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Bought directly from Moet Hennessey UK Ltd, the bottles are stored in bond at London City Bond Eton Park, in ideal conditions at a constant 13°C. For same-day deliveries, small quantities are kept in our office cellar, where the temperature is maintained between 11–13°C. We source all our bottles directly from the Maison or their official UK office, eliminating the risk of poor storage. This is crucial, as champagne quality is highly sensitive to heat: temperatures above 18°C accelerate maturity significantly, which compromises quality.
Moët & Chandon are the most famous producers in Champagne. First founded in 1743 by Claude Moët, it was the marketing acumen of Rémy Moët which initiated the brand's international fame and mass volume production. Since then, Moët & Chandon have grown by acquiring other champagne estates, selling them forward and keeping their prestigious vineyards. Such large-scale production could only operate under the leadership of a truly superb Chef de Caves and in Benoît Gouez, Moët have one of the best. With a ten-man oenologist team led by chief Dom Pérignon winemaker Vincent Chaperon, Benoît has access to the most academic minds and palates in the region, no doubt a huge driving factor behind his success. Now proprietors to the largest amount of land: some 1,190-hecatres of rich limestone soil, and the largest extent of cellars: over twenty eight kilometres.
In honor of Moet & Chandon's 280th anniversary, this cuvée is the inaugural release in the Collection Impériale line launched this year to celebrate the milestone. A product of Moët & Chandon’s centuries-old savoir-vin, Création No. 1 is the pinnacle of the Maison's practice of Haute Oenologie. This champagne is made from an assemblage of remarkable vintages, aged through different maturation processes in oak casks and on the lees, in bottles.
Technical Information:
Vineyards: Predominantly Grand & Premier Crus
Grape Varieties: 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay & 20% Meunier
Reserve Wines: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004 & 2000
Base vintage: 2013
Lees Ageing: 8 years
Disgorged: August 2022
Dosage: 0 g/l
Aged in Oak: 42.5%
Aged in Tank: 42.5%
Cork: Mytik Diam Technological
Drink: Now for 5 years
Tasting Note:It reveals a delicate, fresh, complex bouquet with aromas of honey, orchard fruits, menthol, toasted nuts, butter, spices and tonka beans. Medium-bodied, the palate is well-balanced with an iodine-like, chalky core of fruit and a delicate, tense mid-palate that segues into a saline, short finish. - Tasted by Yohan Castaing
Put simply, Moët & Chandon are the most famous producers in Champagne. With production (rumoured to be in the region of thirty million bottles annually) accounting for over one-tenth of the entire region's, their role as an image builder for the appellation as a whole cannot be overstated. First founded in 1743 by Claude Moët, it was the marketing acumen of Rémy Moët which initiated the brand's international fame and mass volume production. Realising the business potential of his close friendship with Napoleon, Rémy even built the emperor a palace, Trianon on Avenue de Champagne.
Since then, Moët & Chandon have grown by acquiring other champagne estates, selling them forward and keeping their prestigious vineyards. Such large-scale production could only operate under the leadership of a truly superb Chef de Caves and in Benoît Gouez, Moët have one of the best. With a ten-man oenologist team led by chief Dom Pérignon winemaker Vincent Chaperon, Benoît has access to the most academic minds and palates in the region, no doubt a huge driving factor behind his success. Now proprietors to the largest amount of land: some 1,190-hecatres of rich limestone soil, and the largest extent of cellars: over twenty eight kilometres, Moët & Chandon's future is as secure as their champagnes are delicious.
Cellar Master: Benoît Gouez
Winery Location: Épernay | Champagne, France
Champagne Region: Côte des Blancs
Annual Production (bottles): Undisclosed
Chef de Cave History at Champagne Moët & Chandon:
Benoît Gouez - 2005 to current | Prior to joining Moët & Chandon, he worked in various other wine regions, including California, Australia, and New Zealand. Gouez's team includes chief Dom Pérignon winemaker Vincent Chaperon and a ten-man oenologist team, providing him with extensive expertise and resources
Expert Reviews
92/100
Yohan Castaing
“The NV Collection Impériale Création No.1 from Moët is a blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Meunier without dosage and was disgorged in March 2022. It reveals a delicate, fresh, complex bouquet with aromas of honey, orchard fruits, menthol, toasted nuts, butter, spices and tonka beans. Medium-bodied, the palate is well-balanced with an iodine-like, chalky core of fruit and a delicate, tense mid-palate that segues into a saline, short finish.”
