Jacquesson's 747 draws its character from the Pinots, a consequence of spring frost that decimated their Chardonnay vines in 2019, bringing weight and red-fruit minerality to this bone-dry blend from Champagne's most hallowed terroirs. The structure is all Pinot grip and persistence, a house that has spent two centuries perfecting what happens when you let the grapes, not the recipe, lead. Pure Champagne discipline, frost-year and all.
About the Producer
Jacquesson is one of Champagne’s most venerable houses, not only predating Krug, but giving birth to it, when in 1843 Johann-Joseph Krug left Jacquesson to form his own house. But despite more than 200 years of history, Jacquesson has become a revolutionary among Champagne ’ s established houses, under the leadership of brothers Laurent and Jean-Hervé Chiquet, who took over from their father in the 1980 ’ s. Since then, the house has adopted a herbicide-free, terroir -based philosophy.