Personal advice
2013 has the typical Dom Perignon flavours of toast, exotic fruits and lemon with additional notes of apricots and mandarins. There are also floral to spicy notes such as mint, orange blossom and aniseed. The reductive ageing adds smoky notes of toast and gunpowder. On the palate, Dom Perignon 2013 seduces with a fresh, energetic attack of lively perlage, gains in fullness on the medium, silky palate and shows racy acidity and a long, salty-mineral finish
The 2013 vintage is characterised by a cool spring with late vine development and a sunny summer with a late but ripe harvest. The result is a balanced interplay of freshness, finesse and depth. It was disgorged in October 2021 with 5 g dosage. The cuvée consists of Noir and 49% Chardonnay.
Although attractive, the 2013 vintage with its long vegetation cycle, sunny but not hot weather is a structured Dom Perignon with perfect acidity for a long development. It is remotely reminiscent of the 1988, which was aromatically more restrained when young.
Drinking window: 2025 to 2045