Ployez-Jacquemart

  • Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France
Ployez-Jacquemart
  • ...one of the best-kept secrets in the realm of world class bubbly. The wines have never varied from their classic, complex and beautifully balanced style that emphasizes stunning purity of fruit, superb minerality, gentle leesy tones, very refined mousse and simply stunning complexity.”

    —John Gilman, View From the Cellar

Laurence Ployez is a third-generation winemaker at her family's estate, which was established in 1930. Ployez-Jacquemart owns 2.15 hectares of Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in Ludes and Mailly-Champagne in the Montagne de Reims, known for its classic chalk slopes; in addition, Laurence purchases Premier Cru and Grand Cru grapes from 12 hectares of vineyards from growers that the family has worked with for over 20 years. All of the work in the vineyards is done by hand, from the beginning of the growing season until the grapes are harvested.

Unlike most producers in Champagne, she strives to keep the characteristic of each vintage even in her NV blends and only uses a very small amount of reserve wine, if any at all. Only first press juice goes into the Ployez-Jacquemart wines. A light filtration is used for wines produced in vats, but no filtration is used on wines aged in wooden barrels. The wines undergo a very slow bottle fermentation in a 25-meter-deep cellar, giving them extremely fine bubbles. Wines are aged nose-to-punt, or sur pointe, in lieu of being aged on their side; aging sur pointe provides the antioxidative and aging benefits of the lees while not allowing the wines to become too rich from the lees contact. When the wines are ready to be disgorged, after up to 12 years in the cellar, only a very minimal dosage is added, typically 3-4grams per liter. Ployez-Jacquemart's goal is to leave the structure of each wine intact, allowing the true character and personality of the harvest to shine through. 

Ployez-Jacquemart is regularly recognized as a top producer by Peter Liem, Jancis Robinson, Revue de Vin de FranceView from the CellarThe Wine Advocate, and The Wine Spectator

www.ployez-jacquemart.fr

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DB8581-NV
JG:94+ WA:94 WS:93
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne "Granite" Extra Brut
NV
Chardonnay
Champagne Ployez-Jacquemart celebrated it 90th anniversary in 2020. To mark this occasion, Laurence Ployez began planning years ago, a...
France

DB9343-10
VFTC:94 WS:94
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs
2010
Chardonnay
100% Chardonnay from 1er Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in Reims and the Côte des Blancs. The variety and quality of the different Chardonnay...
France

DB0113-NV
JG:92 VM:91 WS:92
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Extra Quality Brut
NV
Chardonnay
60% Pinot Meunier, 15% Pinot Noir, and 25% Chardonnay exclusively from Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards. The Meunier and Pinot Noir...
France

DB8579-02
JG:96
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne “Liesse d`Harbonville” Brut
2002
Chardonnay
Ployez-Jacquemart’s Tête de Cuvée. Primary fermentation takes place in 225L casks (2nd and 3rd year). 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir and...
France

DB8579-04
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne “Liesse d`Harbonville” Brut
2004
Chardonnay
Ployez-Jacquemart’s Tête de Cuvée. Primary fermentation takes place in 225L casks (2nd and 3rd year). 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir and...
France

DB0220-NV
JG:92 VM:90 WC:92 WS:92
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Extra Brut Rosé
NV
Pinot Meunier
Based on the 2015 vintage. 39% Chardonnay, 51% Pinot Noir, plus 10% still Pinot Noir from Avenay, which was aged in oak barrels.  
France

DB6811-16
WS:94 JG:94
Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Meunier 'Parcelle AB390' Extra Brut
2016
Pinot Meunier
The Parcelle AB390 is from a special site just next to the winery in Ludes. It's 100% Meunier that was planted in the 1950's. It's now...
France