Who doesn’t know the illustrious Maison Champenoise Dom Perignon? This house of excellence has just taken a daring creative gamble by teaming up on an artistic project with Iris Van Herpen, one of the most talented fashion designers of her generation. As regular readers of Luxsure, you know the affection and admiration we have for Iris Van Herpen’s work, and we’re delighted to be working with her on this ambitious project.
The brand’s limited editions were unveiled in Paris during a beautiful evening at the Centre Georges Pompidou: the “Cocoonase” box, as its designer Iris van Herpen calls it, and an exclusive series of cases containing a bottle of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004 whose label inspired the designer.
This new offering marries the avant-garde aesthetics of Iris Van Herpen, winner of the 2014 ANDAM Grand Prix, with the expression of Dom Pérignon vintages, and the quest for innovation and taste for reinvention of its Cellar Master, Richard Geoffroy.
Iris Van Herpen has drawn inspiration from these evolutions and metamorphoses of Champagne to offer a unique artistic project consisting of a single work of art as well as the design of the packaging for this exceptional wine. The work is inspired by the importance of time in the making of Dom Pérignon Champagne: the agility and speed required to select the best fruit, and at the same time the many years needed to mature the wine. Iris van Herpen’s creation highlights the duality of time to underline the singularity of Dom Pérignon wines.
The work houses a 75cl bottle of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004 symbolically nestled in the structure of the cocoon, its refined lines and ribs representing a passage of no return. Cocoonase acts like a shield protecting the Dom Pérignon bottle and the wine preparing for its metamorphosis.
Focusing on metamorphosis, to reinvent Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004 from its first fullness to its second fullness for the occasion. Dom Pérignon P2 is a new facet of fine Dom Pérignon, a new window of expression, after a prolonged period of elaboration.
In the darkness of the Dom Pérignon cellars, the wine reaches its Second Plenitude after a minimum of sixteen years of elaboration for a white wine ) eighteen years for a Rosé wine. After its metamorphosis in the silence and calm of the cellars, the wine expresses itself higher and stronger.
The 2004 vintage is a harmonious milestone in the history of Dom Pérignon champagne. After no less than eight years maturing on its lees, Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004 has revealed its first expression, with the promise of fullness to come.
On the nose, the wine breathes, as almond and cocoa powder mingle with white fruit and dried flowers. The classic roasted character completes the picture, signalling complete maturity.
On the palate, the wine evolves between density and weightlessness. Precision is extremely chiseled. The whole lingers on a spicy, waitress-like note.
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