Champagne Jacquesson - Cuvée 747 Extra Brut

Bettane & Desseauve

About the domain :

Brought to the top by the Chiquet brothers, Laurent and Jean-Hervé, the house is the champagne standard-bearer for discerning oenophiles. Recently, François Pinault acquired a stake in the house. We recommend these deep, racy champagnes. Each new cuvée 700 (now 743) is a major creation, and every attention is paid to it. It then waits on corks before reappearing in a DT version (late disgorgement). The ultimate reverberation parcels come from Dizy (Corne-Bautray, chardonnay), Aÿ (Vauzelle-Terme, pinot noir) and Avize (Champ-Caïn, chardonnay), and are only created when the identity situation is optimal. The 2009s are exemplary in their lively warmth and endless depth. Grandiose.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

About the wine:

The depth of Cuvée 747 is impressive: from its youth, the wine displays perfect maturity, brilliance and uprightness. The palate is full-bodied and distinguished, with a graceful touch and delicate bubbles. This blend will be remembered for a long time to come, and we're already looking forward to the late-disgorged version in a few years' time.

About the domain :

A new page of history is written with the departure of brothers Laurent and Jean-Hervé Chiquet, who lifted this fine house into the upper echelons of Champagne. The Artémis group has now taken over the reins under the direction of Jean Garandeau, but the teams remain unchanged: Yann Le Gall, cellar master, and Mathilde Perrier, vineyard manager, are still there to perpetuate the soul of the house. The 700 cuvées account for the bulk of production. We've come a long way since 728, produced from the 2000 vintage! The estate releases a late disgorgement every year, the first of which was 733, based on 2005. Only a few parcel productions are produced, depending on the quality of the vintage.

Vinous A. Galloni

About the wine:

NV Extra-Brut Cuvée No. 747 (base 2019) combines textural richness with remarkable vivacity. Candied lemon, mint, white pepper, mandarin peel and graphite give it energy. All the elements are very well balanced. I particularly admire the depth of texture. The spring frost was particularly damaging to the Chardonnay, so the blend is clearly Pinot-oriented in this version.

James Suckling

About the wine:

A structured, creamy Jacquesson NV, with a texture of very fine bubbles and a beautiful polish. It's medium to full-bodied, with length and sophistication, in a friendly, approachable way. Yet there's something about it that tells you it will perform even better with age. More pinot in the blend than other years, as the chardonnay was affected by frost, and that's impressive. Chewy at the end, with phenolic tension and slight bitterness, but in a good way. Base 2019. Three years on yeast. Dosage 1.5 g/l. Drink or store.