DOM PERIGNON 'Millesime' Brut Vintage 2004 Bottle
Champagne & Sparkling Wines | France | Champagne | 75cl
£199.95
ABV: 12.5%
Size: 75cl
Closure Type: Cork
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Wine Style: Champagne - Dry
Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
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.
VINOUS - 98 Points
"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."
Drinking Window: 2022-2042
DECANTER - 93 Points
"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."
Drinking Window: 2024-2034
THE WINE ADVOCATE - 94 Points
"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."
Drinking Window: 2018-2036