Dom Pérignon, 2012
A typically composed and classy Dom Perignon, very youthful though certainly not backward, this is thoroughly enjoyable now but there will still be plenty to come from it over the next few years. Long, refined tight-knit citrus and fruit zest, touches of dry stone with faint shades of spice and ripe guava. Beautfiully textured and completely unforced all the way throug to a long finish.
critic reviews
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.
The 2012 Dom Perignon is developing very nicely on cork, exhibiting a complex bouquet of pear, confit citrus fruits, honeycomb, buttered toast, iodine and nuts framed by a deft touch of youthful reduction. Full-bodied, rich and muscular, with a layered core of fruit and a pillowy mousse, it's a vinous, vibrant Champagne that concludes with a saline finish.