Intensity & Energy

The First Plenitude (in 2005) of Dom Perignon Vintage 1998 was a model of balance. After a moment of weightlessness, the palate was awakened by a yourthful energy.

In its Second Plentitude, invigorated by the additional years in the cellars, sixteen years of elaboration in total, Dom Perignon P2-1998 brazenly transcends the potential of the vintage. The opposing and complementary elements of the assemblage resound for an increasingly sharp intensity. The aromatic persistence progresses like a wave that stimulates the penetrating nature of the wine.

Dom Pérignon only creates vintage wines, coming exclusively from one year and one year only. It’s an absolute commitment. Dom Pérignon also aspires for each of its vintages to have the potential to gradually transform.

Dom Pérignon’s uniqueness lies in the way it evolves in successive leaps. In the intimacy of the cellars, the wine goes through subtle metamorphosis and reaches three windows of expression.

These three privileged moments are called “Plénitudes”-moments where the wine sings higher and stronger.

Dom Pérignon P2 reveals the wine’s energy at its peak, resulting from over 16 years of elaboration, bringing the wine to its Second Plénitude. This second Plenitude is a magnification of a vintage’s articulation. It is ever sharper and clearer unto itself and never more intensely penetrating or precise. P2 is definitely the Plenitude of energy.

 

Aroma: After a short breathing period, the wine has an intense, full and radiant bouquet, with notes of honeysuckle, orange colored fruits, toasted almonds and hints of iodine sensations.

Palate: The creamy chewiness characterizing the vintage is channelled in a direction that is edgy yet embracing, with a wave of aromatic persistence. The finish–smoky, biting and full of energy – offers balances and harmony.

 

Wine Spectator 98: "Offers precision and finely detailed form, powered by an expansive palate of flavor. The layers of ripe crushed blackberry and glazed apricot fruit complement the saline-tinged minerality and oyster shell notes, graced by hints of pastry, honeycomb and exotic spice. Mouthwatering and persistent on the zesty finish. Drink now through 2030."