Oenotheque Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, cured Iberico ham
✨ Technical Specifications
The Oenotheque series represents the peak of Dom Pérignon's late-release philosophy, showcasing vintages that have been aged on their lees for an extended period in the chalk cellars of Épernay. For the Rosé, this means a maturation process of fifteen years or more before disgorgement. This prolonged autolytic contact transforms the wine, marrying the vibrant, structured fruit of Pinot Noir with the elegant minerality of Chardonnay. The addition of still red Pinot Noir from legendary Grand Cru parcels like Aÿ lends a copper-pink hue and a deep, multi-dimensional complexity. The result is a Champagne of extraordinary tension, offering a paradoxical harmony of youthful freshness and mature, smoky, and spicy tertiary notes. It represents a rare glimpse into the slow, majestic evolution of a singular vintage.
🍾 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%