Champagne
Champagne Jacquesson
Avize Champ Caïn - 2009 - Famille Chiquet
A blanc de blancs with mineral notes, and hints of citrus and yellow apple... A saline Champagne, chalky, with lovely tension, great poise, and exceptional finesse.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Biodynamic wine
- Appellation
- Champagne
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2021 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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A Chardonnay cuvée from vines planted at Champ Caïn, one of Jacquesson’s famous vineyard sites. The 1.3-ha parcel is situated at the bottom of the slope, facing south, and planted in 1962 at a high density with 12000 vines. The soil is composed of clayey, loamy limestone with chalky gravel. This Champagne was received a dosage of 1.5 gr/l, was aged 9 years in stacks, and was disgorged in April 2019. It is a very rare cuvée, produced only in the greatest vintages.

Jean-Hervé & Laurent Chiquet
Jean-Hervé and Laurent Chiquet are the inheritors of a champagne house that was handed down to their father Jean in 1974. Meticulous vignerons, they often remain discrete regarding the magnificent history of their house. Since Napoleon Bonaparte bestowed a gold medal upon the house, Jacquesson & Fils has never disappointed. The vineyard parcels are ideally spread over grand crus (Aÿ, Avize,...
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