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1996 Jacquesson Avize Grand Cru Dégorgement Tardif
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Lying at the heart of the Côte des Blancs on the lower slopes of the Grand Cru village of Avize can be found the lieux-dits of La Fosse, Némery and Champ Caïn. Jacquesson’s three parcels on these south-east facing sites were planted to Chardonnay between 1962 and 1983. Here, Campanian chalk, made up of calcite granules coming from the skeletons of marine microorganisms, rises almost to the surface, above which the very shallow topsoil is permeable and prone to frost. The poor nature of the soil necessitates the occasional addition of nutrients, which, as always at Jacquesson, are organic.
1996 was an atypical vintage delivering atypical musts, with an acid-alcohol balance without known precedent: 11% potential alcohol and 10g/L acidity. The musts for this Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs were vinified in 40 and 75 hectolitre oak casks and an assemblage of the three parcels was bottled on 3rd June 1997 and continually disgorged, with a dosage of 3.5g/L.
September, 2012
ChampagneGuide.net
Disgorged in July of 2012, this was dosed at 3.5 g/l: while Jacquesson's Dégorgement Tardif is normally non-dosé, the high acidity of 1996 necessitated a small amount of dosage to bring this wine into balance. It's full and rich, expressing the power of the vintage, although it's also very lively and focused, its acidity making it feel linear and taut. Its flavours are just beginning to acquire developed notes of walnuts and honey, while remaining very fresh at their core, and they finish with exceptional length and finesse, saturated by chalky minerality. This is an intense wine, and probably needs to be paired with food to show its best, as it’s a bit powerful on its own.
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