Dom Perignon Wins Highest Honors at Largest International Wine Competition in America

Dom Perignon Wins Highest Honors at Largest International Wine Competition in
America
Dom Perignon OEnotheque Vintage 1995 Wins Best in Show, and Dom Perignon
Vintage 2000 Wins Double Gold at 2009 San Francisco International Wine
Competition.

NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Dom Perignon received top accolades at the
29th annual San Francisco International Wine Competition, one of the most
important and comprehensive wine and spirits competitions in the world. Dom
Perignon OEnotheque 1995 was chosen Best in Show of all sparkling wines after
the panel of judges agreed that it was the finest example of champagne or
sparkling wine presented in the competition. Dom Perignon Vintage 2000 was
awarded the Double Gold medal for unanimously pleasing the judges. Double gold
is the second highest ranking a wine can achieve in competition, after Best in
Show.

Of these honors, Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy commented, "It is particularly
gratifying to have the OEnotheque 1995 chosen as Best in Show. This wine is
very personal to me, because my skills and creativity are tested and it is my
task as chef de cave to know when the time has come to pronounce the wine
ready. Vintage 2000 represents the essence of Dom Perignon, fresh yet mature,
sparkling and seductive."

Since 1668, the goal of Dom Perignon has been to create the best wine in the
world. Every step taken, from the selection of the best vines and the blending
of the finest grapes to the declaration of the vintage is done with a single
goal in mind: to reveal the promise of excellence inherent in each Dom
Perignon vintage, and culminating in the fulfillment of the Dom Perignon style
after a period of seven years.

Dom Perignon Vintage 2000
Dom Perignon Vintage 2000 is mysterious yet present, enigmatic and luminous,
austere and opulent, elegant and sensual. This vintage could not possibly be a
better expression of Dom Perignon's timeless style, nor more reflective of the
21st century which it opens. Dom Perignon Vintage 2000 has two faces. It is a
paradoxical vintage: fresh yet mature, sparkling and serene, precise and
caressing, austere and seductive. The paradoxes create aromatic, gustatory and
tactile tensions that offer exceptional taste sensations.

Dom Perignon OEnotheque
Although every vintage of Dom Perignon evolves over a minimum of seven years
in the cellar on the lees before being disgorged and released, a limited
number of bottles are sometimes set aside to begin a second period of aging in
order to join Dom Perignon OEnotheque. The secret of the OEnotheque lies in
the additional duration of the wine's aging on the lees. This extra time
allows each Dom Perignon vintage to surpass itself and metamorphose, becoming
something that is not quite the same and not quite different. Dom Perignon
OEnotheque is the ultimate expression of a wine whose style defies time.

Dom Perignon OEnotheque 1995 was aged for thirteen years in the Dom Perignon
OEnotheque cellars, until the vintage acquired its maximum intensity and
complexity.

Dom Perignon OEnotheque 1995 retains the imprint of the original Vintage 1995
which was released in 2002. Today, Dom Perignon OEnotheque 1995 has achieved
a new peak of excellence, a second life, characterized by its intensity and
exceptional complexity.

About Dom Perignon
To this day, Dom Perignon has retained founder Dom Pierre Perignon's modern
vision of true luxury: always excellent yet always improving. Richard
Geoffroy, Dom Perignon Chef de Cave, is the man responsible for the constant
reinvention of the wine. The making of each vintage involves a delicate job of
assemblage and adjustment - different each time - before the mysterious
balance between Dom Perignon's "white" and "black" grapes (chardonnay and
pinot noir) can be reached.

This delicate exercise is full of risks. The assemblage of each Dom Perignon
vintage is a creative act in the most inspired sense of the term. The extra
effort that goes into its making enables each vintage to express its unique
character while affirming the timeless style of Dom Perignon.

About The San Francisco International Wine Competition
Founded in 1980 by Executive Director and respected wine and spirits editor
Anthony Dias Blue, The San Francisco International Wine Competition is one of
the most important and comprehensive competitions in the world. It grows in
prestige and attendance with each successive year, both because of the large
number of wines entered and the high level of expertise of the judges.

SOURCE Dom Perignon

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