Winery: Jacquesson Champagne
Region: Champagne, FRA
Variety: Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir
Vintage: NV (2006 73%, 2005 22%, 2004 5%)
Your Wine Guy says:
The Cuvee 734 is a pale gold colour with very fine and persistent bead. The nose is complex and intense showing notes of brioche and toast along with strong yeast autolysis characters followed by a hint of honey and strawberries. The palate is creamy and rich with flavours of honey, cashew nuts, toast and citrus. Very long finish, excellent wine.
96 Points YWG Drink to 2013
Critics say:
“This is a NV release but edition 734 mostly comes from the 2006 vintage. It’s made with 54 percent chardonnay, 26 percent pinot meunier, and 20 percent pinot noir. Such a fragrant wine. Powerful, aldehydic, oxidative style but perfumed and strawberried too. Palate is pippy and earthen and charismatic. Love/hate style of wine in many ways. I’ve always enjoyed the Jacquesson style and I really enjoy this release. Drink soon-ish. Lots to see here.”
93 Points Drink 2010 - 2012 Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front
The winemaker says:
This cuvée is based upon the 2006 vintage (73%) and was released in March, 2010, following Cuvée 733 which had been released the year before. The growing season was rather neurotic, beginning with a cold winter, a mild spring, then a heat wave in July followed by a wet, cold August—most of which put viticulturalist Sylvain Leblanc’s extensive vineyard work to the test, and it passed admirably. September began hot and dry, and Jacquesson began harvesting under sunny skies on September 11th. On the 20th, rain returned, and the harvest was quickly wrapped up. A severe selection was made, and the final blend resulted in 54% Chardonnay, 26% Pinot Meunier, and 20% Pinot Noir. The reserve wine used came from the 2005 vintage (22%) and the 2004 vintage (5%).
Winery Information:
In Champagne, one of the most northerly of wine growing regions, the concept of a consistent tasting non-vintage cuvée was developed as it can help a producer disguise any problems caused by a difficult growing season; however, this also means that in great years the better qualities in the raw materials that are available to the winemaker have to be sacrificed in order to maintain a House blend. At Jacquesson, we were not happy with this state of affairs and several years ago we decided to cease making non-vintage cuvées that aimed for the same taste from year to year. Thanks to the quality of our terroirs, all Premiers and Grands Crus from La Grande Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs, thanks to our traditionalistic viticulture where we completely eschew the use of herbicides, and thanks to our using only the cuvée from each pressing, but also because we have absolutely no hesitation, in difficult vintages, in rejecting juice which does not meet our standards, our non-vintage wines retain the best of every harvest and we are able to say that they faithfully reflect the characteristics of the base vintage whilst benefiting from the addition of some vins de réserve. Therefore, our wines have a personality which can be quite different depending on their base vintage, which means they each need to have their own identity.
Wines available from Your Wine Guy include:
Jacquesson Cuvee 734
Jacquesson Vintage
Jacquesson Degorgement Tardif Avize Grand Cru
Jacquesson Dizy Terres Rouges
Jacquesson Avize Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
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