Description
Recent visit to Jacquesson house in Champagne and tasting with Jean Herve Chiquet confirmed the extraordinary calibre of this wine .. Jacquesson is the oldest independent family owned champagne house and was Napoleon ‘s favourite house.
The family is deeply wedded to concept of terroir including organic practices in the vineyard Incredible depth. elegance and finesse here.
A Chardonnay dominant style (47% chardonnay. 33% pinot Noir and 20% meunier predominantly from the 2007 vintage comprising all the single vineyard prestige cuvee fruit from Champ Cain. Vauzelle Terme & Corne Bautray that was declassified) exclusively from grand and premier cru vineyards. base wines were fermented in old oak casks on lees. They champion quality ahead of champenoise obsession with similarity and consistency they replaced the all important non vintage wine with a numbered cuvee. Their vineyards are in Grand Cru villages of Ay. Avize and Oiry and premier Cru of Hautvillers. Dizy and Mareuil sur Ay. Even Paul Krug cut his teeth at Jacquesson before relocating to start his own show later in Reims.
Jacquesson has been awarded 3 stars (the best and maximum ranking!) in Le Classement by La Revue du Vin de France. Le Classement is a ranking of the 1300 best domaines in France and only 56 domaines in France have 3 star status. Jacquesson together with Krug. Salon and 3 other champagne producers were awarded the 3 star status
The concentration of this wine puts this up there with the best 700 series release to date.
This is the sublime champagne.. RRP $ 95
