Champagne Brut 'P2' Dom Pérignon 2003
New arrivalsThe Champagne Brut 'P2' Dom Pérignon represents the second Plénitude of the famous cuvée, the moment when the wine reaches a new fullness after about fifteen years of aging on the lees. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in similar proportions, resulting from a warm and generous vintage, give life to a dense and deep Champagne. On the nose, peach, pear, and mirabelle emerge, with honey, toasted brioche, and smoky notes. On the palate, it is wide and creamy, with a chalky structure and a long savory finish. Perfect with a lobster Catalan style
The “P2” Brut by Dom Perignon is a Champagne vintage of great charm and elegance, intense and extraordinarily balanced, produced by the famous Maison in Épernay, in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. This label is a grape blend, the result of the canonical union between the best selections of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties, coming exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards owned, located in the municipalities of Ay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Mailly, and Hautvillers for Pinot Noir, and from those of Cramant, Choully, Avize, and Le Mesnil for Chardonnay. The peculiarity of “P2”, or Plénitude Deuxième, is that it is a Champagne capable of defying time and gradually acquiring more taste fullness, while maintaining the great minerality, a characteristic signature of the maison. In fact, after several years of studies, tastings, and comparisons, Richard Geoffroy, chef de cave of Dom Perignon, discovers that after 7-8 years of aging on the lees required for the classic vintage, Dom Perignon Champagne continues to improve, but not gradually; rather, it makes two significant leaps: the first after about 15 years and the second after more than 25 years. From here arise two new labels, respectively P2 and P3, which express the various plénitudes, or windows of time in which the Champagne suddenly enters a new “fullness”.
The “P2” Dom Perignon Brut is produced with carefully selected grapes in the vineyard and hand-picked in small crates. The bunches, brought to the cellar as quickly as possible, are then pressed directly and fermented in stainless steel containers at controlled temperature for several weeks, in order to obtain the base wine of the vintage. The addition of liquer de tirage is then made for the sparkling process and subsequent re-fermentation in the bottle of the wine that remains aging on its own lees for almost 15 years before carrying out the dégorgement and the topping up with the addition of liquer d’expedition, as per the brut category.
The Brut “P2” by Dom Perignon presents itself with a brilliant golden yellow color and a very fine and delicate perlage. On the nose, intense, broad, and complex aromas appear, ranging from ripe yellow fruit, including peach and apricot, to floral notes of bergamot, aromatic herbs, and hay, moving towards citrus scents,citrusy, with sweet spice and butter notes, with slight toasted hazelnut nuances and iodine hints in the finish. On the palate, it is creamy, energetic, light, and refined, characterized by a surprising freshness in relation to its age and a slightly smoky aftertaste. This “P2” from Maison Dom Perignon is a sumptuous, harmonious Champagne with great character, in which the complex maturity becomes light and which, to conclude with the words of the immense Richard Geoffrey: “first it seems to dance on its toes, then it envelops you.”