Founded in 1798 by Memmie Jacquesson. Jacquesson is a small producer based in Dizy, Champagne. Only Champagne Salon is smaller of the elite houses. Located in the village of Dizy in the Vallée de la Marne, Champagne Jacquesson is a few kilometres north of Epernay. Their vineyards are in the Grand Cru villages of Aÿ, Avize, and Oiry and the Premier Cru villages of Dizy, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, and Hautvilliers. Current owners, brothers, Jean-Hervé and Laurent Chiquet recently changed farming methods to be organic, almost all Jacquesson wines ferment in old, large-sized oak barrels, which yield little wood aroma to the wine.
Several years ago, the brothers began a restoration of Jacquesson and they decided not to have an everyday, non-vintage/vintage offering, preferring instead a vintage Champagne which would be numbered beginning with 7 – the 700 series, based on a new release every year. The Degorgement Tardif program began with the 733. The brothers retain 15,000 to 20,000 bottles from each of the numbered series for extra ageing, four to five years, on lees. Elaborated from a blend of 3 Grands Crus and 2 Premiers Crus, these great champagnes from the Cuvées 700 range are characterized by their remarkable aging potential.
In recognition of the subtle differences between each annual non-vintage creation, Champagne Jacquesson number their non-vintage cuvée every year. Jacquesson Cuvée 746 champagne is based on the 2019 harvest. The grapes come from chalk-rich vineyards in Aÿ, a Grand Cru, and Dizy and Hautvillers both Premiers Crus in the Marne (55%) as well as from two Grand Crus in the Côte des Blancs, Avize and Oiry (45%). Traditional growing techniques are employed with little or no soil enrichment whilst most treatments are organic. Harvest was carried out by hand between the 19th of September and the 6th of October.
Following a gentle pressing in a traditional vertical basket press, the juice was left to settle naturally. Fermentation was carried out in old oak casks with weekly bâtonnage. After a lengthy fermentation, the wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered to undergo secondary fermentation before being disgorged with a dosage of 1.5g/l. Based on the 2019 vintage.
Chardonnay (45%), Pinot Noir (31%), Pinot Meunier (24%)
The Jacquesson Cuvee 747 has a creamy texture with a very fine perlege; marrying textural richness with notable vibrancy. Lemon confit, mint, white pepper, tangerine peel and graphite lend energy throughout. All the elements are very nicely balanced with great textural depth. Spring frost was particularly damaging to the Chardonnay, so the blend is distinctly Pinot-leaning in this release. It lends tension and bite, especially with such low dosage.
Using traditional growing techniques with little or no soil enrichment, the soil is ploughed and sewn to grass using organic treatments. In making the wine the juices are allowed to settle naturally, using only gravity, at the ambient temperature. The wines are not cold stabilised, filtered, nor fined; clarification happens naturally. Currently in conversion to full organic status.
