Dom Perignon P2 2000 750mL

The millennium vintage of Dom Pérignon, released again as P2 after long ageing on its lees. The original 2000 came out fairly young; this later version adds depth while keeping plenty of energy.

About This Champagne

The first release of the 2000 spent about six years on its lees under crown cap and came out with a dosage near 7 g/l. The P2 stayed on its lees for around fifteen years, was disgorged in 2016 and launched in London in April 2017, with dosage cut to about 4 g/l. Chardonnay sits slightly ahead of Pinot Noir in the blend. Critics found it open and approachable from release, which is unusual for a P2.

Tasting Profile

• Nose: Brioche, hay and bergamot with baked peach, lemon oil and a touch of iodine.
• Palate: Open and lively, orange and peach meeting toast and salted almond around a creamy middle.
• Finish: Long, fine and saline, with a faint wisp of smoke.

Serving & Food

Chill lightly to 10°C and use a tulip or white-wine glass. Best enjoyed over the next several years, while fruit and maturity are in balance. Lovely with oysters, sea urchin on toast or a whole roasted sea bass.

How to Enjoy

A birthday or anniversary bottle for anyone with a link to the year 2000.

Product Details

About the Maison

Dom Pérignon makes one wine per vintage but may release it as many as three times. Each release, or Plénitude, is disgorged at a different point in the wine's life, and the cellar team tastes the reserved bottles over many years to decide when the next stage has arrived.

Vincent Chaperon, cellar master since 2019, separates two ideas that are often blurred. Ageing, in his words, is slow oxidation in bottle; maturation is what happens while the wine sits on its yeast lees. The P2 programme is built on the second. Wines held back for it are sealed under cork rather than crown cap, and the P2 label is black rather than the familiar green.