Tasting Notes
Vinous 95
The 2013 Dom Perignon is pretty closed right now. Deep and layered, the 2013 shows quite a bit of density today. It’s a typical wine for this vintage, a year marked by a warm summer but a late harvest because the growing season got off to a late start. Th
Anticipated maturity: 2024-2044
JancisRobinson.com 18.5
Tasted blind. Amidst a blind line-up of relatively big name champagnes (La Grande Dame 2015, Moet Grande Vintage 2015, Krug Grand Cuvee), this stood out head and shoulders above the rest. Lusty, guttural, uncompromising. Big, powerfully toasty nose! Here be fireworks. Tiny bubbles, like 3D lace running a matrix through the wine. Clementine, straw, yuzu, kumquat, sharp apples – so much fruit! And then long, hungry, lean savoury lines. Grilled sourdough toast, roasted walnuts. So much here. Very, very long and very, very persistent. This is outstanding. The bubbles are like tiny, glittering jewels stitched into silk. A seriously exciting, serious wine. For special occasions I could almost too easily be persuaded to part with 250 for a bottle of this. (TC)
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2029
