The Dom Pérignon champagne recently announced its new collaboration with world-renowned designer Iris van Herpen: Dom Pérignon Metamorphosis by Iris van Herpen. The occasion revealed the limited editions for the end of year 2014: Cocoonase, a premium, made-to-order piece of art designed by Iris van Herpen, and exclusive gift boxes featuring a bottle of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004. This collaboration combines Iris van Herpen’s forward-thinking aesthetic with the Dom Pérignon champagne’s playful expression, limitless innovation and taste for reinvention.
Dom Pérignon Metamorphosis by Iris van Herpen marks the end of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004 in its first Plénitude, and celebrates its pending metamorphosis into P2, or Second Plénitude of the Dom Pérignon Vintage. The new limited edition signifies closure of one period and the birth of another, as well as a powerful symbol of evolution, transformation and renaissance.
In Cocoonase, Iris van Herpen was inspired by the importance of time in crafting the Dom Pérignon vintages: the agility and speed needed to pick the best grapes at their peak of perfection, versus the wine’s many potent years of active maturation. Cocoonase highlights this duality of time to underscore the singularity of Dom Pérignon wines.
Iris van Herpen also designed a limited edition of bottles and gift boxes for Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004. The gift box and label of the bottle are inflected with green, illustrating the organic power within the wine in its process of transformation to P2. The green-dark color is an important code and chromatic expression for Dom Pérignon. This penetrating darkness is a reflection of the soul of the wine, and its intensity, depth and complexity.
Dom Pérignon P2 is the new, energetic facet of the Dom Pérignon universe. An exponential leap into a higher definition of wine, the Dom Pérignon vintage experiences a Second Plénitude after a period of extended and active elaboration. In the cellars, the wine achieves its Second Plénitude after a minimum 16 years of elaboration for a Blanc – or 18 years for a Rosé.
On the nose, aromas of almond and powdered cocoa develop gradually into white fruit with hints of dried flowers. Classic toasted notes give a rounded finish and denote full maturity.
On the palate, the wine instantly traces a fine line between density and weightlessness. Its precision is extreme, tactile, dark and chiselled. The full taste lingers with elegance on a sappy, spicy note.
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Visit Dom Perignon’s official website to find out more about its unique collaboration with designer Iris van Herpen.
