Dom Pérignon 2013

Dom Pérignon 2013James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2023 "Krug is the king of champagne, Dom Perignon is the Queen." James Halliday Dom Prignon is named after a 17th century Benedictine monk who was Cellar Master at the Abbey of Hautvillers, near the town of pernay. It is the top Champagne (prestige cuve or tte de cuve) produced by Mot & Chandon and was first released in 1937 with the 1921 vintage. Although owned by Mot & Chandon, Dom Prignon is now considered a separate

An outstanding vintage in the Yarra

" McNally says

So obviously it's a wine to be put down in the cellar rather than drunk now

One of the very best ever under this label

Its development comes in successive plateaux which define as many windows of expression I decided to call Plénitudes: the wine then tells us a story that is new and exciting enough to be worth sharing

It spends almost two years in bottle before it is released

it's long and persistent

which seems to push the oak up

but I don’t think a little bit is a bad thing

The Piedmont wine region is located in the north-west corner of Italy

The wine is destemmed without crushing and left on skins for 25 days

This is classic Margaret River