2005 Champagne Dom Pérignon, Brut
- White
- Dry
Ready, but will keep
- Stephan Reinhardt
- 93+/100
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75 cl Bottle
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Description
A fourth consecutive vintage release might hint at an over-abundance of Moët’s flagship brand but the 2005 fits in neatly with the three previous contrasting years and no doubt those still to come in what is proving to be a stellar decade for fine Vintage Champagnes. The 2005 has a high proportion of Chardonnay yet a firm core of Pinot Noir provides the wine with backbone that will see it develop and improve for many years. There’s a lingering, yellow-fruit quality here that has real appeal. A small vintage, and a challenging one, this deserves consideration and is a credit to Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy.
Tom Cave - Cellar Plan Manager
My immediate thought was “very DP” – lemon, yellow stone fruit and red berries, with an amaretti biscuit touch on the finish. At around 62% Chardonnay, this is the most white grape orientated Dom Pérignon for some time but it is the Pinot Noir fruit profile that shows at the moment. Very taut and precise, with a floral touch on palate and lots of citrus. Very drinkable! There is an impressive length to the finish. Kudos to Richard Geoffroy and his team for creating a beauty in this warm and quite difficult vintage. Give this a few years in the cellar to fill out.
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager
Tom Cave - Cellar Plan Manager
My immediate thought was “very DP” – lemon, yellow stone fruit and red berries, with an amaretti biscuit touch on the finish. At around 62% Chardonnay, this is the most white grape orientated Dom Pérignon for some time but it is the Pinot Noir fruit profile that shows at the moment. Very taut and precise, with a floral touch on palate and lots of citrus. Very drinkable! There is an impressive length to the finish. Kudos to Richard Geoffroy and his team for creating a beauty in this warm and quite difficult vintage. Give this a few years in the cellar to fill out.
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2005
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Property Dom Pérignon
Critics reviews
Stephan Reinhardt 93+/100
The 2005 Dom Prignon has a brilliant white-golden color and is intense on the yeasty nose, where vegetal aromas along with almond and rather discreet fruit flavors are displayed, before they intensify and become more rich. Firm, fresh and elegant, this is a full-bodied, complex and pretty rich, well concentrated and creamy-textured DP with a tightly woven structure; it has a still somewhat edgy finish. There is bit more Pinot Noir than usual in this blend, whereas the produced quantity is relatively low. Due to strict selections, just the half of the normal quantity was produced.Stephan Reinhardt - 30/06/2016