Dom Perignon, Champagne AOC, Dom Perignon Rose Michael Riedel

About Dom Perignon

Mo t & Chandon is easily the most famous house in the region of Champagne. It is one of the largest too, comprising 1150 hectares of estate vineyards plus more from growers, 17 miles of cellars and a production capacity of 60 million bottles a year. The house was founded by Claude Mo t in 1743. In the 1970s and '80s, Mo t & Chandon expanded its empire beyond Champagne, partnering first with Cognac house Hennessy and then with fashion giant Louis Vuitton, forming Louis Vuitton Mo t Hennessy, or LVMH. Today, the group owns several other famous wine brands, including Krug and Veuve Clicquot in Champagne, Ch teau Cheval Blanc in Bordeaux, and Cloudy Bay in New Zealand. Mo t's house style is fresh and fruit-forward, and the brut non-vintage is dominated by Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, with a smaller amount of Chardonnay. Grapes are drawn from 800 different parcels from 230 of the villages in Champagne. This wide range of terroirs to draw from means that blenders have more control over the finished wine, and despite the massive output every year, Mo t's wines are very consistent. The majority of processes in the winery are controlled by machine, which is unsurprising given the scale of production. Mo t & Chandon's range is straightforward, comprising of non-vintage brut, ros and demi sec, as well as vintage brut and ros offerings. Their prestige cuv e is the iconic Dom P rignon, although over time this has come to be seen as a separate entity, in much the same spirit as Opus One.