1959 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon

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  3/18/2023 - Cailles wrote: 96 Points

  Dom Perignon 1959-2012: Ten wines, eight DPs plus a 2002 P2 vs Moet Collection match-up. A superb tasting. All five 40+ years old DPs showed lively, complex, balanced and intellectually as well as hedonistically appealing. Best wine was the 1976 (97pts) which needed air to blow of some faulty/oxidation notes and reveal all its glorious complexity and freshness. Just a step behind (all 96pts) the hyper complex 1959, an almost young-ish 1975, and the still tight but incredibly fine and promising P2. An odd-ball 1980 (95pts), likely a special bottling with higher dosage, showed like a Piper Heidsieck Rare on steroids. The only disappointments were the very slightly corked 2003 (but showed superb substance underneath) and a badly corked 1990.
  
  TN: Intriguing, expressive nose to die for. Intense layers of yellow fruit, brioche, toast, fine minerality and smoke, Superb. Layered, fresh, elegant. On the palate this is hyper complex, layers and layers of yellow fruit, citrus notes, toasty and nutty aromas, mushroom and hints of white truffles, some earthy notes and minerality. There is still some fine mousse, a good acidity backbone and good tension. Superb showing. 96/97 pts. In this lineup, only the 1962 and 1959 showed tertiary mushroom and truffle aromas but both alongside still fresh fruit which made them the most complex renditions of the day.

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  3/12/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points

  Dom Pérignon through Decades: Matter of Taste Masterclass “Dom Pérignon through Decades”. Impressive demonstration of the longevity of Dom Pérignon 1959-2012 with most still decent if not great shape. However, I did prefer the linearity of more recent vintages (2012, 2003) and consequently the wine of the tasting was also the straightest of them all which was the 2002 P2. Of the older vintages 1980 and 1975 were drinking best in my view. More snippets on history, fun facts and wine list included in the tasting story.
  
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  The aroma profile very much Cognac-like with caramel, an array of nuts, cigar and cigar box. Unlike the 1962, this still had tangible fruit left: bruised apple, raisin and other candid fruit. The palate was intact, again with Cognac-like complexity, acidity more dominant but still in balance.

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  12/16/2020 - Nicholas81 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  The 59 DP was definitely the star of the evening. The fact that it survived this long is a feat in itself. The wine was slightly reticent and musky upon opening but some time in the glass coaxed the caramel, nutty dried fruit out. The nose still had slightly oxidised aromas but it was thankfully mostly absent on the palate. The wine kept on getting bigger till about 45 mins after opening, oxygen turned it into a pseudo Vin Jaune. If blinded, general consensus placed the bottle in the 80s.

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  11/21/2020 - Sean Tay wrote: 91 Points

  Toffee, caramel, chestnut, pronounced nose, medium+ acidity. Pale amber in colour. 2/7 said its oxidised, but the majority say it's not oxidised but took note of the 'oxidised' smell but still drinkable. Ullage was 5-6cm and it's acceptable considering its more than 50 years vintage. There's no pop sound when opening the bottle, and the cock is still intact. Bought the champagne thru auction.

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  10/4/2019 - mjmal Likes this wine:

  (September 1999 disgorgement). This opens with a surprisingly forceful pop of the cork and proceeds to pour with fine clarity and a decidedly lighter overall color than the 1971 DP drunk alongside it. It presents an airy, elegant bouquet showing more finesse than exoticism, featuring lovely aromas of light honey, lemon peel, apple skins, chalk and crushed shells layered atop a light vanilla beam. In the mouth, it again surprises with its elegance and sense of easy balance, delivering fascinating and giving layers of brioche, peanut brittle, yellow raisin, pale nut and orange fruit flavors supporting pretty top-notes of crushed wafer cookies, chalk and struck schist. It all hangs together wonderfully, with no sense of being stretched thin or having overly oxidized. With just five of us at the tasting, a return to this bottle about an hour later reveals the length and strength of this vintage... disgorgement date not withstanding. What a treat!

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