Vintage

What the RVF says in its 2018 Guide: "Antoine-Marie Arena produced his first wines in 2014. Antoine Arena's youngest son has been working and making wine at the family estate for years. He now signs his own cuvées, taking charge of Hauts de Carco in white and Carco in red, and made his entry in the 2017 edition. The reading of the wines and the sensitivity of the new blended wines confirm the talent of this young winemaker. The coherence and depth of his wines are beyond doubt: we award him a well-deserved second star. The wines: they give a lot of emotion, show both precision and accuracy. Hauts de Carco has great purity, a powerful yet firm mouthfeel. Bianco Gentile is a model, with the maturity of this grape variety, without its drawbacks: full-bodied, it is well managed by bitters that reframe it. Bianchi, a blend of vermentino, biancu gentile and muscat, is subtle. It exhales notes of rose and cumin, and delights us with its harmonious mouthfeel, its quality length; for a lemon chicken. Carco, not very extracted and infused, is distinguished by its right substance and finesse. Memoria is chubbier and fuller, but retains the precision of the fruit and the quality of the tannins. Finally, San Giovanni, still very young, offers spicy nuances and a quality substance. It seduces by its dimension"

"Dom Pérignon est probablement le vin de Champagne le plus insaisissable. Ces émotions reposent sur une sélection brillante, très rigoureuse et un savoir-faire chirurgical.

S'appuyant sur un équilibre artistique entre chardonnay et pinot noir, développé sur le meilleur des immenses vignobles appartenant au groupe LVMH, complété par des approvisionnements de haut vol, Dom Pérignon revendique la volonté d'exprimer les années sans exception, parfois au prix de grands sacrifices.

Qu'il soit blanc ou rosé, Dom Pérignon décline et déroule ses éternelles vies, ses phases temporelles sous différentes plénitudes. La maison a ce pouvoir du temps, de prendre la patience de l'ambivalence et des contrastes unis. En 2019, Vincent Chaperon, adjoint de l'éblouissant et captivant Richard Geoffroy, lui succède très sereinement." 5*/5 Bettane+Desseauve 2022