Champagne Dom Pérignon
Rosé Vintage 2009

Dom Pérignon Rosé is a tribute to Pinot Noir. To work with Pinot Noir continually requires excellence and humility. In that regard, Dom Pérignon Rosé is a paradox to the point of contradiction as it is the perfect balance of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Although it took over ten years to reach the light of day, the color of Dom Pérignon Rosé dares to express all the tension between youth and maturity, between exhibition and restraint. Dom Pérignon Rosé keeps the Pinot Noir promise by making it sing out loud, on a clear, vibrant and fragile note.

The 2009 vintage began with a particularly harsh winter. The Champagne region was marked by intermittent snowfalls and temperatures remained rather low. The spring was warm but rainy. The weather was not favourable for flowering and the risk of blight developing was high. Despite a few storms that endangered the health of the vines, the summer proved to be particularly sunny, especially in August. The weather remained warm, dry and very sunny for five consecutive weeks. On 4 September, a hailstorm hit the vineyards of Hautvillers, Verzenay and Chouilly. However, summer returned the following day and the grapes continued to ripen in absolute tranquillity. The harvest began on 12 September in simply idyllic conditions. The health of the grapes was excellent and their ripeness, emphasised by a wonderful aromatic expression, was superlative.

To the nose, Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2009 begins with fleeting aromas of rose, orange oil and saffron, the bouquet becomes warmer, dominated by red fruits - raspberry and cherry - and dark notes of cassis and fig. At the end, sweetness triumphs, with notes of gingerbread and liquorice. The fruit is majestic, ripe, fleshy and deep. After an initial sensation of softness and roundness, the wine opens up in the heart of the palate, settling like an intimate caress. The power is restrained and the dominant impression is consistency. The savoury sensations converge and persist, leaving the memory of their tactile imprint. Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2009 is radiant and the grapes appear in all their majesty, round, rich and generous. The wine displays all the aromatic nuances of Pinot Noir - raspberry, fig, strawberry, cherry - amplified by the delicacy, mineral elegance and crystalline notes of Chardonnay.

Champagne Dom Pérignon

Dom Pérignon has had a priviledge position in the field of Champagne since it was born in 1936. Its origins are older because Dom Pérignon is part of Moët & Chandon (founded in 1743). While Moët & Chandon is involved in a good quality and large quantity Champagne production, Dom Pérignon focuses on absolute quality. Its long experience over centuries is used to produce a top quality Champagne, we all know well. Dom Pérignon is avibrant tribute to Dom Pierre Pérignon, spiritual father of Champagne. It is a miracle of assemblage and refinance with a misterious harmony, which is always new, the perfect meeting between the two classical variety Dom Pérignon, namely Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Since 1990 Richard Geoffroy has been Chef de Cave and father of the Vintages Dom Pérignon and the one embodying the spirit of Dom Pierre Pérignon. Dom Pérignon only creates Vintage Champagnes, from the best selected grapes from a single year of vintage. It never ends its innovating experience and always offers the best of the vintage. It refuses compromises and does not produce its Vintages when the vintage is not at its best- After a 8-year vinification, the wine reaches a perfect balance, the most beautiful product of the Maison: this is Dom Pérignon Vintage. P2 is Deuxième Plénitude by Dom Pérignon, the result of a 16-year process of elaboration. All assemblage ingredients are well mixed and grant the Vintage a stronger intensity, liveliness and precision: Champagne energy at its best! P3 is Troisième Plénitude by Dom Pérignon, the result of a 25-year process of elaboration. The Champagne gains an even more essential structure, enriched by a slow and deep integration. This is a sublime wine, more complex than ever. The Troisième Plénitude is Dom Pérignon's soul.