The short answer
Dom Perignon 1952 is a declared vintage from the post-war run of house releases, and it carries the highest professional score we hold for any mid-century bottling: an average of 97 from the single professional review in our record. Drinker ratings are lower and thinner, averaging 91 across two notes, the most recent logged in September 2023. What the vintage does not have is a trade history. We hold no dated auction or retail observations for it at all, which means any single price quoted for a 1952 is one seller's asking figure rather than a market. Independent retail guidance places the vintage between 750 and 1,250 pounds a bottle. For a wine this old and this scarce, provenance and fill level decide far more of what a bottle is actually worth than the vintage year does.
What dom perignon 1952 scores
The 1952 holds a professional average of 97 in our record, from one review. That is the highest professional figure we carry for any Dom Perignon of the 1950s, above the 1955 and the 1959. One review is one review, and a single score should not be mistaken for a consensus, but it is a genuine assessment of a wine very few people have tasted.
Drinker ratings tell a slightly different story. Two notes average 91, the most recent from September 2023. The gap between 97 and 91 is normal for a wine of this age and says less about the vintage than about how much variation there is between surviving bottles.
Why there is no price history
We hold no dated trade observations for the 1952 at all. Not a thin record, an empty one. That is worth stating plainly because the absence is itself the useful finding: a vintage with no recorded clears has no market price, and any figure attached to it is an asking price rather than something a buyer has actually paid.
Independent retail guidance puts the vintage between 750 and 1,250 pounds a bottle. Treat that as a starting range for negotiation rather than a valuation. Where a wine trades this rarely, the identity and storage history of the specific bottle in front of you moves the number far more than the year on the label.
Where it sits among the 1950s releases
The 1952 belongs to a run of declarations that includes 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955 and 1959. Production across that decade was a fraction of modern volumes, and a far smaller share of it was cellared with any intention of long keeping, so survival rates are low and condition is inconsistent.
Among those years the 1952 stands out on score alone. It is also one of only two mid-century declarations for which we hold a professional assessment but no trade record whatsoever, which makes it unusually hard to value and unusually easy to overpay for.
What to check before buying
Ask for the fill level, the cork condition, and the storage history, in that order. On a bottle over seventy years old those three facts carry more weight than any score. A wine that has sat undisturbed in one cold cellar since release is a fundamentally different proposition from one that has changed hands five times.
Assume the bottle is for drinking rather than keeping. There is no cellar upside left in a 1952, and treating it as an investment that will improve further in bottle misreads what happens to Champagne at this age.
Common questions
Is 1952 a declared Dom Perignon vintage?
Yes. The 1952 is listed among the declared vintages, in the post-war group alongside 1947, 1949 and 1953.
What does Dom Perignon 1952 score?
A professional average of 97 from one review in our record, and a drinker average of 91 from two notes, the most recent logged in September 2023.
What is a bottle of Dom Perignon 1952 worth?
We hold no dated trade observations for it, so there is no market price to report. Independent retail guidance sits between 750 and 1,250 pounds a bottle, which is an asking range rather than a record of what buyers have paid.
Why is there no price history for the 1952?
It trades too rarely. A vintage with no recorded clears has no market price, and we would rather report the gap than fill it with an estimate.
Sources
- The Finest Bubble on the Dom Perignon declared vintages, checked 2026-08-29
- Glass of Bubbly guide to Dom Perignon vintage price values, checked 2026-08-29
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