Jacquesson was founded in 1798 in Châlons-sur-Marne by Claude and Memmie Jacquesson and is one of the oldest houses in Champagne. In the 19th century Adolphe Jacquesson made the house well known: in 1844 he patented the wire cage, the muselet, which still holds the cork in place today. Johann Joseph Krug worked here as cellar master before founding his own house. There is also a rumour that Napoleon held Jacquesson in particular esteem.
The house owes its present reputation to the Chiquet family. Jean Chiquet took it over in 1974 and moved the headquarters to Dizy. His sons Laurent and Jean-Hervé later carried it on. They put site and precision at the centre of everything. Since the end of 2022 Jacquesson has belonged to Artémis Domaines. The vineyards lie in Avize, Aÿ, Dizy, Oiry, Champillon and Hautvillers and have been organically certified since 2010.
The Cuvée 700 is famous. Until 1999 there was a classic non-vintage brut. Since 2000 it has been replaced by a numbered cuvée: each edition is built on a base year and completed with reserve wines. The first was Cuvée 728. The number is therefore not a vintage. Only the cuvée, the first pressing, is used, and the wines are aged in large oak casks. As a Dégorgement Tardif, the cuvée spends a further five years on the bottle under cork. Single-vineyard bottlings complete the range: Champ Caïn (Chardonnay, Avize), Corne Bautray (Chardonnay, Dizy), Vauzelle Terme (Pinot Noir, Aÿ) and Terres Rouges (Pinot Noir, Dizy).
