2011 Jacquesson Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé

Jacquesson

France / Champagne / Jacquesson

At the foot of a gently sloping hill, facing east. Reddish brown limestone of some considerable depth overlying chalky silt.
2011. Winter was glacially cold and very wet, spring was very warm and dry, albeit with some frosts. Th e beginning of summer was gloomy and sullen; however, the end of the growing season was a lot more pleasant. All of the crop for this wine was de-stemmed and crushed, with half the grapes receiving a short maceration whilst the rest underwent a simple running off of free-run juice. The grapes were picked on 3 September 2011. 11.3% alcohol; 6.2g/L acitdity.

July, 2018

Antonio Galloni

Vinous Media

92 points

The 2011 Extra-Brut Rosé Dizy-Terres Rouges is gorgeous. Aromatic and light on its feet, the 2011 is decidedly gracious and delicate in feel, and yet all the elements are nicely balanced. My only real critique of the 2011 is that it lacks mid-palate depth. At the same time, Jacquesson seems to have avoided the green notes that plague so many wines in this vintage. Disgorged November, 2017 and bottled with no dosage.

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About Jacquesson

Jacquesson has an impressive history. It was founded in 1798 in Châlons by Memmie Jacquesson, son of a wine trader. The house rapidly rose to fame, aided by the fact that Napoleon was a fan. However, everything that we today value about Jacquesson began in 1974 when Côte des Blancs winegrower Jean Chiquet acquired the brand and vineyards and moved the domicile of the house to Dizy. His sons Jean-Hervé and Laurent Chiquet are the present custodians of the Jacquesson trading house, which manages to cover almost 90% of its grape requirement from its own vineyards. These are located in the Grands Crus Aÿ, Avize and Oiry, and in the Premiers Crus Hautvillers, Dizy and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. Additional grapes are only bought from growers who follow exactly the same methods as the Chiquets. The fruit is pressed by Jacquesson itself in its four presses, three of which are located in Dizy and one in Avize.


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Laurent and Jean-Hervé Chiquet see themselves primarily as winegrowers who cultivate the land and do everything with the aim of obtaining the best possible grapes. And from there, the brothers have been ready to break with convention in order to deliver the best possible wine every time - hence the decision to introduce the 7-series non-vintage wines instead of the traditional house NV. In his 2018 article entitled Champagne’s Top Five Movers & Shakers, Tyson Stelzer summed up the approach pretty well: "It’s been 40 years since Jean-Hervé and Laurent Chiquet’s family purchased Jacquesson, 30 years since the brothers took control, 20 years since they turned champagne’s non-vintage concept on it head with their controversial ‘700 series’ cuvée, and ten years since they pulled their most cunning stunt of all by slashing production to ramp up quality. And ramp up it has."