the best years, and all grapes used to make the wine are harvested in the same year. Many champagnes, by contrast, are non-vintage, meaning that the champagne is made from grapes harvested in various years. Current production Around 5 million bottles are produced in each vintage. The wine is 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot noir, with 6 g/L dosage. According to Tom Stevenson, "All vintages need at least 12 years ageing to nurture Dom Pérignon's signature silky mousse". As of 2020, the current release of Dom Pérignon is from the 2010 vintage and the current release of Dom Pérignon Rosé is from the 2006 vintage. the senior winemaker was Richard Geoffroy, who has been chef de cave for Dom Pérignon since 1990. Domaine Chandon In 1973, the then Moët-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 étoile was situated at the winery, closing in December 2014. Chandon had already founded an outpost in Argentina in 1959, and was doing the same in the southern city of Garibaldi in Brasil in 1973. Domaine Chandon was later established in 1986 in Australia in Coldstream, Victoria, in the Ningxia region in China in 2013 and India's Nashik region in 2014. Sponsorships Moët was the official Formula One champagne provider between 1966 and 1999 and again from 2016 until 2017 when they signed a deal with champagne maker Carbon. On 30 November 2012, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became Moët et Chandon's brand ambassador. On 30 September 2015, Chandon announced it would be a sponsor of the McLaren F1 team starting 2016. Pronunciation Moët is pronounced with a "t" at the end () ('mo-et') as the French-born founder's surname is of Dutch origin. Songs In the band Queen's song "Killer Queen", the lead singer Freddie Mercury sings "She keeps her Moët et Chandon in her pretty cabinet" Musician Prince mentions "a little Spanish man offering wine and Moët" in his song "Mr. Goodnight" from his Planet Earth album In his song "Big Poppa", the rapper Notorious B.I.G. sings "at the back of the club sipping Moët is where you'll find me" In his song, "Comin Thru", Chali 2na sings "I don't drink, my glass never will hold Moët" In his song "Check Out My Melody", Rakim says: "Emcees that wanna be best, they're gonna