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  • Weather

    11° C Light rain
  • Time

    08:23 AM
  • Wine average?

    93 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    366
  • Region Ranking?

    24
  • Popularity ranking?

    127

History

Jacquesson was at the time of its foundation in 1798, one of the first champagne houses in Châlons-sur-Marne. By the time of the Paris world exhibition of 1867 Jacquesson & Fils was a major house whose sales exceeded one million bottles. Napoleon had a great impact on the house’s success, as Jacquesson was one of his favourite producers. Alongside several other occasions, the house’s champagnes were served at Napoleon’s wedding to the Archduch...

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Vineyards

Single-vineyard wines are quite a natural development in Jacquesson’s range. The Chiquets are true grower producers, their own vineyards totalling 26 hectares in the Grand Cru villages of Aÿ, Avize and Oiry and in the Premier Cru villages of Hautvillers, Dizy and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. These are complemented by a further 15 hectares of grower’s vineyards in these same villages, as well as Chouilly and Cumières. Chiquet says, “Even though we also buy ...

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Winemaking

A great majority of Jacquesson’s wines are vinified in large oak vats that do not impart wood aroma to the wine. These casks and barrels, which are used to carry out controlled oxidation of the wines during the six to ten months that they spend in wood, bring complexity and structure, as well as vinosity, to the wines. Chiquet continues, “Our wines go through the softening malolactic fermentation. We try to minimise intervention in the cellar,...

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26 different wines with 81 vintages

Winemaking since 1798

  • Jean-Hervé Chiquet

    We are still in the process of development. We know where we want to be, but we are still seeking to find better ways to get there.
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