Disgorgement 10/14/2024

Previous Disgorgements:

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): “The base year 2012 version of Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Quality Brut included sixteen percent reserve wines in it in this year. The final cpages turned out to be forty-two percent pinot noir, thirty-six percent chardonnay and twenty-two percent pinot meunier. This is the original disgorgement, which Laurence Ployez sent to me from the cellars in Ludes and was probably disgorged in October of 2017. The wine is drinking beautifully today, offering up a deep, vibrant and still quite youthful bouquet of apple, pear, almond, brioche, a complex base of chalky soil tones, a lovely touch of beeswax, white flowers and just a whisper of influence from the oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and complex, with a stunning core of fruit, a fine spine of acidity, utterly refined mousse, precise focus and a very long, vibrant and impeccably balanced finish. As this wine sits in the glass, it starts to show a bit of candied lemon like one finds in mature vintages of Raveneau Chablis. This beautiful vintage of Extra Quality Brut still has decades and decades of life ahead of it and will still improve with further bottle age! 2023-2050. (Sep/Oct 2023)”

92 pointsWine Spectator: “A minerally Champagne, with smoke and brine notes underscoring crunchy green apple, black raspberry, brioche and marzipan flavors. The bright finish is driven by firm, lemony acidity. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Disgorged June 2022. Drink now through 2026. (12/15/23)”

“The grower house Ployez-Jacquemart is now just under 100 years old since its founding in 1930 by Marcel Ployez and his wife, Yvonne Jacquemart. All the fruit comes from and is made by the estate. The Extra Quality Brut is a dry 5 g/L bubble, blending 60/15/25 pinot meunier, pinot noir, and chardonnay selected from Premier and Grands Crus villages only that spends 48 months in the cellars at A. Expect an understated, subtle, dry champagne with a creamy texture and a stream of pure fruity, chalky, mineral, and lees flavour with a honeyed, toasted almond undercurrent. A gastronomic champagne that is ready to drink but best with small bites of food. (Anthony Gismondi).” –91/100,Gismondi on Wine

The latest release of Ployez-Jacquemart’s emblematic NV Extra Quality Brut was disgorged with around five grams per liter dosage after three years on the lees. Mingling aromas of orange oil and fresh peach with hints of brioche and smoke, it’s medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with a tightly wound core, racy acids and a dry, chalky finish. It will show even better after an additional year or two on cork.