Champagne AOC Brut Vintage 2009 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 vintage 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 about 72 months.

Champagne Brut Vintage is characterized by a bright straw yellow color with golden reflections. The nose opens with aromas of almond, enriched with pleasant spicy hints of cocoa and smoky hints. On the palate it is warm, energetic, pleasantly enveloping and velvety, with an intense finish. The wine has a persistent and complex body and a delicate spicy note.

Perfect to accompany fish and raw fish dishes, it is ideal in combination with shellfish and aged cheeses.

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, English importer of Moët & Chandon, who imagined to create a Champagne of the highest quality to be sold on allocation to the British aristocracy.

The "Dom Pérignon" brand, inspired by the figure of the monk of the Hautvillers Abbey 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 vintage 1926 forerunners of the future "Dom Pérignon" were given to the agency's best customers. The response was so enthusiastic that 100 cases from 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 42 vintages: 1921, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009.