Dom Perignon 2012

Dom Perignon 2012 is irresistably delicious now.  It hasa racy acidity that will support it in its further development. This is masked by the usual opulent fruit, which is a little less exotic, but marked by lemon, green apple and peach. There are also the yeasty roasted notes of toasted bread, coffee and almond. Despite its usual seductive nature, even after the first intense mousse fades, it has a tingling, lively minerality and chalky notes on the palate. .Like 2008, 2012 is unusually fine and balanced for a young Dom Perignon. While champagne friends usually wait until the young, seductive but not really complex aromas of the yeast ageing recede and the quality of the base wines comes to the fore with more minerality and freshness, 2012 already has this extra dimension of elegance and freshness.

97 points, Antonio Galloni vinous.com Once again, the 2012 Dom Pérignon is stellar. It's a potent, tightly-wound Champagne. That should serve it well in the future, but today, the 2012 is not terribly expressive. Time in the glass brings out striking aromatic top notes and plenty of energy to match. Low yields, down 30-40%, produced a wild, dynamic Champagne endowed with tremendous character. It's an exceptional Champagne from a year marked by frost, hail, mildew, oidium and botrytis. Pretty much everything, in other words.

750 mL

12.5

Champagne

Pinot Noir & Chardonnay

Sulphites

• Brut

France