[07] Dom Perignon 2006 Champagnes from Distinguished Collector Nicola Lee

The 2006 vintage has been described as “resilience in a bottle”, with a growing season that alternated between warm days and cold nights. A blend of Chardonnay (45%) and Pinot Noir (55%), the 2006 Dom Pérignon is pale lemon in colour; it has aromas of citrus and creamy stone fruit, layered with flinty notes, toast and brioche, with flavours of baked apple and citrus on the mid palate. A lovely Dom Pérignon with ageing potential.

Swedish Champagne writer Richard Juhlin has described the 2006 vintage as “gigantic, large and intense aroma, a silk caressing structure and a dazzling grand finale.”

Dom Pérignon remains a classic and a stalwart of wine cellars, and this 2006 vintage was made by now-retired Chef de Caves Richard Geoffroy, who retired from Dom Pérignon in 2019 after almost 3 decades with the champagne house.

The champagne was purchased directly from Moët Hennessy Asia Pacific Pte Ltd in Singapore and has been stored at Wine Bond, a professional storage facility in Singapore.

“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, 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.”

– 225, The Wine Advocate, 30th June 2016

Biography:
Nicola is a second-generation wine collector whose love of wine was inspired by her late father. Trained in the hospitality industry, she has worked in luxury hotels and taught hospitality and tourism at a local polytechnic. She now manages her family’s property investment company, while continuing to pursue her passion for food and wine. She is the Academy Chair for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in South East Asia (South), overseeing Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, and writes about wine and travel for Tatler Asia and The Business Times.

Nicola has admired Claire Wong since her teens, when she first saw her in the original production of Beauty World. Her copy of Huzir Sulaiman’s Collection of Plays holds a special place on her bookshelf. She is delighted to support Checkpoint Theatre through this auction.

Terms & Conditions:
– 6 bottles of Dom Pérignon 2006
– Volume: 750 ml
– Auction winner will receive a physical certificate of confirmation.
– Checkpoint Theatre will contact you to schedule and arrange delivery. Please contact giving@checkpoint-theatre.org if you have any questions.