- Colour Champagne_Sparkling
- Producer Dom Perignon
- Region Champagne
- Grape Pinot Noir / Chardonnay / Pinot Meunier
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Later
2018 - Dom Pérignon Vintage - 6x75cl
- Colour Champagne Sparkling
- Producer Dom Perignon
- Region Champagne
- Grape Pinot Noir / Chardonnay / Pinot Meunier
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Later
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Goedhuis, September 2026
The 2018 Dom Perignon is generous, expressive and gloriously open in the glass. Sun-filled citrus and ripe orchard fruit, candied lemon and white peach, wrapped in a creamy, smoky richness. There's a lovely toastiness backing everything up, while a fine seam of chalky minerality keeps it fresh and precise
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Goedhuis, September 2026
The 2018 Dom Perignon is generous, expressive and gloriously open in the glass. Sun-filled citrus and ripe orchard fruit, candied lemon and white peach, wrapped in a creamy, smoky richness. There's a lovely toastiness backing everything up, while a fine seam of chalky minerality keeps it fresh and precise
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Antonio Galloni, April 2025, Score: 98
The 2018 Dom Pérignon is a total stunner. Bright and crystalline in the glass, the 2018 sizzles with mineral-drenched tension. Citrus peel, chalk, white flowers and slate are some of the many nuances that open with a bit of coaxing. The 2018 will need a few years to start hitting its stride, but it is super-impressive in the early going. Stylistically, it reminds me of the 2004 (also a high-yielding vintage) in its slender, lithe build. Drink 2026-2048. Tasted April 2025.
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Vinous, September 2026, Score: 98
The 2018 Dom Pérignon is explosive, bright and so vibrant in the glass. Medium in body, with layers of understated depth, the 2018 dazzles from start to finish. Lemon peel, chalk, mint and white pepper all open with a bit of coaxing. Readers will find a Dom Pérignon of unreal precision and class. Drink 2028-2058. Tasted May 2026.
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Jancis Robinson, May 2026, Score: 18+
Smoky, tense and taut with more marked acidity and depth than the 2017. But then the ripeness really shines through, too, though there's a touch of something saline or mineral. This should last well. Great fruit intensity. Really very glamorous indeed. A no brainer for hedonists.
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Region
Champagne
Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.