are earlier
recorded instances of the production of sparkling wines by the Champagne method.
Nevertheless he was a remarkable viticulteur (grape grower) and winemaker and
clearly well ahead of his generation. It is likely that he was the first to
teach blending skills in the Champagne region, and he also appears to have been
the first person to successfully contain the local sparkling wine in reinforced
glass bottles by sealing them with Spanish corks.
However the first recorded production of bottle fermented sparkling wine is
dated a century before Dom Perignon's birth, in 1531, at the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire
at Limoux in southern France. This abbey was also a Benedictine property and it
may well be that Dom Perignon received some guidance from its winemaking
techniques, - but this is mere conjecture.
Sometime around the late 1920's, Champagne Moët et Chandon adopted his name for
their new luxury or prestige cuvée of Champagne. Helped in part by Hollywood
glamour, this extremely well marketed brand has developed a widespread
reputation in countries across the globe. In most vintages it has proved to be
considerably above average in quality and is in huge demand. Its 1990 vintage
is generally admired as an exceptional Champagne.
The distribution philosophy for Dom Perignon seems to have changed a great deal
over the years. Patrick Forbes, a director of the UK importers of Dom Perignon,
wrote of the blend, in his outstanding book 'CHAMPAGNE' in 1967, "It always has
been and always will be in very short supply". Yet nowadays one can find it
quite easily in cities all over the world.
It has been an onerous task to acquire information about Dom Perignon, as key
enquiries have brought no response. We believe that Moët et Chandon has declared
a vintage for Dom Perignon in the years given below, but are open to correction.
We would be grateful to anyone who can provide us with any helpful information
on the subject. Alongside the vintages, where available, are auction or stockist
prices, researched in the second half of 1999. Where more than one price has
been found all the variations are given, - and readers will notice that these
can vary widely.
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production regions... and when ready, just buy them.
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