Dom Pérignon (wine)

Dom Pérignon (pronounced dɔ peʁiɲɔ ) is a famous champagne brand Moët & Chandon. The name comes from the monk Dom Pérignon. Dom Perignon is usually offered as a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, in good vintages also a higher quality vintage is produced., Offers it as white wine and a ( rarer ) Rosé. A much longer storage will preserve the degorgierte sold as Oenothèque Dom Pérignon.

The production volume is very high, it is probably in one to two million bottles or more. However, it is produced only in selected years and matured long.

History

After the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) Jean- Remy Moët bought in 1823 (according to other sources 1794), the former Abbey of Villers skin, in which the monk Dom Pérignon had lived. 1930 he acquired Moët Chandon and the right to the name brand Dom Pérignon from home Mercier, who had the name but never used, and sold since 1936, a prestige cuvee under the newly purchased name. The idea for this came from the Englishman Laurence Venn. The Grapes of Dom Pérignon 1936 were from the vintage 1921. The vintage 1921 and the following 1926, 1928 (before the year 1926 sold ), 1929 and 1934 were prepared by Transvasierverfahren, only in 1943 was followed by the first own cuvée Dom Pérignon thereby significantly more different from the other brands of Champagne Moët et Chandon.

Trivia

The champagne brand was also well known for the James Bond films, including the well-known saying from the movie Goldfinger (1964 ): "You never drinks as a Dom Pérignon '53, if he has a temperature of about eight degrees. That would be exactly like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs! "