Dom Perignon - Brut Champagne [with gift box] 2012 (1.5L)
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Price: $795.00
| Producer | Dom Perignon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Sku | 9189 |
| Size | 1.5L |
John Gilman: 98 Points
The 2012 Dom Pérignon is a brilliant wine in the making and seems likely to ultimately be judged one of the greatest vintages here in the last quarter century. According to Chef de Cave Vincent Chaperon the wine is close to its ideal cépages of fifty percent each of chardonnay and pinot noir in 2012. The wine is quite a powerful vintage of Dom Pérignon but with all of the customary elegance and structural chassis of the greatest vintages here and it remains a young wine brimming with energy and superb depth. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a classic blend of lime green apple menthol stony minerality discreet botanical tones gentle smokiness and a topnote of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep full-bodied focused and complex with a great core superb mineral drive and grip utterly refined mousse and a long zesty and beautifully balanced finish. I love how the perfect ripeness of the 2012 vintage is seamlessly interwoven here with a superb girdle of acidity great minerality and excellent purity which will end up producing a legendary vintage of this wine. It is certainly approachable out of the blocks but I would opt to tuck bottles away for at least eight to ten more years before starting to drink the 2012 as there is so much left here to still unfold. 2029-2075+.
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Vinous: 97 Points
The 2012 Dom Pérignon is a dense powerful wine. I am almost shocked by its vinous intensity and raw unbridled power. The 2012 reminds me of the 2003 but with more finesse and not quite as pushed. Mildew rain and frost were challenges and resulted in low yields something that was further compounded by warm dry weather that concentrated the fruit even more. Those qualities result in a dense Dom Pérignon endowed with real phenolic intensity. It is one of the most reticent young Doms I can remember tasting I wouldn?t even think of opening a bottle for at least a few years. -- Antonio Galloni
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
The 2012 Champagne is 51% Chardonnay and the rest Pinot Noir and has 4 grams per liter dosage. Its style is finessed and elegant, revealing a soft, smoky perfume of fresh white flowers, pear, and fresh bread dough. The palate is focused and long, with a polished mousse, and offers notes of lime blossom, white peach, and chalky minerality as well as long perfume resonating on the finish. Drink 2024-2044.
James Suckling: 97 Points
Wonderful elegance and balance to this Dom Pérignon with cooked apple lemon and hints of white pepper and salt. It?s medium-bodied with really fine bubbles and balance. Spicy at the end. So wonderfully fresh linear and long. Racy and elegant. A DP that invites to drink right now. All about finesse. Tension too with precise phenolics and bright acidity on the back palate. Subtle energy. Drinkable now but will develop beautifully in the bottle.
Wine Spectator: 96 Points
This eloquent Champagne has an enticing waft of Mandarin orange on the nose that continues on the palate which is layered with flavors of crushed blackberry and cassis toast chopped almond graphite and oyster shell. A bright finely-knit and harmonious version with a lovely raw silk-like mousse and a lasting expressive finish. Drink now through 2037.
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