Dom Perignon 1996

1996 Dom Pérignons are gorgeous and have the potential to continue to develop beautifully for many years. The 1996 Dom Pérignon shows all of the classic notes of this wine in an exuberant, big style. Smoke, spices and roasted nuts are some of the nuances that emerge from this classy and very complete Dom Pérignon.

The extraordinary 1996 Dom Perignon champagne, perhaps the greatest vintage yet produced of this cuvée.

I have had a lot of great vintages of Dom Perignon, but I do not remember any as impressive as the 1996. Even richer than the brilliant 1990, the 1996 is still tightly wound, but reveals tremendous aromatic intensity, offering hints of bread dough, Wheat Thins, tropical fruits, and roasted hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, with crisp acidity buttressing the wines wealth of fruit and intensity, it comes across as extraordinarly zesty, well-delineated, and incredibly long on the palate. Moet-Chandon deserves considerable accolades for this prodigious example of Dom Perignon. Anticipated maturity: now-2020+

"A superb vintage for this fabled cuvee. The 1990 was one of my all-time favorites,but this is clearly as brilliant a wine.Very crisp acids support a exceptionally well-endowed wine with copious notes of candied lemons/oranges,and subtle hints of brioche and hazelnut.Tremendous length...should be even longer-lived than the 1990." {Robert Parker posted on Mark Squires Wine Bulletin Board Jan 30 2004}