Moët & Chandon

The winery Moët & Chandon [ ˌ mo ɛt ‿ e ʃɑdɔ ] is a 1743 founded by Claude Moët manufacturer and market leader for champagne. The company has been based since its inception in French Epernay and belongs since 1987 to the luxury group LVMH.

History

The company's history dates back to the year 1742, when Claude Moët ( 1683-1760 ) began to export wine from Champagne to Paris. In 1794, Jean- Remy Moët bought ( 1758-1841 ) the former monastery skin Villers, in which the monk Dom Pérignon had refined production techniques for champagne, Moët and soon began to export these to other European countries and in the United States.

Jean- Remy Moët already learned in 1781 Napoleon Bonaparte know when he attended the military school of Brienne- le -Château in the Champagne and became friends with the then unknown Corsican boarding school pupil, who himself came from a family of wine growers. During his later campaigns of Napoleon always led a supply of Moets champagne with, and he planned his trips so that he regularly passing through come to Epernay and was able to visit his friend Moët. The era of the Napoleonic wars made ​​the champagne - especially Napoleon preferred Mark Moët - known throughout Europe.

1833 Advanced Moët the company name to the name " Chandon " when he surrendered half of the company to his son Victor Moët and his son Pierre -Gabriel Chandon de Briailles.

Moët & Chandon was k.u.k. Court and chamber supplier and English royal purveyor.

1963 took over Moët & Chandon, the traditional house Ruinart, and 1971, the active mainly on the French market producers Mercier was purchased. In the same year the merger took place with the Cognac producer Hennessy. In 1987 Moët Hennessy then joined with Louis Vuitton luxury goods group LVMH ( Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy ) together. The partners brought the house Veuve Clicquot into the marriage. In the late 1990s the small but exclusive Krug was acquired then.

Moët has long been the market leader in champagne sales. In 2007, total sales of LVMH Group amounted to 62.2 million bottles, which were 18 % of total production of Champagne. The most prestigious is the famous champagne Dom Perignon, which cost at least 100 euros per bottle. Dining options include Moët is most commonly used.

For winery includes around 1000 hectares of vineyards in Champagne. This is distributed to approximately 200 wine-growing villages. Among them are 16 or 17 municipalities with the status of Grand Cru and 25 municipalities with the status of Premier Cru.

Moët & Chandon also has the most extensive chalk cellars in Epernay. Your courses extend over about 110 miles and have their own " street names". The oldest warehouse space in the cellar dates back to the founding in 1743.