Moët & Chandon Brut Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 2013

98 points James Suckling: "A driven and serious DP with aromas of chalk, biscuits, apricot stones and lemons. Some spice and dried flowers, too. So sleek and sophisticated. Elegant. Yet, it’s long and powerful, with a sharp minerality. Tight and precise. Reminds me of bottles from the 1980s, such as 1988. It really takes off. Disgorged October 2021. Drinkable on release in January 2023, but better in a couple of years. A DP for the cellar. (12/5/22)"

98 points Bettane & Desseauve Guide (2024).

96-98 points Essi Avellan, MW: "(51% Pinot Noir, 49% Chardonnay). At first, the nose comes across soft and toasty, less on the gunpowder but more on the toasted bread side. A little shy perhaps, but the bouquet is impeccably pure and deliciously fruity once it reveals more of itself after a short while in the glass. There is ripe yellow plum fruit but also a brisk menthol breeze as well as some sweeter, even tropical aromas. All nuances are perfectly integrated and elegantly subtle for the time being, echoing a reservedness speaking of longevity. On the soft cushiony palate, the linearity and vivacity are first to be noted, but soon after one gets charmed by the creamy-caressing texture. The dosage is perfectly balanced at 5g/l. Much racier and perhaps a little more austere than most recent Dom Pérignon vintages, however, this coolly fruity, tight and focused wines has what true longevity takes. It has evolved slowly until now and will be one to defy time. (Feb 2023)"

96 points Tyson Stelzer (The Champagne Guide): "(disgorged mid-2021; 4.5g/L dosage including some dosage liqueur from oak vats up to 10 years of age). This is a Dom Pérignon that strikes a confident and determined stance that juxtaposes powerful depth with a rigid scaffold of structure. On release at nine years of age, secondary character of considerable prominence highlights roast hazelnuts, coffee bean, toasted brioche, ginger nut biscuit, honey and baked apple, impressively tensioned with the lemon and apple crunch of this late harvest. This is a wonderfully pure, refined and enduring Dom of pale, bright straw hue. The tension of the 2013 vintage manifests as a core of grapefruit flesh, lemon zest, pear, strawberry hull and red delicious apple, with the exotics of golden delicious apple and the grip of crabapple. Shimmering acid line and fine, glistening, salty chalk minerality carry a long finish, well textured by the creamy mouthfeel of long lees age, cut by the bite of phenolic bitterness that signs Dom Pérignon. This is a season that delivers structural presence with unashamed confidence, even by the modern standard of Dom Pérignon, yet does so while holding its chalk/acid/phenolic/lees interplay in harmonious equilibrium. This promises to sustain it long and confident in the cellar, making this the most enduring Dom Pérignon since 2008, promising tremdnous things for the Plenitude 2 and Plenitude 3 eras to come. Hold off for at least another five years, and preferably ten. (Edition VII; 2024)"

96 points Wine Spectator: "Vivid acidity and a chalky underpinning make a crystalline frame for finely detailed notes of ripe melon, mandarin orange, toasted brioche and candied ginger in this harmonious Champagne, which is expressive and expansive on the palate, but with a sense of finesse and restraint. Long and creamy on the mineral-laced finish. Drink now through 2037. (11/30/22)"

96 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "Yet another scintillating wine from Dom Perignon. A youthful but complex bouquet: flowery notes of acacia honey emerge from a base of yellow plum. On the palate, the attack is dry and intense; succulent yellow fruit drenched in walnut oil builds on the mid palate. Superb balance! Long, zesty acidity returns to the finish refreshing the palate. Already very approachable with its generous fruit and sapid mouthfeel. This champagne will most certainly improve over the next decade! Superb! Drink from 2025-2036. Tasted: January 2023."

