2003 | Dom Pérignon | Brut

Sparkling Wine: 2003 | Dom Pérignon | Brut
Ripe and rounded, the wine retains freshness and structure. Quite a mouthful with a chunky heft of fruit, it is not clear to me how this will develop.
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Producer: Dom Pérignon
Ratings: TC | 92
Vintage: 2003
Size: 750ml
ABV: 12.5%
Varietal: Champagne Blend
Country/Region: France, Champagne
Ripe and rounded, the wine retains freshness and structure. Quite a mouthful with a chunky heft of fruit, it is not clear to me how this will develop.
Reviews:
Tom Cannavan: With low yields (April frosts destroying the buds) and a hot growing season, very few wines have been released from this vintage. Controversially, Geoffroy chose to ignore perceived wisdom and rose to the challenge of making a Pérignon in 2003, leaning heavily on his cooler climate Grand Cru vineyards. The challenge was to avoid over-ripeness (and maybe Richard’s previous experience at Domain Chandon in California helped him here?). Ripe and rounded, the wine retains freshness and structure. Quite a mouthful with a chunky heft of fruit, it is not clear to me how this will develop.
Producer Information
Dom Pérignon is a celebrated Champagne brand owned by Moët & Chandon. Its origins can be traced back to the Abbey of Saint Pierre d’Hautvillers in northern France – the so-called birthplace of Champagne. The 17th-Century Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon is credited with its invention after taking up the position as the abbey’s cellarer and procurator in 1668. Pierre Pérignon spent the remaining 47 years of his life striving to create the “best wine in the world”, with his wine even gracing the tables of the court of King Louis XIV, the Sun King. To this day the Abbey of Saint Pierre d’Hautvillers houses the “Le Traité de la culture des vignes de Champagne”, or the “Treatise on the culture of the vines of Champagne”, a manuscript that was penned by Dom Pierre – Pérignon’s pupil and successor. The Dom Pérignon brand name was first registered by Eugène Mercier, the founder of Mercier Champagne. He subsequently sold the brand to the Moët & Chandon Champagne house, who used the Dom Pérignon name for its prestige cuvée, first released in 1937. Both Moët & Chandon and Dom Pérignon are now part of the LVMH group. Dom Pérignon has set down its guiding winemaking principles in a manifesto. This document declares Dom Pérignon’s commitment to vintage wine blended from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes. Each vintage of Dom Pérignon is unique, with grapes sourced from only the best vineyards in Champagne. Unlike most Champagne producers who harvest the grapes early, the preference established under former cellarmaster Richard Geoffroy was to wait for the grapes to ripen slowly. The highly-respected Geoffroy was chef de cave from 1990 to January, 2019, when he handed over the reins to his assistant, Vincent Chaperon. Geoffroy was considered very much the face of the brand and perhaps the best-known figure within the modern Champagne industry.