2013 Dom Perignon
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Cool weather made for a long growing season in 2013 – with a hot, warm summer balanced by rain in early September. Forever fated to be compared to its predecessor (the impressive 2012), the 2013 Dom Pérignon is nevertheless a gorgeous Champagne in its own right. It speaks of its cooler conditions – with leaner green and white fruit, with mineral and lemon/lime citrus. Overall, there’s an impression of savoury salinity, with spice and toast mingling with more delicate white florals and blossom honey. The palate is supple and round, almost gentle, yet not lacking the precision you expect of this prestige cuvée. Unlike some Dom Pérignon on release, it’s amazingly approachable now.
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The 2013 Dom Pérignon is quite delicate and understated. It reminds me of the 2004, but with a bit more mid-palate richness and a bit less energy. Apricot, tangerine peel, white flowers, jasmine, mint and light honeyed notes all meld together. There’s lovely vinous intensity as well as a feeling of openness that make the 2013 a delight to taste today. The 2013 doesn’t look to be an epic DP, but it sure is delicious right now.
Disgorged in October last year, the 2013 Dom Pérignon is a lovely wine, defined by the long, cool growing season. Offering up aromas of crisp stone fruit, tangerine oil, buttered toast, pear, almonds and clear honey, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with bright acids and a pillowy, enveloping profile, concluding with a long, saline finish. Vincent Chaperon recalls that shatter at fruit set moderated yields and that a drying east wind in the weeks before harvest helped to maintain the good sanitation necessary to wait to pick at full maturity.
A driven and serious DP with aromas of chalk, biscuits, apricot stones and lemons. Some spice and dried flowers, too. So sleek and sophisticated. Elegant. Yet, it’s long and powerful, with a sharp minerality. Tight and precise. Reminds me of bottles from the 1980s, such as 1988. It really takes off. Disgorged October 2021. Drinkable on release in January 2023, but better in a couple of years. A DP for the cellar.
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Dom Pérignon is one of the most highly regarded and well-known Champagnes in the world. The first and original prestige cuvée Champagne, it is today owned by LVMH.