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Wine Description
The Story
Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage champagnes, unlike most champagnes, are made from the grapes of a single exceptional year. Each Grand Vintage is unique. Each possesses the distinctive, imitable qualities of that year’s outstanding grapes, qualities which have been elevated to their fullest expression through the savoir-faire, experience and expertise of Moët & Chandon and the House’s chef de cave.
Since 1842, the House has released 69 vintage ch...
Vintage 1986
The Champagne region represents the global pinnacle of sparkling wine production, leveraging a cool, marginal northern climate and deep, prehistoric chalk soils to craft wines defined by piercing acidity, delicate effervescence, and profound ageability. Located roughly 90 miles northeast of Paris, the region’s unique terroir—dominated by Belemnite and Micraster chalk—acts as a natural thermal regulator and water sponge, forcing vine roots deep...