Tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, roasted poultry with wild mushrooms, or aged Comte cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Dom Perignon's Tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat represents a striking intersection of classical winemaking mastery and revolutionary contemporary art. Inside the specially designed tribute vessel lies the iconic Dom Perignon Vintage Champagne, a prestige cuvee crafted exclusively in exceptional years from a harmonious, near-equal blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The grapes are sourced from the region's finest Grand Crus alongside the historic Premier Cru of the Abbey of Hautvillers, where the legendary Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Perignon famously refined the methode champenoise in the 17th century. Each vintage undergoes a slow, transformative maturation on its lees for at least eight years in the estate's cool chalk cellars. This slow evolution yields a magnificent tension between brightness and maturity, mirroring the complex, layered energy of Basquiat's expressive artwork.
🍾 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