Houses
Moët & Chandon
The largest champagne house by volume, founded in Épernay in 1743, and the operational home of the Dom Pérignon prestige label.
- Founded
- 1743
- Location
- France
- Ownership
- LVMH（モエ・ヘネシー）傘下
- Known for
- Largest champagne house by volume · Moët Impérial (NV Brut) · Dom Pérignon (prestige cuvée, separate brand) · Over 1,100 ha of estate vineyards
- Official site
- www.moet.com
Style
Moët & Chandon is defined by scale and consistency rather than stylistic extremity. The house owns roughly 1,190 hectares of vineyard — the largest estate holdings of any champagne house — and draws from across the region. Its non-vintage Impérial is the single most-shipped champagne in the world.
Cuvées
- Moët Impérial Brut — the non-vintage flagship.
- Moët Impérial Rosé — the NV rosé.
- Moët Nectar Impérial / Nectar Impérial Rosé — demi-sec expressions.
- Grand Vintage / Grand Vintage Rosé — single-vintage releases.
- Grand Vintage Collection — late-disgorged re-releases of older vintages.
Dom Pérignon
The Dom Pérignon prestige cuvée — vintage only, approximately 50/50 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir — is made by Moët & Chandon but marketed as a separate brand. Dom Pérignon was first released with the 1921 vintage and now appears in three principal expressions: Vintage, Rosé, and P2 (second plenitude, late-disgorged after further lees ageing).
History
Founded in 1743 by Claude Moët. The name Moët & Chandon dates to 1832, when Pierre-Gabriel Chandon de Briailles married into the family. Moët merged with Hennessy (cognac) in 1971 to form Moët Hennessy, which in turn merged with Louis Vuitton in 1987 to create LVMH.