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Friends Western School – The FWS Annual Winter Gala
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Bottle of Dom Perignon 2006 with Gift Box

Item Number
113
Estimated Value
190 USD
Leading Bid
140 USD
Number of Bids
15  -  Bid History

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After the online close, this item went to a Live Event for further bidding.

Item Description

Vintage Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France.

Winemakers Notes:

On the nose: The immediate impression is of the mildness of the pure, airy, bright bouquet. A floral, fruity pastel tone then unfolds and quickly darkens in candied fruit, ripe hay and toasted notes, along with hints of licorice.

On the palate: The wine's opulence- contained and succulent, round at heart- reveals itself in the mouth. The envelope slides and stretches, and the wine becomes more complex and edgy, silkier than it is creamy. The whole eventually melts into an exquisite bitterness tinged with briny taste of the sea.

The weather in 2006 was mixed, but warm and dry overall. While July was scorching hot, August was unusually cool and wet. The almost summery weather in September made the vintage possible by drying out the few patches of botrytis and maturing the grapes far more than usual. The harvest began on September 11 and lasted nearly four weeks.

Critical Acclaim

  • Vinous / Antonio Galloni -  "The 2006 Dom Pérignon is a beautifully balanced, harmonious Dom Pérignon that strikes an incredibly appealing stylistic middle ground. Rich, voluptuous and creamy, the 2006 shows off fabulous intensity in a style that brings together the ripeness of 2002 with the greater sense of verve and overall freshness that is such a signature of the 2004. Bass notes and a feeling of phenolic grip on the finish recall the 2003, as the Pinot Noir is particularly expressive today. After an irregular summer that saw elevated temperatures in July followed by cooler, damp conditions in August, more favorable weather returned in September, pushing maturation ahead and leading to a long, protracted harvest. The 2006 falls into the family of riper, more voluptuous Dom Pérignons, but without veering into the level of opulence seen in vintages such as 2002."
  • The Wine Advocate -  "The 2006 Dom Pérignon comes from a very rich vintage with an early ripeness that brought a lot of aromatic maturity. The white-golden prestige cuvée contains a bit more Chardonnay than Pinot Noir and opens with a deep and seductive, pretty accessible nose with intense yet fresh fruit aromas of pineapples, with peaches and tangerines. Lively and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, unusually aromatic and fruity DP with a long and tension-filled expression."

 

Item Special Note

We are unable to ship this item. The (21+ year old) winning bidder will need to pick it up at our Live Event- The Annual FWS Winter Gala in Eagle Rock, CA on 2/4/17 or make arrangements with Cameron at Donate@friendwesternschool.org to pick it up at the school in Pasadena, CA from 2/6-2/10.