Highlights
Dom Perignon Luminous Brut Champagne 2013
The delicate nose unfolds in swaths of color. The green of eucalyptus, mint and vetiver, the yellow-orange of mirabelle plums, apricot and orange blossom, the brown of pepper, cardamom and licorice sticks, and finally silvery saline and toasty hues.
The mouthfeel is elegant, expressing luxuriant simplicity and precision. The attack is enveloping and ethereal. The refined and silky foundation becomes more pronounced at the heart. The finish is dominated by a salinity that leaves a deep sensation of consistency.
Critical Acclaim
98 James Suckling
A driven and serious DP with aromas of chalk, biscuits, apricot stones and lemons. Some spice and dried flowers, too. So sleek and sophisticated. Elegant. Yet, it’s long and powerful, with a sharp minerality. Tight and precise.
96 Wine Spectator
Vivid acidity and a chalky underpinning make a crystalline frame for finely detailed notes of ripe melon, mandarin orange, toasted brioche and candied ginger in this harmonious Champagne, which is expressive and expansive on the palate, but with a sense of finesse and restraint. Long and creamy on the mineral-laced finish. Drink now through 2037.
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Disgorged in October last year, the 2013 Dom Pérignon is a lovely wine, defined by the long, cool growing season. Offering up aromas of crisp stone fruit, tangerine oil, buttered toast, pear, almonds and clear honey, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with bright acids and a pillowy, enveloping profile, concluding with a long, saline finish. Vincent Chaperon recalls that shatter at fruit set moderated yields and that a drying east wind in the weeks before harvest helped to maintain the good sanitation necessary to wait to pick at full maturity.
Tasting Notes
Eucalyptus, mint, vetiver; mirabelle plum, apricot, orange blossom
- BrandDom Perignon
- CountryFrance
- RegionChampagne
- TypeSparkling Wine
- Size750ml
- ABV 12.5%
- Grapes Pinot Noir
- Grapes Chardonnay
- SKU 210000048467
Grapes & winemaking
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir; percentages unspecified
- Aging
- Lees aging for years; precise duration unspecified — Same white 2013 cuvee; packaging edition not specified