96 → 98/100
Essi Avellan MW
“The recipe of blending of Moët & Chandon brand new prestige cuvée Collection Impériale Creation No 1 is indeed impressive in its scope, celebrating the house’s wealth of winemaking traditions and resources. ‘Haute oenologie’ as chef de cave Benoît Gouez likes to put it. Based on the fine and elegantly racy 2013 vintage (42,5%), Création No. 1 is a blend of seven vintages, comprising all; base wine from stainless steel, reserve wines from oak vats (2012, 2010, 2008, 2006 and 2000) and a luxurious 15% share of 2004 vintage emptied to the blend from bottles ageing on lees. Lemon yellow colour with golden hues. At first the elegantly fragrant and coolly fruity nose shows restraint but time in the glass reveals further and further layers. Sweet vanilla laden fruitiness with refined crème brûlée and coffee with cream tones. I am loving the torrefaction notes intermingling with both crunchy fresh white fruit notes and age-complexed honey and spice toned aromas that build up over time in the glass. The lees-enriched but airy and energised palate comes with a lacey texture and linear drive. Disgorged March 2022, the wine is showing pristinely youthful and slow-ageing, promising brilliant age-worthiness despite being immediately impressive and enjoyable. This is the first brut nature in the 280 years’ history of Moët & Chandon.”
96/100
Essi Avellan MW
“It’s fascinating to witness the evolution of this first edition of Collection Imperiale over time. Anchored by the super-fine 2013 vintage, the complex quilt of reserve wines spans six older harvests, with 2000 as the oldest. Still youthful and lemony in colour, the nose is beautifully creamy and toasty, unfolding layers of ground coffee, fireworks, vanilla, wax, and honey. The palate is caressingly textured, bursting with vibrant energy. While beginning to reveal its true splendour, the wine remains notably youthful and full of promise. Disgorgement date:2022.”
16.5/20
Jancis Robinson MW
“A blend of seven vintages based on 2013, also 2012, 2010, 2008 and 2006 blended in spring 2014 and aged on lees for nine years. This bottle disgorged March 2022 and after many blind tastings zero dosage. 42.5% was oak aged, 42.5% aged in tank, the blend topped with 15% 2004 wine poured from bottles that had already matured for nine years on lees. Very fine bead. Pungent nose that's quite reduced at first with some citrus peel and with quite an unusually chewy finish. Multi-layered and with some aspects that are already quite mature. A wine to chew over – definitely not a casual aperitif style! It may be zero dosage but has nothing in common with the austere zero-dosage grower champagnes which tend to be much younger. It's certainly intriguing, with a slight sweetness on the finish.”
95/100
Anne Krebiehl MW
“Hints of beeswax, a touch of dried corn husk and a flicker of dried lemon peel appear on the nose. The palate also bears out this waxiness with a sense of smouldering candle. The body has distinctly mature flashes: hints of white field mushroom and of polenta, all framed by a soft, creamy mousse. There is a certain richness, but without ever losing the light-footedness of the house, with contours of mouth-watering pithiness. The aftertaste has a touch of dried apple and a bright, delicious streak of dried lemon rind. The finish is chalky, still informed by that maize-meal autolysis and a bone-dry finish. Lovely length, lovely concentration and a touch of pithiness make this an eminently gastronomic Champagne.”
Moët & Chandon winemaker Amine Ghanem talked us through the trials and tribulations of the 2018 vintage during our last visit to Champagne. He acknowledged it was a "challenging" vintage, but overall still "one of the best years region wide" - the resulting base wines he showed us were outstanding.
We met with winemaker Amine Ghanem to taste the 2017 vins clairs. As usual, discussion turned to the future of winemaking, of which Moët is at the forefront. Technological corks, thermovinification, thermal imagery - you name it, they're doing it.
Moët & Chandon MCIII is a champagne like no other. A blend of six different vintages, utilising three different ageing vessels and an assemblage of finished champagne and still wines; this is the ultimate in luxury.
Enlightening, educational and at times jaw-dropping, our visit to Moët was one of a kind. Amine Ghanem showed us the 2016 Vins Clairs, new Grand Vintage 2008, a 1988 magnum and the ultra-prestige MCIII.
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