P3
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
White truffle risotto, pan-seared turbot with caviar sauce, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Dom Pérignon's 'P3' represents the third 'Plénitude'—the absolute pinnacle of the house's late-disgorged Champagne program. While the first release (P1) occurs after around nine years, and the second (P2) after fifteen, the P3 cuvées are held in the cellars on their lees for a minimum of 25 to 30 years. This extended maturation under the watchful eye of the Chef de Cave allows the wine to enter a state of complete integration and complexity, where the primary fruit has completely fused with deep, tertiary notes of brioche, smoke, and truffle. The concept of Plénitudes is rooted in the belief that Dom Pérignon does not develop in a linear fashion, but rather in successive leaps. P3 is the ultimate expression of this philosophy, offering an almost mystical texture, vibrant energy, and unparalleled depth that connects the drinker directly to the history of a single, exceptional harvest from decades past.
🍾 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
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
12.5%