2000 produced elegant, well-balanced wines. The variety and quality of different chardonnays from villages such as Cuis, Cramant, Oger, Mesnil sur Oger, Bisseuil, Tauxières and Ludes allowed Ployez to compose a beautiful vintage blanc de blancs. Matured in the cellars for six years, with four years stacked nose-to-punt, which reduces contact with the yeasts while maintaining all the benefits of ageing before disgorgement. Fine mousse, gold with a sparkle of green and light amber. The nose is voluptuous, rich and mature, the palate full and generous.
Rated four stars by Robert Parker Jr.’s Wine Advocate, the same as Billecart Salmon, Jacquesson and Perrier Jouet. Leading French wine magazine La Revue du Vin de France agrees with Parker’s assessment, last year ranking Ployez-Jacquemart 14th of all champagne houses -- the only boutique producer in the top 25.
The magazine said: “With a blanc de blancs at the helm that is superb in its complexity and depth, the champagnes from this house are highly recommended. Thanks to a very discreet dosage and a long ageing in bottle before they are sold, the wines combine purity and richness. The Brut Extra Quality deserves its name. Very much marked by pinot, it is champagne that is rich and creamy. The Cuvée Liesse d'Harbonville, showing more chardonnay character and vinified in oak casks, is in full blossom and of a beautiful precision.”
The hallmark of champagnes from Ployez-Jacquemart in the village of Ludes is brilliant fruit that doesn’t need much dosage. They are tight, lean, and elegant and show great finesse from an extra-long maturation on lees in deep, cold cellars. Ployez-Jacquemart is a family-run champagne house, established in 1930 by the husband and wife team of Marcel Ployez and Yvonne Jacquemart. The winemaker now is their granddaughter, Laurence Ployez. Intense pride in her product and heritage are the cornerstones of a traditional approach to champagne production.
Matured in the cellars for six years, with four years stacked nose-to-punt, which reduces contact with the lees while maintaining all the benefits of ageing before disgorgement.
A bracing structure and supple mousse pick up a chalky feel as this wine plays out across the palate. Buttered popcorn, pencil shavings and grapefruit provide the flavour spectrum. It all comes together on the elegant, smoky finish. 90/N-2024. Bruce Sanderson, The Wine Spectator