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Dom Perignon same day delivery London from Arden Fine Wines
The 2009 Dom Pérignon is a prestigious vintage champagne.
It is notably the first release in DP’s history to be launched out of sequential order, appearing in 2017 before the “tighter” 2008 vintage because it was ready to drink sooner.
A warm, sunny vintage resulted in a rich and fleshy champagne.
The nose has aromas of ripe apple, peach, and Meyer lemon, balanced by classic nutty and toasty brioche flavours.
Dom Pierre Pérignon
In 1668, Dom Pierre Pérignon, a Benedictine monk, took on the role of procurator at the Abbey of Hautvillers.
At a time of empirical methods, Dom Pierre Pérignon developed precise techniques for viticulture and winemaking.
Furthermore, Father Pérignon modernised the abbey, restored its vineyard, and aimed to create “the best wine in the world.”
As a result, the “wine of Father Pérignon” became one of the most sought-after wines in France.
Moreover, servers at Versailles presented it, and Louis XIV enjoyed it.
Profoundly inspired, he revolutionised winemaking with standards that remain at the heart of all champagne wines today.
Ultimately, Dom Pierre Pérignon’s legacy continues to nourish the creative vision of Dom Pérignon.
A brief history of Dom Pérignon
A precursor to Dom Pérignon appeared in 1935 as a one-off gift of no particular style or, indeed, name.
The producers presented it in the same replica 18th-century bottle we know today.
It also bore its equally recognisable shield-shaped label with vine shoots and grape bunches lining the sides.
The vintage was 1926, but they gave it no name as such.
They just called it “Champagne specially shipped for Simon Brothers & Co’s Centenary 1835–1935.”
Simon Brothers represented Moët & Chandon in London.
They sent a hamper containing two bottles of this special Champagne to 150 of its best customers.
When Moët’s American customers heard about this, they wanted some, too.
Moët duly obliged the following year, when they shipped 200 cases of the great 1921 vintage to New York.
These bottles, however, carried the Dom Pérignon brand, thus they officially launched Dom Pérignon in the USA in 1936.
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The Chefs de Caves of Dom Pérignon
Since its first vintage, Dom Pérignon has had seven chefs de caves (winemakers):
- Ernest Goubault (1921–36)
- Charles Goubault (1936–44)
- André Tournier (1944–49)
- René Philipponnat (1949–76)
- Dominique Foulon (1976–90)
- Richard Geoffroy (1990–2018)
- Vincent Chaperon (2019 to now)
Philipponnat was the first chef de cave to put his mark on Dom Pérignon.
This effectively made him the architect of this great Champagne.
Almost all of the vintages he produced were outstanding, with 1952, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1964, and 1966 the best of his best.
Dom Pérignon’s style emerged only when Philipponnat laid down the four pillars of its construction: vintage, origin, varietal profile, and extended yeast-ageing.
He started building a core terroir of the ripest lieux-dits in nine crus (eight grands crus, Aÿ, Bouzy, Verzenay, Mailly, Chouilly, Cramant, Avize, and Le Mesnil, plus Hautvillers, which is only a premier cru, but these specific plots are quite exceptional and, of course, historical).
