The creative ambition of Dom Pérignon is a perpetual quest for harmony as a source of emotion. Dom Pérignon Rosé was born to push the limits of this ambition. It expresses this desire to explore the edge, spreading out the raw power of the red of the pinot noir grape in an assemblage of vibrant harmony. After a slow, masterful transformation during nearly 15 years in the cellar, Dom Pérignon Rosé incarnates the tension between light and darkness. It embodies dedication to creation as a radical exploration of new possibilities.

THE VINTAGE

With the lowest temperatures since 1996, the first part of the year contrasted with the entire decade. Winter frosts and a cool spring were reminders of the vineyard’s northerly latitude. The summer was hot, but not excessively so, and infrequent rain confirmed a particularly dry year. Suddenly, in mid-August, everything changed. The equivalent of two months of rain fell in just two days. With the heat and the water, maturation was fast and generous, but the harvest began with Botrytis cinerea attacking the pinot noir grapes. As in 1995, the grapes had an elevated balance, at the same time sweet and acidic, but some parcels had to be left out and others sorted in order to bring out the best in a vintage rich in contrasts.

TASTING NOTES

The wine is surprising, less powerful than expected. That is, this power is also displaying lightness. It is strikingly intense, precise. Also delicate, dense and silky. Everything seems to be integrated within it, like reconciled, a mastery of opposites. The obvious coherence of its flesh fills the mouth with an impression of suspended, spherical presence, which is deploying and amplifying: it relaunches itself within the duration of the tasting, stretching out the movement of the wine. Its personality leaves a feeling of poise and self-confidence. It has a refined and distinguished aesthetic, which unfurls in an elegant and majestic manner.

PAIRING

Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2010 conveys a feeling of self-confidence, refinement, elegance, and majesty. The combination of iodine and vegetable products, weever fish, sea urchins, turnip greens, sumac or artichoke, is perfect to feel the duality of the wine, to bring out the aromatic nuances of the wine. Ingredients like sea Urchins, pork belly, kale or chili pepper will reveal the lines of the wine: its acidity and tannic structure, hidden behind its fruit.