Champagne Jacquesson "741" Dégorgement Tardif

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Champagne Jacquesson "Cuvée 741" Late Disgorgement

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2024 (August 2023): 95/100. "The late disgorgement N°741 possesses the purity, aromatic finesse, and mineral depth characteristic of this type of cold vintage. The juice is long and tactilely soft."

Technical sheet written by the domaine:
 
The concept of the Cuvée 700 is unique in Champagne and is the opposite of non-vintage brut. We seek excellence rather than consistency (which is typically sought in non-vintage bruts), respecting the character of the vintage rather than negating it, and highlighting a great wine rather than maintaining a style. The contribution of reserve wines aims to enhance complexity without masking the character of the base year. The Cuvée 700 is a blend of several years and therefore cannot be identified by the mention of any one of them: the choice of a number was necessary, and rather than inventing one, we preferred to highlight the production number that the Cuvée bears in our bottling records. The Cuvée n° 1 was created by the House in 1898 to celebrate its first centenary. And it was from the Cuvée n° 728, made from the 2000 harvest, that our adventure began.

The cuvée 700 comes from our three Grands Crus and our two Premiers Crus, it is made exclusively from the first press juices, vinified in large casks, almost always without filtration, making it primarily a Great Champagne Wine. It naturally has remarkable aging potential, which is why we offer it with two different maturations. ("normal" and "Late Disgorgement").

94 months on lees, under cork before their Late Disgorgement in April 2022. Dosage: 0gr/l.

2013, the winter is very cold and snowy, spring and early summer remain cold and humid, causing coulure and millerandage and delaying flowering and ripening. August and September are warmer and drier, allowing for a late but very beautiful harvest.

The pinot noirs from Aÿ and Dizy as well as the chardonnays from Avize are particularly successful.