DOM PERIGNON 'Millesime' Brut Vintage 2004 Bottle

Description

The 2004 Dom Pérignon is a standout vintage, resulting from a long, cool growing season with ideal harvest conditions after a challenging 2003 season. This vintage is renowned for its crystalline precision, laser-like focus, and vibrant energy, especially evident when tasted from magnum, which enhances its captivating qualities. With a blend of 53% Pinot Noir and 47% Chardonnay, it offers a complex nose of toast, grapefruit, green apple, iodine, and peach, complemented by a rich yet refined palate. Critics praise its balance and finesse: VINOUS awards it 98 points, highlighting its crystalline energy; James Suckling gives 96 points for its assertive power and deep phenolics; The Wine Advocate scores it 94 points, noting its toasty, vinous profile; Decanter awards 93 points for its delicate charm and approachability, with a suggested drinking window from 2024 to 2034. This vintage exemplifies classic Dom Pérignon elegance and aging potential.

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VINOUS 98 points
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2042
From: Cellar Favorite: 2002 & 2004 Dom Pérignon (Dec 2022)
The 2004 Dom Pérignon is a totally different beast. It is the product of a very long and cool growing season marked by heavy summer rains in some sectors of the region and then ideal conditions through to harvest. After a brutally torrid 2003, the vines responded by setting a huge crop. In fact, 2004 remains the most abundant vintage in the history of Champagne. The best wines, though, well, they have always impressed with their laser-like cut and focus. That’s exactly what comes through in the 2004 Dom Pérignon. Tasted from magnum, the 2004 shows all the linear energy and crystalline precision of the year, but with that extra magic that comes from fermentation and longer aging in the big bottle. The 2004 has long been one of my favorite Dom Pérignons. From magnum, it is especially captivating.

JAMES SUCKLING 96 points
A return to regular form after the wild 2003 edition, this is business as usual in terms of the composed and complex swagger that is a hallmark of Dom. Good deep autolysis here, toasty yeasty characters wrap around a wealth of grapefruit and pithy lemon citrus notes; the chardonnay rings clear as a bell at around half of the blend. The palate has assertive, driving power and fully formed deep-seated phenolic presence with a chord of acidity steering it through a long, fresh and gently nutty finish. Classic Dom is back! Best drunk around 2019. -NS

THE WINE ADVOCATE 94 points
Drink Date: 2018 - 2036 - Grape Varieties: 53% Pinot Noir & 47% Chardonnay.
"The 2004 Dom Pérignon is one of the more reductive, autolytic vintages of this wine to have been released in the last decade, offering up a toasty bouquet of pears, green apple, iodine, peach and smoke. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny textured and fleshy, with a sweet core of fruit, a fine mousse and a vinous profile. The 2004 is drinking well today: as I wrote earlier this year, between the rich, ripe 2002 and the powerful but racy 2008, the 2004 is an excellent but more classically proportioned example of Dom Pérignon." - William Kelley.

DECANTER 93 points
Tasted by: Tom Hewson (at London, 22 May 2024) Part of Champagne and Crémant: What’s the difference?
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2034
Often a sleeper, Moët’s Grand Vintage shows remarkably consistent quality over the last 20 years, with 2004 no exception; trademark struck-match reductive overtones melt into candied citrus zest, toasty brazil nut, melon and faintly tropical jackfruit-like aromas, the palate delicate and svelte with moderate intensity and length. Silky, charming and approachable.