Jacquesson

Jacquesson was founded in 1798 in Dizy by Memmie Jacquesson, just before Champagne's nineteenth-century commercial expansion. The Maison achieved an early prestige association in 1810 when Napoleon, on his way through the region, ordered a personal supply of Jacquesson Champagne. The house grew through the nineteenth century but suffered through the twentieth, with multiple ownership changes and a steady decline in commercial reputation. The Maison's modern recovery began with the Chiquet family acquisition in 1974.

• Founded 1798 in Dizy by Memmie Jacquesson
• Documented 1810 commission from Napoleon during a regional visit
• Nineteenth-century commercial expansion followed by twentieth-century decline
• Multiple ownership changes through the early-mid twentieth century

Jean-Hervé and Laurent Chiquet acquired Jacquesson in 1974 from a previous owner who had let the Maison's quality and reputation drift. The brothers spent the following decades rebuilding the Maison's vineyard portfolio (acquiring parcels in Dizy, Avize, Aÿ, and elsewhere) and reformulating the commercial range. The Chiquet brothers' most consequential decision came in the early 2000s when they retired the Maison's NV cuvée and replaced it with the Numbered Cuvée system. The brothers retained operational leadership through the Artémis sale in 2022.

• Chiquet brothers Jean-Hervé and Laurent acquired Jacquesson in 1974
• Rebuilt the Maison's vineyard portfolio over subsequent decades
• Acquired parcels in Dizy, Avize, Aÿ for estate-led blending
• Brothers retained operational leadership through Artémis sale in 2022

The Numbered Cuvée system, launched with Cuvée 728 (the 728th composition since the Maison's commercial conception), replaces conventional NV with edition-numbered cuvées. Each Cuvée number represents a distinct multi-vintage composition: Cuvée 728 was based on the 2000 vintage with reserve wines; Cuvée 729 on the 2001 vintage; and so on, with each subsequent number released annually. The Chiquet brothers committed to disclosing each Cuvée's blend percentages, base-vintage proportions, and reserve-wine composition publicly, an unusual commercial transparency in Champagne. Recent editions are in the mid-740s as of late 2025. The system replaces the conventional house-style consistency of NV with batch-by-batch transparency.

• Numbered Cuvée system launched with Cuvée 728 (729 in some sources, 728 most commonly cited)
• Each Cuvée number represents a distinct multi-vintage composition
• Blend percentages and reserve-wine composition publicly disclosed for each Cuvée
• Recent editions in the mid-740s as of late 2025

Beyond the Numbered Cuvées, Jacquesson produces single-vineyard prestige cuvées drawing on the Maison's estate parcels. Corne Bautray (Dizy Chardonnay) and Champ Caïn (Dizy Chardonnay) are the two most consistent single-vineyard releases, both showing the village's chalk-marl character with significant oak fermentation contribution under the Maison's signature winemaking approach. Vauzelle Terme (Aÿ Pinot Noir) and Dizy Terres Rouges (Aÿ Pinot Noir Coteaux Champenois) extend the single-vineyard range. The Maison's single-vineyard work positions Jacquesson alongside the leading grower-bottlers (Selosse, Larmandier-Bernier) at the terroir-led prestige tier despite the Maison's négociant taxonomy.

• Corne Bautray and Champ Caïn: single-vineyard Dizy Chardonnay cuvées
• Vauzelle Terme: single-vineyard Aÿ Pinot Noir Champagne
• Dizy Terres Rouges: Coteaux Champenois rouge from Aÿ Pinot Noir
• Significant oak fermentation contribution across single-vineyard cuvées

In 2022, Jacquesson was acquired by Artémis Domaines, the wine portfolio of the Pinault family (the same family that owns Kering and Christie's). Artémis Domaines also acquired Bouchard Père et Fils in Burgundy at around the same time, building a multi-region wine group. The Chiquet brothers retained operational leadership through the transition, with the Numbered Cuvée system and single-vineyard release calendar continuing under the new corporate parent. Critical reception of Jacquesson has remained strong through the ownership change, with the Maison treated as a Maison-tier producer with grower-Champagne ambitions and transparency, a unique position within the broader Champagne commercial landscape.