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Voted third best Champagne house (after Bollinger and Krug!) by La Revue du Vin de France, Jacquesson is a top name. Their wines are renowned for their minerality, purity and ageing ability. From Grand Cru and 1er Cru fruit, this is delightful fizz.
Tasting notes
Apricot with creamy weight, spice and toasted hazelnuts, fine mousse
Aroma
Fresh bread, ripe apples, white floral hints, toasty notes
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
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Critic Tyson Stelzer said of Jacquesson in his Champagne Guide, “There are no secrets here, just great Champagnes”. Run by brothers Laurent and Jean-Hervé Chiquet, this Champagne house is quite unique. They don’t strive to produce a house style, but to bring out the qualities of a vintage. Perversely, however, they don’t produce a vintage Champagne. Instead they use wine mostly from a single year (2015 in the 743), then add around 30% reserve wines to flatter the vintage and add complexity, hence the 700 series that distinguishes a different blend, but not the specific year. If they have a particular house style, it is one of uncompromising quality, fruit purity and minerality. Ageing for four years on its lees adds to the complexity.