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Champagne Jacquesson Avize Champ Caïn Blanc de Blancs

$506.46
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About this Wine

Jacquesson’s 2013 Avize Champ Caïn is a mind-bendingly brilliant Blanc de Blancs produced from a tiny 1.5 Ha Lieu-Dit composed of calcareous clay, sand and silt soils with chalk gravels in the Campania chalk. The Lieu-dit releases from Jacquesson are a singular expression of site that are only released in truly remarkable vintages, when the parcel stands out from the crowd but that will never detract from the benchmark 700 series release from the particular harvest if bottled separately. They are deep, intense and vinous wonders that when tasted blind, and in a particular circumstance, can easily be mistaken for some of the great (still) white wines from Burgundy.

The vineyard was planted in 1962 on a south-facing hillside with clay-sandy alluvial limestone soil with chalk gravel on Campanian chalk with a whopping 12,000 Chardonnay vines planted and pruned Taille Chablis.

The grapes were picked on 10th October 2013, 10.6% alc, 7.8 g/l acidity and as with all the terrific Lieu-Dit wines from this incredible grower, was slowly fermented in large old foudre for around 9 months, before an extended period of ageing under cork on lees – close to 9 years for this 2013 release, before disgorgement and with zero dosage added to the final wine. The wine then rests for a further period in the cool dark cellars in Dizy before release.

The result is a phenomenal interplay between power and precision. At once rich and complex but also with pulsating energy in every sip. Taut & saline, sleek yet mouth-filling at the same time it is a wine for the ages but delivers incredible drinking pleasure in its youth. This is as good as Champagne gets and deserves to be splashed around with joy and into as many glasses as possible. But, as always, these rare bottlings are perhaps an underappreciated gem in the lexicon of the conversation around top quality Champagne thanks to the infrequency of releases coupled with the tiny production when they are released.

Type Champagne & Sparkling
Varietal(s) Chardonnay
Country France
Region Champagne
Brand Champagne Jacquesson

Wines from Champagne

Associated with luxury, celebration, Champagne is where the world’s most prized sparkling wine originates. In the past it was very common for people to confuse the term Champagne and sparkling wine as they are so synonymous. By EU law however, only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region and under strict quality standards can legally be called by that name.

Sparkling wine produced the Champagne way, goes through secondary fermentation in the bottle. This is known as méthode champenoise or outside of Champagne it is called the traditional method. When the yeast inside the bottle have finished working, they die and become lees. The lees remain in contact with the wine until the winemaker decides to take them out, creating texture, richness, and complexity in the wine.

In comparison, the other popular way of fermenting sparkling wine is called the Charmat method where the fermentation happens en masse in a large tank and extended lees contact does not happen. . This is cheaper and rather than emphasizing richness and complexity, the tank method enhances clean fruit and aromatics, making wines that are youthful and easy drinking.

The principal grapes that go into making champagne include: Chardonnay (white), Pinot Noir (red) and Pinot Meunier (red). A Champagne made exclusively from Chardonnay will be labelled Blanc de blancs while ones comprised of only red grapes will be called Blanc de noirs. Whether it be white or rose however, most Champagne is made from a mix of both red and white grapes.

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Champagne Jacquesson

Champagne Jacquesson Avize Champ Caïn Blanc de Blancs

$506.46

Jacquesson’s 2013 Avize Champ Caïn is a mind-bendingly brilliant Blanc de Blancs produced from a tiny 1.5 Ha Lieu-Dit composed of calcareous clay, sand and silt soils with chalk gravels in the Campania chalk. The Lieu-dit releases from Jacquesson are a singular expression of site that are only released in truly remarkable vintages, when the parcel stands out from the crowd but that will never detract from the benchmark 700 series release from the particular harvest if bottled separately. They are deep, intense and vinous wonders that when tasted blind, and in a particular circumstance, can easily be mistaken for some of the great (still) white wines from Burgundy.

The vineyard was planted in 1962 on a south-facing hillside with clay-sandy alluvial limestone soil with chalk gravel on Campanian chalk with a whopping 12,000 Chardonnay vines planted and pruned Taille Chablis.

The grapes were picked on 10th October 2013, 10.6% alc, 7.8 g/l acidity and as with all the terrific Lieu-Dit wines from this incredible grower, was slowly fermented in large old foudre for around 9 months, before an extended period of ageing under cork on lees – close to 9 years for this 2013 release, before disgorgement and with zero dosage added to the final wine. The wine then rests for a further period in the cool dark cellars in Dizy before release.

The result is a phenomenal interplay between power and precision. At once rich and complex but also with pulsating energy in every sip. Taut & saline, sleek yet mouth-filling at the same time it is a wine for the ages but delivers incredible drinking pleasure in its youth. This is as good as Champagne gets and deserves to be splashed around with joy and into as many glasses as possible. But, as always, these rare bottlings are perhaps an underappreciated gem in the lexicon of the conversation around top quality Champagne thanks to the infrequency of releases coupled with the tiny production when they are released.

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