Irodori
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh premium sashimi, pan-seared sea scallops, or roasted poultry with wild mushrooms.
✨ Technical Specifications
Dom Pérignon, the iconic prestige cuvée of Champagne, is named after the legendary 17th-century Benedictine monk who pioneered many of the region's foundational winemaking techniques at the Abbey of Hautvillers. The 'Irodori' edition—inspired by the Japanese concept of vibrant color and harmonious beauty—celebrates the multi-faceted, luminous sensory spectrum of this exceptional vintage white Champagne. Crafted exclusively from a harmonious, near-equal blend of Grand Cru Chardonnay and Pinot Noir (along with the historic Premier Cru of Hautvillers), each vintage is a singular creation. The wine undergoes a slow, transformative maturation on its lees for at least eight years in the cool chalk cellars of Épernay, developing its signature complexity, tension, and seamless integration of autolytic richness and vibrant minerality.
🍾 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