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| Company type | Part-holder ofLVMH |
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| Industry | Winery |
| Genre | French winery |
| Founded | 1743; 282 years ago (1743) |
| Founder | Claude Moët |
| Headquarters | Épernay,Grand Est, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Champagne |
| Revenue | €1.2 billion (2011) |
Number of employees | 1,715 (2011) |
| Website | moet |
| Moët et Chandon | |
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| Wine region | Épernay |
| Appellation | Champagne |
| Cases/yr | 2,000,000 |
| Known for | Dom Pérignon |
| Varietals | Pinot noir,Chardonnay,Pinot Meunier |
| Website | moet |
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Moët & Chandon (French:[mɔɛt‿eʃɑ̃dɔ̃]),[1] also known simply asMoët, is a French fine winery and part of theluxury goods companyLVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE. Moët et Chandon is one of the world's largest champagne producers and a prominentchampagne house. Moët et Chandon was established in 1743 byClaude Moët, and today owns 1,190 hectares (2,900 acres) ofvineyards, and annually produces approximately 28,000,000 bottles of champagne.[2]
Moët et Chandon began as Moët et Cie[1] (meaning "Moët & Co."), established by Épernay wine traderClaude Moët in 1743,[3] and began shipping his wine fromChampagne toParis. The reign ofKing Louis XV coincided with increased demand forsparkling wine. Soon after its foundation, and after son Claude-Louis joined Moët et Cie, the winery's clientele included nobles and aristocrats.
In 1833, the company was renamed Moët et Chandon after Pierre-Gabriel Chandon de Briailles, Remy Moët's son-in-law, joined the company as a partner of Jean-Remy Moët, Claude Moët's grandson.[4]
Following the introduction of the concept of a vintage champagne in 1840, Moët marketed its firstvintage in 1842. Their best-selling brand, Brut Imperial, was introduced in the 1860s. Their best knownlabel,Dom Perignon, is named after the Benedictine monk remembered in legend as the "Father of Champagne". The brand was owned byChampagne Mercier but was given to Moët in 1927.
Moët & Chandon merged withHennessy Cognac in 1971 and withLouis Vuitton in 1987 to becomeLVMH (Louis-Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy), the largest luxury group in the world, netting over 16 billioneuros in fiscal 2004. Moët & Chandon was holding aroyal warrant as supplier of champagne toQueen Elizabeth II.[5][3][6]
In 2006, Moët et Chandon Brut Impérial issued an extremely limited bottling of its champagne named "Be Fabulous", a special release of its original bottle with decorativeSwarovski crystals.
Dom Pérignon (/ˌdɒmpɛrɪˈnjɒn/;French pronunciation:[dɔ̃peʁiɲɔ̃]) is a brand of champagne produced by Moët & Chandon. It is named afterDom Pierre Pérignon, aBenedictinemonk who was an important quality pioneer for Champagne wine but who, contrary to popular myths, did not discover the champagne method for makingsparkling wines.[7] Dom Pérignon was the first prestigecuvée, an idea proposed by Englishman Laurence Venn.[8] The first vintage of Dom Pérignon was 1921 and was only released for sale in 1936. It is avintage champagne, meaning that it is only made in the best years, and all grapes used to make the wine are harvested in the same year. Many champagnes, by contrast, are non-vintage, meaning that the champagne is made from grapes harvested in various years.
Around 5 million bottles are produced in each vintage.[8] The wine is 60%Chardonnay and 40%Pinot noir, with 6 g/Ldosage.[8] According to Tom Stevenson, "All vintages need at least 12 years ageing to nurture Dom Pérignon's signature silky mousse".[8] As of 2020, the current release of Dom Pérignon is from the 2010 vintage[8] and the current release of Dom Pérignon Rosé is from the 2006 vintage. As of 2017[update] the senior winemaker was Richard Geoffroy, who has beenchef de cave for Dom Pérignon since 1990.[9]
In 1973, the then Moët-Hennessy company foundedDomaine Chandon, an outpost winery in theNapa Valley. It was the first French-owned sparkling wine venture in the United States. The fine dining restaurantétoile was located at the winery, until it closed in December 2014.[10]
Chandon had already founded an outpost in Argentina in 1959, and was doing the same in the southern city of Garibaldi in Brasil in 1973.[citation needed]Domaine Chandon was later established in 1986 in Australia inColdstream, Victoria, in the Ningxia region in China in 2013 and India's Nashik region in 2014.[citation needed]
Moët was the officialFormula One champagne provider between 1966 and 1999 and again from2016[11] until 2017 when they signed a deal with champagne maker Carbon.[12]
On 30 November 2012, Swiss tennis playerRoger Federer became Moët et Chandon's brand ambassador. On 30 September 2015, Chandon announced it would be a sponsor of theMcLaren F1 team starting 2016.[13]
Moët is pronounced with a "t" at the end (IPA:[mɔɛt]) ('mo-et') as the French-born founder's surname is assumed to be of non-French (alleged Dutch-German) origin.[14][15][16]
Richard Strauss' operaArabella mentions it twice: "Moët-Chandon, halb herb und halb süss - der war es bei meiner Verlobung!" "Wünschen noch Moët-Chandon? Hier ist! Servieren der Frau Gräfin Mutter!"
In the bandQueen's song "Killer Queen", the lead singerFreddie Mercury sings "She keeps her Moët et Chandon in her pretty cabinet".
MusicianPrince mentions "a little Spanish man offering wine and Moët" in his song "Mr. Goodnight" from hisPlanet Earth album.
In his song "Big Poppa", the rapperNotorious B.I.G. sings "at the back of the club sipping Moët is where you'll find me".
In his song “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, the rapperSnoop Dogg sings “I got the Rollie on my arm and I'm pouring Chandon”.
In his song, "Comin Thru",Chali 2na sings "I don't drink, my glass never will hold Moët".
In his song "Check Out My Melody",Rakim says: "Emcees that wanna be best, they're gonna be dissed if they don't get from in front of All they can go get is me a glass of Moët, A hard time, sip your juice and watch a smooth poet".
In his song "Curls",MF Doom sings, "Yup, you know it, growin' up too fast; showin' up to class with Moet in a flask".
In her song “Win Again”,Nicki Minaj raps “They know that Nicki a poet, pop me a bottle of Moët”.
In his song, "The Way Life Goes", the rapperLil Uzi Vert sings "She's sipping Moët, and yeah, I swear it gets her wetter".
Craig David mentions Moët as part of his week-long date plans in the song "7 Days."
In his song "Bloodless",Andrew Bird sings "And the poets, they explode like bombs, While the gentry is drinking Moët Chandon".
In her song "The Roof",Mariah Carey sings "So we finished the Moët and started feeling liberated".
In his song "Cristal & MOЁT", a Russian rapperMorgenshtern sings "I pour Cristal or Chantel MOЁT, you were dreaming about it, now it's mine".
In his song “Represent,” rapperNas sings “Yo, they call me Nas, I’m not your legal type of fella, Moët drinkin’, marijuana smokin’ street dweller”. Moët is also mentioned in his song "It Ain't Hard to Tell" in the lyric "I drink Moët with Medusa, give her shotguns in Hell; From the spliff that I lift and inhale; it ain't hard to tell". The champagne is also mentioned in his songs Reach Out and Affirmative action.
In her song "The Motto", American singerAva Max sings "popping that Moët, baby lets make some bubbles".
In her song "Muñecas",Argentinian singerTini Stoessel sings "bottles are uncorked, tonight there will be rain of Moët".
In June 2022, theDutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority warned that the 3-liter champagne bottle from Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial containedMDMA, killing a person in Germany.[17]
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