Michael Riedel
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
fresh oysters, seared scallops, truffle risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
This special release represents a striking intersection of fine winemaking and contemporary art, featuring a limited-edition bottle and gift box designed by the acclaimed German artist Michael Riedel. Known for his work with transformation and text deconstruction, Riedel's design mirrors the complex evolution and metamorphosis that occurs within a bottle of Dom P rignon during its extensive cellar aging. Inside the artistic packaging is the classic, prestigious Dom P rignon Vintage Champagne. Sourced from Grand Cru vineyards and the historic Premier Cru of the Abbey of Hautvillers, where the Benedictine monk Dom P rignon pioneered essential sparkling winemaking techniques in the 17th century, this cuv e is a masterclass in tension and harmony. It is crafted exclusively in exceptional years, undergoing a minimum of eight years of aging on its lees to develop its signature autolytic complexity, precise minerality, and silky texture.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12.5%