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1997 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. Jacquesson began harvesting on 22nd September in sunshine and the quality of the musts was excellent: 10.5% potential alcohol and an acid reading of 8.5g/L.
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 bottle on 3rd June 1998.
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