Dom Perignon

Dom Pérignon is the great name of Champagne: a high-sounding and magnificent name synonymous with elegance, luxury and prestige; a name that directly recalls the legend of the monk who invented Champagne near Épernay, a Grand Cru in the Vallée de la Marne. In 1668, the Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon set out to create 'the best wine in the world'. In an era dominated by empiricism, he introduced innovative techniques for viticulture and wine production. Thus, the 'wine of Dom Pérignon' quickly became one of the most coveted in France, served at Versailles and appreciated by Louis XIV. Today, Vincent Chaperon, Chef de Cave, continues to embody this innovative vision while preserving the tradition and high standards that characterise the Maison.

The first Dom Pérignon Champagne was produced in 1936 thanks to the idea of Robert-Jean de Vogüe: the aim was to create a cuvée de prestige that embodied the absolute excellence of Champagne and that could take up the legacy of the abbey. To do this, the chef de cave selected the best family reserves, bottling only the best vintages from 1921 onwards. The Vintage 1947 is the first Dom Pérignon Champagne to be produced no longer using the transvasage technique, but rather from a vintage made ad hoc. Dom Pérignon's creativity is characterised by the constraint of the vintage, which requires constant reinvention. This approach, embodied by Vincent Chaperon, drives the Maison to continually push new creative boundaries. Dom Pérignon's aesthetic values of precision, intensity, tact, minerality, complexity and completeness are present at every stage and are the promise of an exceptional vintage Champagne.

Dom Pérignon Champagne is only produced in exceptional vintages from the best grapes from Grand Cru and, to a lesser extent, from Premier Cru. The grapes used are Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, considered by Richard Geoffroy as "the object of all frustrations, all emotions, all fascinations". The art of blending is based on the pursuit of a continuous lack of balance capable of generating tension, energy and dynamism and also on a paradox that manages to create harmony: the graceful soul of Chardonnay combined with the power of Pinot Noir. An aporia from which one of the greatest Champagnes of all time was born: Dom Pérignon.