| Winery Location: | Epernay |
| Year Established: | 1921 (The first vintage of Dom Pérignon) |
Vineyard Holdings
Moet is the largest landowner in Champagne, and the source for Dom Perignon comes from their best vineyards, spread throughout the region. Depending on the vintage, the exact vineyard sources and proportion of fruit used from each changes.
Top Wines Produced
- Dom Pérignon Vintage
- Dom Pérignon Vintage Rose
- Dom Pérignon P2 (Oenotèque) Vintage
- Dom Pérignon P2 Vintage Rose
- Dom Pérignon P3 Vintage
Inaugural Vintages
- 1921 for Dom Pérignon and 1959 for the Rose (although the first commercially available Rose was the 1962)
Average Total Production
- Non-disclosed, though thought to be large by comparison to other prestige cuvees.
Summary
Dom Pérignon, which began as a Prestige Cuvee for Moët, now stands alone as its own brand in the LVMH portfolio. Since 1990, the wines have been made by Richard Geoffroy. Moët owns vineyards through the Champagne region, though their Grand Cru holdings tend to provide the source for Dom Pérignon: Avize, Äy, Bouzy, Mailly, Chouilly, Cramant, Les Mesnil sur Oger, Verzenay, and Hautvillers. Generally speaking, the wines favor Chardonnay, and a typical vintage features 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. This varies from vintage to vintage, as some have been Pinot Noir dominant as well.
Style & Vinification Techniques
Wines are made in a deliberately reductive fashion, as they believe this brings out the flavors of autolysis in the best way.
Producer Website: Dom Pérignon