Champagne Jacquesson, Cuvée 738, Extra Brut

Champagne Jacquesson, Cuvée 738, Extra Brut

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Champagne Jacquesson, Cuvée 738, Extra Brut

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Description

Although made from a blend of the three Champagne grapes, the 738 is a Chardonnay-dominant cuvée, with wonderful minerality and a fresh finish. Extra Brut in style, made with a characteristically low dosage (something Jacquesson is well known for), this is the perfect accompaniment to shellfish or lighter seafood, and a credit to this dynamic Dizy-based Champagne House.

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The Cuve 738 Extra Brut is a blend of 67% of the 2010 vintage and 33% Reserve wines, all grapes sourced from Grand and Permier Crus in the Cte de Blanc and the Marne Valley. The wines were fermented spontaneously in foudres and the final assemblage is made of 61% Chardonnay, 18% Pinot Noir and 21% Pinot Meunier. The wine I am tasting was disgorged in April 2014 with a dosage of 2.5 grams per liter. Its bouquet offers a precise, multi-layered, fresh and slightly spicy bouquet of chalk, ripe apples, lemons and lemon grass, some Mediterranean herbs, oysters and sea breeze. The wine is lean and straight-forwarded on the palate, lovely, dry and stimulating in its firm structure. This is pure Champagne with elegance and a lingering expression. It's a great aperitif and in this case, the glasses should not be too big, whereas many vintage Champagnes taste much more complex and vinous out of wine glasses with a larger goblet.
Stephan Reinhardt - 30/10/2015 Read more
Jancis Robinson MW17/20
Based on the 2010 vintage. Dosage 2.5 g/l. Disgorged January 2013. Very sophisticated. Already a bit of wild-flower notes here. Racy and lacy. Drink 2014-2020
Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com, May 2015 Read more

About this WINE

Jacquesson

Jacquesson

Voted the third best of all Champagne Houses (after Bollinger and Krug) in 2005 La Revue Des Vins De France, Jacquesson has really come of age.

Based in the evocatively named town of Dizy, just to the north of Epernay, the House is run by the Chiquet brothers (cousins of our own Gaston Chiquet). The brothers are long-term advocates of the modish philosophy of zero dosage: this is put to the test in extremis with the equally modish move to release late disgorged cuvées: the juxtaposition of minimal sugar and extended lees ageing has produced these, some of the purest and most poised of all Champagnes, showing at their very best in magnum of course!

The house philosophy of releasing a clearly categorised Brut NV persists therefore, somewhat at odds with the historical precedent in the region which deliberately declines specifically to equate a batch with a certain vintage. Jacquesson's policy of so doing, albeit tangentially, is both a reflection of their adherence to the values of terroir and vintage diversity and a self-belief which over-rides any of the specific anxieties felt by the Champenois in relation to the conditions at a specific harvest.

These are very serious Champagnes with an emphasis on minerality and complexity of fruit. The wines have significant gravitas, are good food companions and age beautifully.

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Brut Champagne

Brut Champagne

Brut denotes a dry style of Champagne (less than 15 grams per litre). Most Champagne is non-vintage, produced from a blend from different years. The non-vintage blend is always based predominately on wines made from the current harvest, enriched with aged wines (their proportion and age varies by brand) from earlier harvests, which impart an additional level of complexity to the end wine. Champagnes from a single vintage are labelled with the year reference and with the description Millésimé.

Non-vintage Champagnes can improve with short-term ageing (typically two to three years), while vintages can develop over much longer periods (five to 30 years). The most exquisite and often top-priced expression of a house’s style is referred to as Prestige Cuvée. Famous examples include Louis Roederer's Cristal, Moët & Chandon's Dom Pérignon, and Pol Roger's Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill.

Recommended Producers : Krug, Billecart Salmon, Pol Roger, Bollinger, Salon, Gosset, Pierre Péters, Ruinart


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Champagne blend

Champagne blend

Which grapes are included in the blend, and their proportion, is one of the key factors determining the style of most Champagnes. Three grapes are used - Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier.

26% of vineyards in Champagne are planted with Chardonnay and it performs best on the Côtes des Blancs and on the chalk slopes south of Epernay. It is relatively simple to grow, although it buds early and thus is susceptible to spring frosts. It produces lighter, fresher wines than those from Burgundy and gives finesse, fruit and elegance to the final blend. It is the sole grape in Blancs de Blancs, which are some of the richest long-lived Champagnes produced.

Pinot Noir accounts for nearly 40% of the plantings in Champagne and lies at the heart of most blends - it gives Champagne its body, structure, strength and grip. It is planted across Champagne and particularly so in the southern Aube district.

The final component is Pinot Meunier and this constitutes nearly 35% of the plantings. Its durability and resistance to spring frosts make the Marne Valley, a notorious frost pocket, its natural home. It ripens well in poor years and produces a soft, fruity style of wine that is ideal for blending with the more assertive flavours of Pinot Noir. Producers allege that Pinot Meunier lacks ageing potential, but this does not deter Krug from including around 15% of it in their final blends.


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