P2 2008

From our sommelier team

A late-disgorged, extended-lees-aged release of an existing Dom Pérignon vintage — Dom Pérignon's own 'Plénitude 2' program — showing a brighter, more energetic, more intense and vibrant character than the same vintage's standard release, the product of roughly 12-16+ years resting on its lees before disgorgement (versus roughly 7-10 years for the standard release).

P2 is not a separate vintage or cuvée in the ordinary sense — it's the same base vintage as the standard Dom Pérignon release, simply disgorged much later, after the wine reaches a second aging plateau Dom Pérignon calls its 'second Plénitude' (typically 12-16+ years on lees, versus roughly 7-10 years for the standard release, sometimes retrospectively called P1). Multiple wine writers describe P2 explicitly as a re-release of the identical harvest at a later maturation stage, not a new vintage designation — so it's best described as 'the [vintage] Dom Pérignon, in its second Plénitude' rather than as its own standalone label.