Ployez-Jacquemart 'Parcellaire AB 390' 2018 Coteaux Champenois Extra Brut Meunier Ludes

750ml bottle
12% abv

Golden yellow with delicate effervescence. Aromas of marzipan, white flowers, and orchard peach. The palate is complex and deep, framed by gentle acidity and forward minerality which carry it through the long, elegant finish.

Dosage 4g/L
100% Meunier

Maison Ployez-Jacquemart presents a brand new collection: single-vineyard still wines – Coteau Champenois. A non-sparkling wine, this expresses in a non-sparkling format all the experience and expertise of the house.

This 100% Meunier parcel is called AB 390 in reference to the registration number of the village of Ludes. It’s a favourite plot of Ployez-Jacquemart’s, giving the grapes that grow there a unique character.

AB 390 is a charming plot located behind the Domaine Ployez-Jacquemart, in Ludes, a village classified as Premier Cru in the heart of the Montagne de Reims. The oldest Meunier grapes in this vineyard were planted in 1955 by Marce, the founder, and his son Gérard Ployez. The age and perfect ripeness of this parcel have enabled us to offer a great 2018 vintage. To balance the richness, freshness, and complexity of this fruity Meunier, the blend of this cuvée is made by two vinifications: 20% of the juice is vinified in oak barrels without the intervention of malolactic fermentation, in order to let the finesse, elegance, and freshness of the Meunier express itself. The remaining 80% is vinified in vats with malolactic fermentation to allow the full flavour of the Meunier to shine through.

2018: Early, high quality, high quantity. The Champagne harvest was truly exceptional. Thanks to the outstanding weather, the vines developed rapidly; flowering and then ripening benefited from ideal conditions and, at harvest time, the bunches were plentiful and in perfect health, with sugar and aromatic richness well above average.

Founded in Ludes in 1930, Ployez-Jacquemart is now led by Laurence Ployez. The family owns about three hectares in Ludes, Ville-Dommange, Mailly-Champagne, and Vertus, and complements these holdings with carefully selected Premier and Grand Cru fruit. Long cellar aging, low dosage, and the house's traditional sur-pointe storage preserve freshness and minerality, giving the wines a precise, gastronomic style rather than one built on overt richness.

"Third-generation winemaker Laurence Ployez doesn't make corporate, predictable Champagne. Working out of her family's historic estate, she vinifies strictly in un-oaked stainless steel using only pristine first-press juice – no wood makeup, no shortcuts. Her cellar regimen is uncompromising: the wine ages sur pointe (nose-to-punt) in 25-meter-deep chalk cellars to preserve piercing fruit intensity without getting bogged down by heavy lees." – Somm Select