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DOM PERIGNON
In 1935 Moët were asked to supply a special bottling for their British importers; Simon Bros. and Co. to celebrate the London firm's centenary. The Epernay house provided 300 specially commissioned, heavy bottomed bottles with a shield-shaped label which bore the inscription "Champagne especially shipped for Simon Bros. and Co's Centenary 1835-1935." The bottles were sent to the importer's 150 best customers - the vintage inside the 1926.
Word of this luxury cuvée soon spread amongst affluent American society, revelling in the post-prohibition era, and there was great demand for such a Champagne. In response to requests, 100 cases were shipped to New York in November 1936, this time using the finer and more mature 1921 vintage. Not being able to use the same inscription on the label as used the previous year in London, Moët decided to name this cuvée Dom Pérignon after Champagne's founding father.
The 1921 vintage, and subsequent vintages up to 1943, underwent secondary fermentation in a regular bottle then being transvasaged into the custom made bottles that we still know today for Dom Pérignon.
The quality of Dom Pérignon lives to this day and it has been difficult to resist the urge to drink recent vintages before they are ready.
The lot present is an unusual three-liter jeroboam presented in an elegant gift box.
Property of a long-time Champagne aficionado
Dom Pérignon--Vintage 1995
Epernay
In original wooden case
Number 636
1 jeroboam (3 liters)per lot
In 1935 Moët were asked to supply a special bottling for their British importers; Simon Bros. and Co. to celebrate the London firm's centenary. The Epernay house provided 300 specially commissioned, heavy bottomed bottles with a shield-shaped label which bore the inscription "Champagne especially shipped for Simon Bros. and Co's Centenary 1835-1935." The bottles were sent to the importer's 150 best customers - the vintage inside the 1926.
Word of this luxury cuvée soon spread amongst affluent American society, revelling in the post-prohibition era, and there was great demand for such a Champagne. In response to requests, 100 cases were shipped to New York in November 1936, this time using the finer and more mature 1921 vintage. Not being able to use the same inscription on the label as used the previous year in London, Moët decided to name this cuvée Dom Pérignon after Champagne's founding father.
The 1921 vintage, and subsequent vintages up to 1943, underwent secondary fermentation in a regular bottle then being transvasaged into the custom made bottles that we still know today for Dom Pérignon.
The quality of Dom Pérignon lives to this day and it has been difficult to resist the urge to drink recent vintages before they are ready.
The lot present is an unusual three-liter jeroboam presented in an elegant gift box.
Property of a long-time Champagne aficionado
Dom Pérignon--Vintage 1995
Epernay
In original wooden case
Number 636
1 jeroboam (3 liters)per lot