Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, seared scallops, roasted poultry
✨ Technical Specifications
The 2012 vintage in Champagne is widely celebrated as a modern miracle, overcoming a tumultuous spring of frost, torrential rains, and devastating hailstorms to deliver an August of perfect, radiant sunshine. This dramatic meteorological turnaround allowed the grapes to achieve an extraordinary, dualistic balance of high sugar levels and tense, vibrant acidity. The wine itself is a masterclass in tension and harmony, blending Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced from Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards, including the historic plots of Hautvillers. Aged for nearly a decade on its lees, this vintage captures a singular energy, characterized by its multi-dimensional nose of white flowers, stone fruits, and toasted brioche, grounded by a profound, chalky minerality that speaks directly to the region's ancient soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Dom Pérignon traces its lineage to the pioneering viticultural innovations of 17th-century Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon at the historic Abbey of Hautvillers, though the house was officially launched as Champagne's first prestige cuvée in 1921 (released in 1936) by Moët & Chandon (LVMH). Rooted across premier crus and historic grand crus in the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs, the estate's vines flourish in pure Belemnite and Micraster chalk terroirs that impart profound minerality and tension. Guided by Chef de Cave Vincent Chaperon, Dom Pérignon operates exclusively as a vintage wine, crafted only in years capable of exceptional aging. Blending roughly equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the house emphasizes reductive precision, reductive lees aging, and textural interplay without oak intervention. Alongside its flagship Vintage Brut and Rosé, the benchmark Plénitude releases (P2 and P3) reveal metamorphic secondary and tertiary complexity, exemplifying the pinnacle of Champagne's structural grandeur and longevity.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%