Dom Pérignon celebrates the art of assembling through a special edition of Vintage 2015 in tribute to the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. A singular limited edition collection of three bottles pairing with giftboxes recomposing Basquiat's renowned "In Italian" painting.
Explore Dom Pérignon Vintage 2015, featuring refined notes of roasted cocoa, lime blossom, jasmine, and peony, subtly accented with aniseed and cardamom. This champagne harmonizes the crispness of orange and green papaya with a soft, full-bodied palate rich in peach, nectarine, and citrus flavours.
Basquiat, who died in 1988, was known for his neo-expressionist style, and now, with the co-operation of his estate, Dom Pérignon has released bottles which draw inspiration from the artist's 1983 work In Italian.
Now housed in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the work shows Basquiat's background as a graffiti artist, with scrawled slogans across the canvas.
Dom Pérignon has represented the work through a series of three coffrets, or gift boxes, which, when brought together, display In Italian in its entirety. "For the painting In Italian, the assemblage of materials and the successive pictorial interventions that hide each other until what was originally painted becomes indecipherable, opens the way to potentially infinite layers of meaning and multiple emotional configurations for the observer."
"As for Dom Pérignon," it continued, "the tension between the different characteristics of the original wines creates an extraordinarily rich alliance of meanings, without ever erasing the trace of the original matter."
As for the actual bottles, each label features Basquiat's signature three-pointed crown, in yellow, blue or green, atop the Dom Pérignon shield. According to Dom Pérignon, the shield represents the house's protection of its ideals, and Basquiat's crown signifies power.
Jamessuckling.com | JS 97
Published: Oct 10, 2024
A super-complex Champagne with chewy tension. Aromas of coffee beans, lemon peel, burnt sugar, chalky minerality, barley candy and tarte tatin. Fine pinprick bubbles with flavors of lemon leaves, aspirin and Mirabelle plums, plus a touch of grapefruit bitterness keeping the tension. Zesty yet integrated chewy acidity and a medium body with a toasted finish. Drink of hold.
The Wine Advocate | RP 95
Published: May 30, 2024
Disgorged in January 2023, the 2015 Dom Pérignon shows a singular, ethereal profile with aromas of white pepper, iodine, ripe orchard fruits, toast, smoke, herbs and spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered, and structured, it’s enveloping and round with a delicate phenolic mid-palate that underlines chalky dry extracts, concluding with a sapid, penetrating finish with gastronomic bitterness. This iteration of Dom Pérignon, though replete with the customary charm and vinous generosity that typify the label, distinguishes itself by its structural delicate austerity and a notably phenolic profile, giving rise to a remarkably linear and well-defined style that diverges markedly from the more familiar expressions of Dom Pérignon. This is a blend of 51% Pinot Noir and 49% Chardonnay with a dosage of 4.5 grams per liter; it will age wonderfully and can be enjoyed now or over the next 20 years.
Drink Date: 2024 - 2054
