All Dom Pérignon is aged for at least eight years before release. But each year, a tiny amount of wine is held back for even longer ageing. This additional time spent in the cellars yields a complex, deep and concentrated champagne called Plénitude 2, the second life of Dom Pérignon. This second release of the 2004 vintage is similar in character and structure to the first, which was released in 2013, but is magnified in almost every respect. It's wider, deeper, longer and more intense. Arriving after a year marked by dramatic frosts and a historic heatwave, 2004 stood out as a year of renaissance and calm in the vineyards. Even though August was a bit cool, the few weeks of dry heat that followed really shaped the vintage. The vines thrived, expressing themselves to the full with a generous harvest of excellent, ripe grapes.