That’s right. Your eyes are not deceiving you. The Warhol Foundation has given permission for Dom Perignon to specially bottle a limited number of Andy Warhol labels and boxes. As you can see, they come in three vibrant colours: red, yellow and blue.
This is a significant moment as it’s the very first time that Dom Perignon has allowed an outside influence to alter their label. Not only are these bottles a work of art in themselves, they are housing the yet to be released 2002 vintage Dom Perignon!
Since the harvest 8 years ago, many Champagne houses have been singing praises about the near perfect vintage conditions and juice that beggars belief (albeit, there was a brief hot spell which affected some of the Chardonnay crop). So it was with very high expectations that I tried this new vintage and it most certainly delivered. This is a step up from the delicious 2000 and a leap on the 1999; it has the power of the 1996 and 1990, but also the finesse of the 1995.
Please note: the 2002 vintage has not been released as of yet so all these bottles are still at their cellars in Champagne. They will be available mid to late September, 2010.
“The 2002 Dom Perignon is at first intensely floral, with perfumed jasmine that dominates the bouquet. With time in the glass the wine gains richness as the flavors turn decidedly riper and almost tropical. Ripe apricots, passion fruit and peaches emerge from this flashy, opulent Dom Perignon. The wine’s volume makes it approachable today, but readers in search of more complexity will want to cellar this for at least a few years to allow for some of the baby fat to drop off. Geoffroy describes the vintage as very ripe and adds that some of the Chardonnay showed the ill-effects of the hot growing season in it the somewhat burned, dehydrated fruit that came in that year. This bottle was disgorged in July, 2009. To be released summer 2010. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2032”
96 points, Antonio Galloni – Parker’s Wine Advocate
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