White Gold
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Oysters, caviar, roasted turbot
✨ Technical Specifications
Dom Pérignon's 'White Gold' is one of the most exclusive and sought-after collector's editions in the world of fine wine. Rather than a separate cuvée, this ultra-rare release features the house's iconic vintage Champagne encased in a spectacular, handcrafted sheath of white gold. Typically presented in large formats like Jeroboams, it represents the ultimate marriage of haute joaillerie and master winemaking. The liquid within is the classic Dom Pérignon Brut Vintage, crafted from a harmonious selection of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards, including the historic Abbey of Hautvillers. It undergoes decades of slow maturation on its lees, yielding a majestic Champagne defined by its precise minerality, toasted brioche complexity, vibrant citrus fruit, and an incredibly silky, persistent mousse.
🍾 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 50%, Pinot Noir 50%
🍷 ABV
12.5%