As a general rule, they produce a maximum of six vintages per decade. The cellar master and Dom Pérignon oenologists taste the wines regularly to monitor their development and pinpoint the best time for clarification. Vincent Chaperon, the current cellar master, only makes champagne from wines that have aged for more than 20 years. The manufacturer has not released how many bottles of champagne they produce in each vintage, but it is estimated to be at least 5 million. Therefore, champagne is only produced in years with good yields of grapes or when the cellar master believes that he can do something exceptional with the difficult harvest. Only the best grapes are used for vintage champagne production. As of 1947, Dom Pérignon has been produced completely separately. Up until 1943, Dom Pérignon was produced from the regular Moët & Chandon Champagne but it was simply transferred to special 18th century-style bottles. Of those, billionaire James Duke bought 100 bottles for himself.
A year later, 100 boxes of the first 1921 vintage were shipped to New York, this time displaying the Dom Pérignon name. The champagne immediately gained attention – the customers wanted more of it. To commemorate their centenary, the company gave two bottles of champagne to each of their 150 best customers, and, while this was Dom Pérignon champagne, the name on the label was different. The success story of Dom Pérignon begins in 1935 when 300 bottles of the 1926 vintage were sold to Simon Bros. Dom Pérignon Champagne was originally produced by Champagne Mercier who sold the brand to Moët in 1927. Moreover, he was the first to use cork instead of tree bark plugs to seal bottles, and to store sparkling wine in thicker glass bottles to prevent them from exploding. In addition, he developed a method that would allow white wine to be made from black grapes. He was a true pioneer in the wine world, as he was the first to start blending the juices of different grape varieties to create a balanced wine in 1670. Believing that hard work would bring him closer to God, he made it his mission in life to create the best wine in the world. Despite that, the wine industry still owes a great deal to him and his discoveries.ĭom Pérignon lived and worked as a cellar master at the Benedictine abbey in Hautvillers, France. This, however, is not true – the Champagne method was developed gradually almost a century after the death of Dom Pérignon. The brand is named after Dom Pérignon, a Benedictine monk who is often credited with inventing the Champagne method for making sparkling wine. as it is way easier to re-produce, easier to “hide” among the real bottles as there are so many of them, and also economies of scale is needed when forging items that are not that expensive (relatively compared to forged DRC).Dom Pérignon is one of the most prestigious Champagne brands that only produces vintage Champagne. Usually forged wines run in the 4-figures and up. Logic dictates that it is not just worth the trouble for a forger. You can if you are willing to invest a lot of $$$$ mass producing the custom punt battery case/power and glowing label. The mechanism to light the label and the label itself looks quite complicated (well not really) but its not something you can easily make or forge. You can also call the importer and ask them about the label issue (why there is no year). I am also sure the “box” for this is again specialized, another reason to not forge it. The tampered look might just be a labeling error where the label was not properly glued and some glue escaped the sides.
This is probably the most suspicious factor I see here.Īs for the back label, its specialized per country (sort of) as it shows the US importers name on it. Although your bottle does look slightly strange as the word “vintage” is there but no year. This enables them to use the same exact label for multiple vintages. Some wines use this no vintage label technique, where the year/vintage is a separate sticker/label from the main label. At $200-$240 a bottle retail, not really much incentive for a forger to fake this wine. Just a humble opinion, I think your bottles are fine.
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