& chandon type part holder of lvmh industry winery genre french winery founded 1743 ; 273 years ago 1743 founder claude mo t headquarters 20 avenue de champagne bp 140 51333 pernay france area served worldwide products french wine revenue 1.2 billion 2011 number of employees 1 715 2011 website www.moet.com mo t et chandon wine region pernay appellation champagne cases yr 2 000 000 known for dom p rignon varietals pinot noir chardonnay pinot meunier website www.moet.com the orangerie at pernay mo t & chandon french pronunciation mo t e . d 1 or mo t is a french fine winery and co owner of the luxury goods company lvmh mo t hennessy louis vuitton se . mo t et chandon is one of the world s largest expansive champagne producers and a prominent champagne house . the company holds a royal warrant to supply champagne to queen elizabeth ii . 2 mo t et chandon was established in 1743 by claude mo t and today owns 1 150 hectares 2 800 acres of vineyards and annually produces approximately 28 000 000 bottles of champagne . 3 contents 1 history 2 dom perignon 2.1 current production 3 domaine chandon 4 sponsorships 5 pronunciation and origin of the name mo t 6 culture 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit mo t et chandon began as mo t et cie 1 mo t & co. established by pernay wine trader claude mo t in 1743 4 and began shipping his wine from champagne to paris . the reign of king louis xv coincided with increased demand for sparkling wine . soon after its foundation and after son claude louis joined mo t et cie the winery s clientele included nobles and aristocrats . in 1833 the company was renamed moet et chandon after pierre gabriel chandon the director of maisson4 joined the company as a partner of jean remy moet claude moet s grandson . following the introduction of the concept of a vintage champagne in 1840 mo t marketed its first vintage in 1842 . their best selling brand brut imperial was introduced in the 1860s . their best known label dom perignon is named for the benedictine monk remembered in legend as the father of champagne . mo t & chandon merged with hennessy cognac in 1971 and with louis vuitton in 1987 to become lvmh louis vuitton mo t hennessy the largest luxury group in the world netting over 16 billion euros in fiscal 2004 . mo t & chandon holds a royal warrant as supplier of champagne to queen elizabeth ii . 5 4 in 2006 mo t et chandon brut imp rial issued an extremely limited bottling of its champagne named be fabulous a special release of its original bottle with decorative swarovski crystals marking the elegance of mo t et chandon . mo t was the official formula one champagne provider between 1966 and 1999 and again from 2016 . 6 dom perignon edit main article dom p rignon wine a bottle of vintage 1999 dom p rignon with accompanying materials statue of dom pierre p rignon a benedictine monk dom p rignon d mp r nj n ; french pronunciation d pe i is a brand of champagne produced by mo t et chandon . it is named after dom p rignon a benedictine monk who was an important quality pioneer for champagne wine but who contrary to popular myths did not discover the champagne method for making sparkling wines . 7 dom p rignon was the first prestige cuv e an idea proposed by englishman laurence venn . 8 the first vintage of dom p rignon was 1921 and was only released for sale in 1936 . dom p rignon is a vintage champagne meaning that it is only made in the best years and all grapes used to make the wine were harvested in the same year . many champagnes by contrast are non vintage which means that the champagne is made from grapes harvested in various years . current production edit bottles in the caves around 5 million bottles are produced in each vintage . 8 the wine is 60 % chardonnay and 40 % pinot noir with 6 g l dosage . 8 according to tom stevenson all vintages need at least 12 years ageing to nurture dom p rignon s signature silky mousse . 8 as of 2008 the current release of dom p rignon is from the 2000 vintage 8 and the current release of dom p rignon ros is from the 1998 vintage . the current 2009 winemaker is richard geoffroy who has been chef de cave for dom p rignon since 1998 . domaine chandon edit main article domaine chandon in 1973 the then mo t hennessy company founded domaine chandon an outpost winery in the napa valley . it was the first french owned sparkling wine venture in the united states . the fine dining restaurant etoile is situated at the winery . 9 domaine chandon in australia was established in 1986 at coldstream victoria . sponsorships edit on 30 november 2012 roger federer became mo t et chandon s brand ambassador . on 30 september 2015 chandon announced it would be a sponsor of the mclaren honda f1 team starting 2016 . 10 pronunciation and origin of the name mo t edit the correct pronunciation is mo ette or mo wett ipa mo t the t is not silent . legend has it that the family name originated in 1429 when a dutch soldier named leclerc warded off a group of english combatants who were trying to suppress the coronation of charles vii in reims . leclerc headed a crowd of remois that ran at the english screaming het mo t zoo zijn it must be so . the english retreated after that . leclerc became known as m. mo t after the incident . 11 culture edit mo t & chandon is mentioned in the songs drop it like it s hot by snoop dogg ; killer queen by queen ; n.y. state of mind it ain t hard to tell and represent by nas ; put it on by big l ; and juicy big poppa and everyday struggle by the notorious b.i.g. ; and 7 days by craig david . dom perignon is mentioned in the song big shot by billy joel richard strauss s opera arabella the world is yours by nas and diamonds dancing by drake and future . see also edit champagne in popular culture list of champagne producers champagne riots references edit a b history of mo t at chandon . retrieved 17 may 2008 . http www.royalwarrant.org company champagne moet chandon back % 2fdirectory % 3fquery % 3dmoet t. stelzer 2013 . the champagne guide 2014 2015 . hardie grant books . p. 261 . isbn 9781742705415 . a b mo t & chandon . retrieved 17 may 2008 . the royal warrant holders association mo t & chandon replace mumm champagne as sponsor of formula 1 . glass of bubbly . retrieved 2016 05 24 . d. & p. kladstrup champagne pg 38 harper collins publisher isbn 0 06 073792 1 a b c d e stevenson tom 2007 the best a man can get p65 dec 2007 decanter 1 profile mo t & chandon . retrieved 20 october 2015 . enting carolyn 2002 . mo t for linguists . lucire living magazine . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to mo t & chandon . mo t & chandon official website domaine chandon california official website domaine chandon australia green point wines official website v t e lvmh board of directors albert fr re antoine arnault bernadette chirac bernard arnault charles powell charles de croisset delphine arnault diego della valle felix rohatyn gilles hennessy hubert v drine yves thibault de 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