Dom Perignon Champagne

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Types of Dom Perignon champagne

Dom Perignon Vintage or Brut 1996 and 2000 are the most popular. The composition of both is Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in close to equal proportions. Vintage 2000 offers hints of white pepper and gardenia with just a slight taste of ginger with pear and mango to excite the taste buds.

Dom Perignon Rose is a very popular champagne with elegance, balance and a creaminess that is exceptional. Dom Perignon Rose Vintage 1998 is a rare but magnificent champagne with perfect balance and a pale salmon color.

Dom Perignon Oenotheque is the same Dom Perignon everyone loves only that it has spent more time aging.

This type of Dom Perignon champagne ages for at least 13 years instead of the normal 7 years for vintage or Brut. Oenotheque could be considered rare as it is in limited quantity. Dom Perignon Oenotheque champagnes are the rarest of all Dom Perignon’s champagnes offering a wonderful taste sensation that only comes around once in a lifetime.

All Dom Perignon champagnes are aged at various levels or peaks. The first peak is at seven years when the champagne is most vibrant. The second peak is between 14 and 20 years when the champagne takes on greater depth and vigor. The last peak is after 25 years at the time when the champagne reaches full maturity.

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History of Dom Perignon Champagne

Dom Perignon like many champagnes and wines has its beginning in the monastery. Father Pierre Pérignon was appointed the cellar master at the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers in 1668.

The creation of champagne was attributed to Dom Perignon; however, the true story did not really have to do with a person at all, but the natural process that occurred while fermenting the wine.

Dom Perignon was however, the person that did everything in his power to stop the bubbles that were causing the bottles of wine to explode.

The way the story is told about the invention of champagne is that the grapes were picked late in the year. This did not allow the yeasts enough time to convert the sugar into alcohol before the cold winter months.

Fermentation stopped during the winter and then when the temperatures began to get warmer fermentation started again. At this time, the fermentation started creating carbon dioxide, which became trapped in the bottles of wine, thus causing the bubbles.

Even though Dom Perignon may not have invented champagne, but he is accredited with many other components that have aided in the taste and production of champagnes such as blending, the method used to create champagne, developing a method to press black grapes to create a white juice, and to fight exploding bottle he used stronger bottles created by the English as well as Spanish corks.

Dom Perignon is also honoured as the spiritual father of wine and champagne making.

Dom Perignon champagnes are not created every year as the grapes are not the same year and if the grapes or harvest does not meet the quality standard then no vintage champagne will be created that year.

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