96 points Tom Hewson (Decanter): "Silky, narrowly sculpted and serene, Dom Pérignon 2013 is a less hedonistic release than the 2012 (and less intensely energetic than the 2008), but showcases a beautiful mid-place between tension and expressiveness already. Orange-coloured fruit – apricots, mango and orange – play along with snappy lemon syrup and delicate red fruits, the palate teased into considerable detail and length with some trademark Dom Pérignon smokiness. There is immediate pleasure here, although cellaring will let some of the inner complexity unfurl, revealing this to the among the finest Dom Pérignon releases of recent times. 51% Pinot Noir, 49% Chardonnay. Drinking Window: 2026-2045. (May 2023)"

95+ points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Disgorged in October last year, the 2013 Dom Pérignon is a lovely wine, defined by the long, cool growing season. Offering up aromas of crisp stone fruit, tangerine oil, buttered toast, pear, almonds and clear honey, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with bright acids and a pillowy, enveloping profile, concluding with a long, saline finish. Vincent Chaperon recalls that shatter at fruit set moderated yields and that a drying east wind in the weeks before harvest helped to maintain the good sanitation necessary to wait to pick at full maturity. Drink: 2023-2043. (Aug 2022)"

95 points La Revue du Vin de France: "The wines on offer are not only in place, but also true to their vintage. The 2013 is a great wine for ageing par excellence: the rectitude of the cold, late vintage can be seen, without any austerity or reduction that might block it. The management of this type of vintage confirms the change in style initiated by Dom Perignon a decade ago. (2024)"

95 points Peter Moser (Falstaff): "Chartreuse yellow, golden hues, with a refined, persistent mousse. Refined roasted aromas, fresh peach, white nougat, a hint of lime zest, very inviting bouquet, candied grapefruit zest and green apple in the background. Good complexity, juicy, yellow tropical fruit, a subtle sweetness, with a mineral core and a fresh structure, ripe grapefruit nuances on the finish, already well developed and drinking well, an emphatically lively vintage. Alcohol 12.5%. (1/1/23)"

93-95 points Richard Juhlin (The Champagne Club): "(53% Pinot Noir, 47% Chardonnay). Nice enough these days, for the sake of the unusual, we got a classic late harvest that ended in mid-October after a cold and gray winter and spring. The summer was certainly hot, but the budding took place two weeks later than normal and the autumn was cool and rainy. Now that the wine is released nine years after the harvest, I am first and foremost greeted by a bouquet that exudes the classic Dom Pérignon. The aroma composition could not have been anything else. This unique style is perhaps what impresses most in the world's most famous wine. 2013 will never be a heroic wine, nor is it one of the more accessible vintages at launch. No, the beauty lies in a cool charm where everything is a bit shy, but at the same time so incredibly precise and well placed. Hopefully enough people will drink this nice subtle champagne more devoutly than is usual in the luxurious bars and nightclubs where the misunderstood beauty is unfortunately so often sipped. Word of praise this time is balance, harmony, subtlety and purity. The scent is delicate with green notes of tea, gooseberries and basil together with the orange notes of mandarin, orange blossom and apricot. In harmony with these floral and fruity sides, I find a handsome spiciness and mouth-watering salty minerality with an underlying typical roasting. In the mouth, the champagne is radiantly clean and mineral in spite of the always so harmoniously embedded softness and silky creaminess. The finish is obvious and clean with more saltiness and chalky elegance than exoticism this time. I will store my bottles for a really long time as I believe in a linear and beautiful storage development. 2013 Dom Pérignon is restrained beautifully and minimalistic clean as a Japanese garden in spring. (Apr 2023)"

94 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The 2013 Dom Pérignon is quite delicate and understated. It reminds me of the 2004, but with a bit more mid-palate richness and a bit less energy. Apricot, tangerine peel, white flowers, jasmine, mint and light honeyed notes all meld together. There’s lovely vinous intensity as well as a feeling of openness that make the 2013 a delight to taste today. The 2013 doesn’t look to be an epic DP, but it sure is delicious right now. Drink: 2022-2038. (May 2022)"

94 points Wine & Spirits (Feb 2023).