Issue No.21 - Polo De’Marco Magazine Issue No.21 - International Edition | Page 194

Jeroboam by Dom Perignon
World’s Most Expensive
Champagne
There is now, thanks to Dom Pérignon’s a new gold-plated bubbly.
First introduced to the rich and famous during their exploits and
escapades on the edge of the Côte d’Azur (a fantastic summer get-
away), this fine champagne was paired immaculately with celebra-
tions attended by celebrities, models, and moguls alike, all with a
common taste for the finer things in life.
Dom Pérignon aficionados would purchase a regular-size bottle of
this niche gourmet champagne in order to make a lasting impres-
sion. Yet today, it has to be even bigger and hauter, with the most
discerning connoisseurs begging to be pleased. And they will with
Dom Pérignon’s introduction of its 1995 Vintage Jeroboam, a sleek
beauty of white gold that exudes elegance and pure indulgence.
Representing a meeting between the sensual and sublime in leg-
endary champagne, the renowned house of Dom Pérignon knows
elegance when it sees it. By combining a rare blend of luxury, the
company is taking its offer beyond the famed Hotel Byblos in St.
Tropez, where for 12,000 euros, you can experience the world’s
most expensive champagne, as it begs to be conspicuously con-
sumed. The hotel holds only 10 bottles of this exclusive luxury,
and club-goers experience a fine ritual that comes along with
purchasing such opulence: The club’s lights dim, the first notes of
the “James Bond” theme start to play, and, suddenly, champagne
emerges, accompanied by fire and sparklers. And don’t think your
quest to fight off thirsty supermodels is over; this exclusive vintage
debuted the United States this fall.
Exquisitely balanced with notes of brioche and honey, which
mingle with fresh almond and apricot, the champagne has a deep,
intricate flavor that yearns for a fitting display. The bottle’s design
is sought after but never ostentatious, and has been compared by
some to “a haute couture gown endlessly gliding down the red car-
pet.” Its modern design boasts an engraving of the Dom Pérignon
crest, wrapped in a sheath jacket of white gold (by Chaumet, of
course).
The jeroboams are going for 1.26 million yen (about $11,005 a
bottle) at The Matsuzakaya Department Store in Nagoya’s Sa-
kae-ku; the coveted treasure for Dom Pérignon lovers and luxury
collectors alike is part of a rigorously limited group of 100 bottles
available worldwide. With one elaborately wrapped bottle already
sold at Matsuzakaya, 20 have been slotted to be sold in Japan, with
others costing upwards of $40,000 in nightclubs in the United
States.
The perfect accompaniment-beyond intimate candle lighting-for
any fine-dining experience, whether it is lobster or caviar, though perfectly delectable on its own, is an alluring glass of Dom Péri-
gnon. The new, record-breaking bottle is paired perfectly with the delicate ambrosia, its smoky overtones rounding out the vintage’s
unique flavor, which lingers with a pure, mineral, fruity note. With the effervescent elegance of Dom Pérignon Vintage 1995, this
white gold jeroboam remains an item to treasure long after the final drop has been poured.