This year sees the release of an exceptional trilogy of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Champagnes: Grand Vintage 2016, Grand Vintage Collection 2009, and Grand Vintage Collection 2000. Each one is unique; Grand Vintage status is given only to champagnes made from the grapes of a single outstanding year (whereas non- vintage champagnes are a blend of harvests from different years.) Such launches are momentous - the House of Moët & Chandon have released only 77 vintage champagnes since 1842, and each tells a tale of the year marked on its bottle.
These three luminous new Millesimés, carefully selected by Moët & Chandon’s Cellar Master Benoît Gouez, have been collectively named ’A Tale of Sublimation.’ This title evokes, rather poetically, their extraordinary journey between the growing and harvesting of the grapes, the maturation of the wine, and the declaration of vintage status, which only happens when there is a very special year.
