Dom Perignon: The History of Champagne

The Abbey of Hautvillers was born in the seventh century due to a dream that came to Saint Nivard. Ten centuries later, Dom Pierre Pérignon gave this heritage its most dazzling interpretation. The extraordinary quality of the wine he devised and produced in the secrecy and religious fervor of the Abbey makes him the spiritual father of champagne and one of the greatest visionaries of modern winemaking.

The Abbey of Hautvillers is, to this day, the custodian of the memory of the wine, touchstone of its past and of the vintages still to come. In fact, it's the timeless guardian of the spirit of Dom Pérignon.

Not content with the painstaking selection of only Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes cultivated in an exclusive choice of plots offering the very best soils and perfect exposure, Dom Pérignon categorically insists on choosing only the best harvests and thereafter, on a long, slow aging of the wine in its lees.

Harvests that lack the potential to fully express the elusive Dom Pérignon style are left out.

Thus, each vintage offers a new aspect of Dom Pérignon, reflecting an assemblage that is a unique act of creation for winemaker Richard Geoffroy. In its constant quest for the ultimate balance between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the Dom Pérignon style traces, vintage after vintage, a complex structure made up of aroma and light, silky-smooth sensations full of sensuality. Here, the assemblage is far more than a standard procedure: it is an exciting challenge which gives its uniqueness to each vintage of Dom Pérignon.

On the island, Caribbean Liquor and Tobacco distributes Dom Perignon.

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