Dom Pérignon

Dom Pérignon makes only vintage Champagne. Every release comes from one harvest, and the house can choose not to declare a year. That commitment makes vintage selection the starting point for its wines, while blending determines how the year is expressed.

One year, an assemblage

Single-vintage does not mean single vineyard or single grape. The house describes assemblage as central to its style, with Cellar Master Vincent Chaperon guiding the selection and blending of wines from each harvest. Dom Pérignon Vintage 2018, presented in 2026, was the first vintage made entirely under his direction.

Time on the lees

The standard Vintage spends at least eight years in elaboration; the house gives longer minimum periods for Rosé and Plénitude 2. Maturation on the lees develops the wine before release. Dom Pierre Pérignon’s work at Hautvillers Abbey is part of the name’s history, while the present-day wine is best understood through its declared year, assemblage and time in the cellar.