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Technical Details
- BlendProprietary Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionChampagne
- AppellationChampagne
- Farming MethodBiodynamic conversion as of 2020
- Aging/Cooperage24 months on lees
- Residual SugarDosage: 8g/l
- Production1,800 cases per year cases
Champagne Michel Jacqout Brut Reserve NV
Proprietary Blends | France
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We are so stoked on this new grower Champagne discovery as it delivers on all levels. The warm climate down in the southern reaches of Champagne (they are based in the village of Arconville in the Cote des Bar) gives this so much wonderful poached pear and baked apple aromas and flavors accented with a hint of tropicality. It's well balanced by a hint of toasted hazelnuts, earthy minerals and honesuckle. It was fermented in oak (all neutral), a painstaiking and expensive process, employed by luminaries like Egly-Ouriet, Bollinger and Krug. The difference here is that the oak is all neutral, so expect texture and mouthfeel without the vanillin and toast. Only partial malolactic is allowed which gives this wine a wonderful line of acidity that keeps the tongue wnating. We are still wondering if the price can be correct! It is a blend of 90% pinot noir (which thrives in this Burgundian climate) and 10% chardonnay based on 50% 2018 harvest, 40% 2017 harvest and 10% perpetual reserve and just 1,800 bottles are disgorged per year. This is a miniscule grower find that we are fully on board with.
About the Producer
Michel Jacquot is a grower in the village of Arconville in the Côte des Bar, the southern-most part of the Champagne region of France. The vineyards are nestled in the countryside and surrounded by hills which are planted with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. This location, far to the south of Epernay and Rheims, lends to the generosity of fruit that is not often found in wines from the Northern Districts. Until 1860, the vineyards belonged to monks, including the Abbey of Clairvaux founded by Bernard of Clairvaux. It was later acquired by the Jacquot family. In 1911, the Côte des Bar winegrowers revolted following a new delimitation of the vineyards that excluded them from the Champagne appellation. Michel Jacquot, as well as all the surrounding vintners fought hard—even in the face of the French army—to finally return to the appellation. In 1960, Michel Jacquot took the family vineyards to a new level, planting more vines, after acquiring 5 more hectares and part of the vineyard of Ailleville Castle. Since 2000, Guillaume has taken over the winemaking as well as the work in the vineyards. Guillaume is a young and very talented 32 year-old who comes from another Champagne house in the same region of Aube as his father who owns the Bernard Gaucher Champagne family vineyards.