Champagne Brut AOC Vintage 2002 Dom Pérignon

Champagne Brut Vintage represents the history of Dom Pérignon and its fame is spread all over the world. This wine is dedicated to the Benedictine monk linked to the origins of Champagne itself.

It is produced with the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes, ripened during a single year and harvested towards the end of September. The vinification takes place according to the Classic Method, with refermentation in the bottle. Subsequently the wine ages on the lees for at least 8 years, until the time deemed appropriate by the Chef de Cave.

Perfect to accompany dishes based on fish, shellfish, raw meat and fish, it is an ideal accompaniment to haute cuisine dishes.

The birth of the legend

Dom Pérignon was one of the first cuvée de prestige in the history of Champagne, born from the idea of the English advertiser Laurence Venn, employed at the Simon Bros. & Co. agency, the English importer of Moët & Chandon, who imagined creating a Champagne very high quality to be sold on allotment to the British aristocracy.

The "Dom Pérignon" brand, inspired by the figure of the monk of the Abbey of Hautvillers who lived in the 17th century who had contributed to the qualitative growth of viticulture in the Champagne region, registered by the Maison Mercier, had been sold to the Maison of Épernay in 1927 when Francine Durant-Mercier had married Paul Chandon.

In 1935, 300 bottles of the 1926 vintage, forerunners of the future "Dom Pérignon" were given away to the best clients of the agency. The response was so enthusiastic that 100 cases of the 1921 vintage officially bearing the "Dom Pérignon" brand for the first time were immediately sent to the United States, which remained its only market until 1947.

From 1921 to 2009, Dom Pérignon was produced in 43 vintages: 1921, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 196 6, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2 004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.