Jacquesson Extra Brut Champagne Cuvée 739 Dégorgement Tardif NV

95 points Yohan Castaing (Decanter): "Based on the 2011 vintage, sourced 60% from Hautvilliers, Aÿ, and Dizy, and 40% from Avize and Oiry. The 739 DT cuvée possesses a complex, elegant and fresh nose with apricot, pastry, smoke, oak, walnuts, honey and white fruits aromas. With 96 months on lees, the palate has a creamy texture and a profound structure, with both terrific and vibrant balance. An elegantly fleshy and precise core with an underlying chalky texture gives a calcareous finish. Drinking Window: 2022-2025. (Jul 2021)"

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The Jacquesson “Cuvée 739 Dégorgement Tardif” is from the base year of 2011 and spent fully eight years aging sur latte prior to its disgorgement in June of 2020. It was also finished with a tiny dosage of .75 grams per liter. The wine now offers up a beautifully complex bouquet of apple, fresh-baked bread, sweet nutskin, plenty of smokiness, a complex base of chalky soil tones and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core, excellent soil undertow, refined mousse and a long, beautifully balanced and wide open finish. The extra time spent in the Jacquesson cellars in Dizy aging on the fine lees has allowed this wine to really relax structurally, so that the wine is drinking with generosity and beautiful complexity. 2021-2045. (Sep/Oct 2021)"