Millesime
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted pheasant or poultry with wild mushrooms, and aged Comté or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Moët & Chandon's Millésime, widely celebrated today as the Grand Vintage, represents a departure from the house's signature non-vintage consistency in favor of celebrating the unique personality of a single exceptional year. First created in 1842 to satisfy international connoisseurs seeking the distinct character of specific harvests, each vintage is a bespoke creation by the Chef de Cave. Sourced from the finest Grand and Premier Cru parcels across Champagne, the blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier shifts annually to best express the season's triumphs. The wine undergoes extended cellar aging on its lees—typically for at least seven years—developing a sophisticated autolytic profile of toasted brioche, roasted nuts, and ripe stone fruits, finished with a low dosage to maintain its precise, terroir-driven energy.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1743 by Claude Moët, Moët & Chandon stands as Champagne's quintessential global ambassador. Anchored along the prestigious Avenue de Champagne in Épernay, the maison commands approximately 1,190 hectares of prime estate vineyards spanning the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs, and Vallée de la Marne, supplemented by an extensive network of grower partnerships. Viticulture emphasizes sustainability through certified Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) and Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC) protocols, eliminating chemical herbicides. Underground, 28 kilometers of historic chalk crayères provide the microclimatic stability required for extended lees maturation. Guided by longtime Chef de Cave Benoît Gouez, the winemaking philosophy prioritizes bright fruit purity, seductive palates, and elegant maturity through temperature-controlled stainless steel vinification and malolactic fermentation. The portfolio spans the ubiquitous benchmark Moët Impérial to the terroir-driven Grand Vintage expressions and multi-vintage prestige assemblages like Collection Impériale, epitomizing grand-scale precision and classical Champagne typicity.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier