Dom Perignon Vintage 2015

The wine in this vintage

In Champagne, 2015 was a warm, dry vintage, with one of the driest summers in decades and welcome rain arriving only towards the end of August. The grapes reached the winery ripe and healthy, but the challenge was to preserve freshness and definition. Dom Pérignon Vintage 2015 answers with a sunny, enveloping profile: yellow fruit, candied citrus, floral and toasty notes, with a creamy texture and a saline thread that carries the finish. It is a generous Champagne, already expressive and enjoyable now for its fullness, yet able to evolve well for many years, gaining honeyed and nutty nuances.

The producer · Dom Perignon

Dom Pérignon takes its name from Pierre Pérignon, the Benedictine cellar master of the Abbey of Hautvillers in the late seventeenth century, whom tradition regards as the spiritual father of Champagne for his pioneering approach to blending. The house, closely tied to Moët & Chandon and now part of LVMH, released its first vintage, the 1921, in 1936, effectively inventing the prestige cuvée. Dom Pérignon is made only as a vintage wine, and only in years judged worthy, from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir drawn from the finest crus of the region, with Hautvillers as its symbolic home. The style pursues a constant tension between the two grapes, between power and precision, with a mineral, toasty signature that unfolds slowly over years. Alongside the Vintage, the house releases a Rosé and the Plénitudes, later releases of the same vintage after far longer ageing on the lees, which show how the wine transforms with time. Few names embody the very idea of great Champagne so completely.

Critics' scores

• 97 James Suckling
• 96 Wine Spectator
• 95 Robert Parker
• 95 Antonio Galloni

Technical details

Producer

Dom Perignon

Region

Champagne

Country

Francia

Type

Bollicine

Vintage

2015

When to drink

Hold, still evolving

Critics' average

95.75/100

Sizes

75 cl, Magnum 150 cl, Case of 6 × 75 cl

eWibe code

0420115