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vor. Usual retail price is around $215.
Moët & Chandon Dom Perignon
White Gold
This huge 3 liter Jeroboam of Moët
& Chandon’s prestige cuvée, Dom
Perignon, appeals to the more extrava-
gant and cavalier of Champagne
buyers who love to show off in front of
their friends and family. The primary
factor commanding the enormous
price tag starting at $11,200 lies in
a plated white gold bottle sheath, as
opposed to the actual wine itself. The
1995 vintage, of which there were
only 100 produced, is laser engraved
with the Dom Perignon label, and is
available to purchase at Harrods, Lon-
don, for just over £7,750 [$12,000.]
The Jeroboam is four times larger than
a standard champagne bottle, of
which the more ubiquitous 1999 Dom
Perignon is priced
at around $150.
And just for the
record, it is pronounced
“mow-ette” not “mow-eh”.
Krug Clos d’Ambonnay
Krug, one of the more exclusive cham-
pagne houses, unveiled this extraordi-
nary Ambonnay cuvée to the world,
in 2008. It is an exception to Krug’s
unique and traditional style of cham-
pagne cuvées because it is produced
from a single grape variety, a single
year and a single vineyard. Although
it was preceded by the 1979 Clos du
Mesnil, which is of a similar nature,
Krug’s prestige cuvée and main prod-
uct line, the Grande Cuvée, is a non-
vintage blend of up to 50% reserve
wines. As the Clos d’Ambonnay name
suggests,
the
grapes
are sourced from a tiny
0.685 hectare Grand Cru
vineyard near the village of
Ambonnay, Montage de Reims. With
production limited to only 3,000 bot-
tles, and a price tag of $2,500+, this
is certainly not your average bottle of
bubbly. It is, in fact, Krug’s only blanc
de noirs cuvée [white wine made
with red grapes] at 100% Pinot Noir.
The Krug family actually purchased
the Ambonnay vineyard in 1984, but
did not announce the acquisition for
more than twenty years, until they
were ready to reveal their first vintage
from this vineyard, the 1995 Clos
d’Ambonnay.
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque
For a short time only, this
particular brand of bub-
bly offered an experience
to its purchasers like no
other witnessed in history.
One hundred very wealthy
clients from across the globe
were invited to spend the day at
Perrier-Jouët’s headquarter’s, the
Maison Belle Époque, to create
their very own personal cuvée
and receive a champagne
experience dedicated solely
to them. Patrons were
taken on a guided
tour of the premises
by the Maison’s 7th
Celler Master, Hervé
Deschamps. After the perfect
blend had been selected, their