Offered DEC 21st, 2017

Ployez-Jacquemart Blanc de Blancs 2005
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$65 per bottle

93+ points View From the Cellar: “The 2005 Ployez-Jacquemart Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut is aging very gracefully and starting to really blossom on the palate with a bit more bottle age. This wine spent six years on its fine lees, so it was probably disgorged in the latter half of 2012 and is now really coming into its own on both the nose and palate. The bouquet is starting to show some secondary layers of complexity in its blend of apple, pear, almond paste, chalky minerality, a bit of caraway seed, plenty of smokiness and a discreet touch of oak (from the vins clairs in the cuvée that were barrel-fermented). On the palate, the wine is deep, full-bodied and still beautifully structured, with a fine chassis of acidity, impeccable focus and grip, very refined mousse, a rock-solid core and outstanding length and grip on the complex finish. This is drinking very well, but is clearly built to age and will be even better with a bit more time in the cellar. A very high-class bottle of bubbly.”

Ployez-Jacquemart Brut Extra Quality NV
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$35 per bottle

92 points View From the Cellar: “The current release of Ployez-Jacquemart non-vintage Brut is from the base year of 2009, with thirty percent of the blend hailing from the previous vintage. The cépages is forty percent each of chardonnay and pinot noir and twenty percent pinot meunier and was finished with a dosage of 5.2 grams per liter. The wine offers up the classic Ployez precision on the nose in its constellation of pear, a touch of tangerine, brioche, chalky minerality, a touch of citrus zest and a smoky topnote. On the palate, the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and vibrant, with a fine core, elegant mousse and excellent length and grip on the complex finish. Fine, fine juice, with immediate appeal, as it is based on the generous and quite high quality 2009 vintage. “

Ployez-Jacquemart Brut Liesse d’Harbonville 1998
24 bottles available (OCB (12))
$140 per bottle

94 points View From the Cellar: “The 1998 Liesse d’Harbonville from Ployez-Jacquemart has blossomed beautifully since the last time I tasted it and is now showing great class on both the nose and palate. The pure and utterly refined bouquet delivers a mélange of apple, pear, a touch of patissière, a complex base of minerally soil tones, gentle smokiness, a touch of orange zest and a nice touch of fresh almond in the upper register. On the palate, the wine is pure, full-bodied and very complex, with a rock-solid core, impeccable focus and balance, refined mousse, crisp acids and excellent length and grip on the pure and racy finish. Great juice that still has decades of life ahead of it, but which has really begun to drink brilliantly at age seventeen.”

Ployez-Jacquemart Brut Liesse d’Harbonville 1999
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$125 per bottle

95 points View From the Cellar: “The 1999 Ployez-Jacquemart “Liesse d’Harbonville” is its customary blend of seventy percent chardonnay and thirty percent pinot noir, with all of the vins clairs barrel-fermented and aged for six months in the cellars in two and three-year-old barrels. The wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation and is aged for more than twelve years on the lees prior to disgorgement. The 1999 bottling offers up a deep and very classy nose of pear, delicious apple, buttery overtones from the oak, brioche, crème patissière, complex minerality, a bit of hazelnut and a topnote of gentle smokiness. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and very racy (from its non-malo personality), with a great core of fruit, broad shoulders (from the ’99 vintage’s ripeness), very refined mousse and stunning complexity on the very long, poised and perfectly balanced finish. The ripeness of 1999 is mostly felt here in terms of the breadth of the attack and the rock solid nature of the wine in the mid-palate, but I also get the sense that this fine vintage of Liesse d’Harbonville will mature on a faster track than wines such as the 1995 or 1996, and will probably be at its apogee within the next three or four years. It is a stellar example of the ’99 vintage.”

Ployez-Jacquemart Brut Liesse d’Harbonville 2000
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$115 per bottle

94+ points View From the Cellar: “The 2000 vintage of Ployez-Jacquemart’s Tête de Cuvée is composed of its customary blend of two-thirds chardonnay and equal amounts of pinot noir and pinot meunier to make up the balance, with all of the vins clairs barrel-fermented, do not go through malo and the wine is finished off with a dosage of three grams per liter. It was aged at least ten years sur latte prior to disgorgement. The very complex bouquet of the 2000 Liesse wafts from the glass in a refined constellation of white peach, apple, fresh-baked bread, a touch of nuttiness, lovely soil tones, incipient smokiness and a whisper of buttery oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full and complex, with an excellent core of fruit, superb soil signature, frothy mousse, excellent focus and grip and a very long, bright and well-balanced finish. This is starting to drink with great breed, but will continue to cruise along for decades to come.”

Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Brut 2005
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$65 per bottle

93+ points View From the Cellar: “The 2005 Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Brut is comprised of a blend of half chardonnay and half pinot noir and pinot meunier (the breakdown of the black grapes was not available) and the wine spent at least six years on the lees prior to disgorgement. The wine offers up a fine bouquet of apple, gentle tangerine, beautifully complex soil tones, a dollop of brioche and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and still quite youthful, with an excellent core of fruit, brisk acids, great focus and grip, refined, pinpoint bubbles and lovely bounce and nascent complexity on the very long minerally finish. This is outstanding juice, but like so many 2005 vintage-dated bottlings, it is still a bit on the young side for primetime drinking and I would tuck it away for at least a couple more years before starting to drink it. It will be stellar at its apogee.”

Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Brut Passion NV
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$45 per bottle

92 points Vinous: “Pale yellow. High-pitched citrus fruit and quince aromas are complemented by chalky mineral and jasmine notes. Dry and racy on entry, then fleshier in the middle, offering and array of citrus and orchard fruit flavors and a hint of iodine. Closes tangy and very long, with impressive clarity and punch.”

Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Brut Rose NV
36 bottles available (OCB (12))
$45 per bottle

92+ points View From the Cellar: “The new release of the Ployez-Jacquemart non-vintage Extra Brut Rosé is another absolutely beautiful bottle of rosé. The cépages is a rather unique and compelling blend of fifty-five percent pinot meunier, thirty-nine percent chardonnay and six percent pinot noir, with ten percent of the blend made up of still red wines (a combination of pinot noir and pinot meunier). As is typical with this bottling, the color is a delicate, pale salmon and the bouquet is absolutely superb, offering up an aromatic constellation of tangerine, white cherry, chalky minerality, bread dough, orange peel and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and complex, with a fine core, lovely focus and grip, very elegant mousse and a long, poised and complex finish. Lovely juice.”