Cuvee Speciale de son Altesse Serenissime le Prince de Monaco
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic caviar service, butter-poached lobster, or aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
This ultra-rare, historic bottling of Dom Perignon was specially commissioned to honor the Princely House of Monaco, most famously associated with the legendary 1956 royal wedding of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly. As a prestige Champagne of the highest order, it embodies the pinnacle of the house's craftsmanship, blending Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards and the historic Premier Cru of Hautvillers. Crafted only in exceptional vintage years, the wine undergoes meticulous primary fermentation followed by a decade or more of aging on its lees in the cool, chalk-carved cellars of Epernay. The result is a majestic Champagne of unparalleled complexity, balancing vibrant acidity with rich, autolytic notes of toasted brioche, preserved citrus, and a profound mineral tension derived from the region's classic chalk 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.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier