The Dom Pérignon brand was created by Moët et Chandon as their prestige cuvée – the best vintage Champagne they could produce.
Unlike many top Champagnes, Dom Pérignon is specifically designed to show the specific characteristics of the vintage in which it is made – which is only the best vintages.
Dom Pérignon was also the first Champagne created as a prestige cuvée – the best wine that could be produced. It set an unprecedented trend for other Champagne houses who followed suit in creating new labels for their best wines: Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne, Perrier Jouet’s ‘La Belle Epoque’.
The prestige cuvées are usually noticeable by their unusual bottle shapes, grand label designs and unique names.
The shield and bottle shape of Dom Pérignon is synonymous with the brand and recognised the world over.
Bonus: Competition! Win a bottle of Dom Pérignon
It’s too hard to talk about Champagne and not give a bottle away. So here’s a chance to win a bottle of Dom Pérignon for yourself. To enter, answer the following question in the comments below…
If you made your own Champagne, what would you call your best vintage?
The best Champagne name chosen by me wins! Competition closes midnight Sunday 25th November 2012. Good luck.
Here are a few Champagne names and styles to inspire you…
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2004
Louis Roederer Cristal 2004
Bollinger Grande Année Rosé 2002
Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle La Cuvée
I think I’d call it “La Vie Parfaite”
Coupe de Grâce
My Name would be La Cuvée Marquant
l’année de joie inestimable (The year of inestimable delight)
Maison d’Amour Cuvée des Anges. Might have to be a limited edition for Valentine’s day…
Winterbourne Flint 2030 as champagne will be moving north with climate change.
nectar des anges
le
monde de bouquet
Le Parrain Puissant 2012 (The Mighty Godfather)
Lovely prize!
Congratulations @856fd7e6b73f35c904e9cd33b2d39f5f:disqus , you’re the winner! Please respond to either of my comments to claim your prize. Cheers, Will.
I would call it Beyond Fascination
Petillons Dore
le amour cristal d’or
I’d call mine Retrospective Sparkle because whenever I drink champagne, I remember all the good times that have gone before.
I would simply call it “Parfait”
Le Meilleur de la Vigne
L’étoile pétillante
Chateau Rosco 74
La Belle Vie
Madame Perignon 2012
Coup de foudre – because I would hope my Champagne would be that good.
Her Majesty 2012 (after all, it’s been her year!)
I’d call it The One. Enough said. No fancy gimmick or strapline required. It would be the one that didn’t get away.
MMV – Mark’s Magnificent Vines (or vintage for the special releases!)
Transcendence
Crystal Fountain 2012
Tres Bon Annee 2012 <3
Grape Expectations
The bourgeois pig
Annee de Olivia 2003
Cathedral of Light 🙂
La Cuvee Ooh La La
belle élégance (beautiful elegance)
Champagne magnifique
Top of the pops
Grâce et faveur
la déesse 2012
bandant superieure (sexy superior)
The Lady Di
– I was going to suggest just a picture of Marcel Marceau stuck in an invisible glass elevator, but…I hate Marcel Marceau, so it would have to be ‘Cantona’ for me. 1996 would have been a good year…..
bulles de luxe
Chaîne de Coeur
unique
grand millesime
Femme dans sa perfection
Cremmant Delicieux
ANDREA,S BULLES SUPREME DE I”EMPIRE 2001
Le Millésime Meilleur
Dazzling Stars
La-Grande Chanel Cuvée Vintage 2000
Vive La Reine
I would call my own champagne “Dizzy MIss Fizzy” Mmmmmm….sounds delicious!
Le Sublime Salut
Monsieur le chat 2003
Champagne…..my favourite bubbles.
Monseigneur Beb’s sans pareil
Million Dollar Champagne 2012
Dom Delamere
Miz Lizzy’z Fizzy
Royale Grande de Madame Eveline 2012
Cuvee Eternelle
Bubbalicous
Vis Platinée
Bright, Bold Beavan 2012
I would call it the Diamond Drizzle
Cuvee Coco Channel – with style and fragrance
cuvee Coco Chanel – perfection in style and fragrance
Freya
Veronique 2007
Pop goes the weasle 2012…..
Fancy Fizz
Bollinger Grande Annie……has to be xx
Le sagesse royale 2012
Casino Royale 2 007 La Grande Bond
exceptionelle
Plaisir Ultime
La Cru Imbattable !
Dom Perignon London 2012, a perfect year!
Étoiles Grand, boire à la vie
Fantastique Reserva Champagne
DominiqueMarc 1986 Vintage
Olympiques Fabuleux 2012
La Cascade des Diamants 2002
2012 – it’s a corker!
Cuvee Majestique!
Bollinger Grand Annie…….obviously
Father Ted 2012
‘Or Don Won!
Alternatively; Bond Aage 2012
The Clapp………must be a winner?!!
‘Moreishly Magnificent Xanthic Incandescent Ichorous’ or ‘MMXII’ for short, the year of the vintage.
Marquise Exquise
From: david.boughton@talk21.com
Champagne L’Empereur
Cuvée Lloydy
Helena superior
Perles des Anges
as in Perles des Anges Millesime 2004
I would call my best vintage the “Love Prestige Cuvée Label” 🙂
“Don de Dieu”
Cuvée “une fois que vous allez noir jamais revenir”
La Cuvée Pringles
Once you pop you can’t stop
Château La Kay – Balthazar Stargazer 2012
Champion
Cuvee Supreme
Tracy Grand Brut Cuvée 1972
Veritas. From In Vino Vertitas. In Wine there is Truth. A true expression of the Vintage and Vineyard.
Livin’ La Vida Loca – cos we do!
Royal Head Honcho
Vinum Titillum Mille 2012 … timeless 🙂
Essence
Just De Lux!
Classique
Olympic Gold.
I would name it Majestica
Decision time… who has created the best vintage name of them all?
And the winning name is…. ‘Le Parrain Puissant 2012’ (The Mighty Godfather)
Congratulations @856fd7e6b73f35c904e9cd33b2d39f5f:disqus
You won me over on the alliteration, good French and the belief it could be a real Champagne name. Please respond to this comment to claim your prize. Will