Laurent Chiquet

Coming Up

At Champagne Jacquesson, cellar work starts with grape provenance. Laurent Chiquet has said the quality of the wines is directly linked to where the grapes come from, and that principle shapes the house’s method under his watch. The emphasis is on continuity, not display: a style built from source, handled with restraint, and carried through the cellar with deliberate control. That approach gives aging a clear role in the work. Patience is treated as part of the process, not as a pause between stages. Under Laurent Chiquet, each harvest is allowed room to develop in more than one phase, with time used as a tool for structure and depth rather than as an afterthought.

Where They Are Now

Champagne Jacquesson is marked by precision and restraint, and Laurent Chiquet’s place there is defined by active stewardship. The work is measured, but not passive: it depends on close attention, continuity, and a cellar logic that lets time do specific work. That logic is explicit in his own words: each harvest can live two lives, with two different periods of aging. For a Champagne house, that means accepting slow development as part of the style. The result is a method that trusts nuance to emerge over time, provided the grapes are chosen and handled with care.

Signature

Laurent's signature wines include Cuvée 700, Cuvée 728, Cuvée 740, Cuvée 741, and Cuvée 744. Taken together, those cuvées show a serial, cumulative way of working: each release extends the same house language rather than breaking from it. The sequence reads like a record of cellar decisions, with each bottling carrying the marks of the house’s ongoing approach.

In Their Words “Because patience is always rewarded, each harvest has the chance to live two lives, with two different periods of aging.” “The quality of the wines is directly linked to the provenance of the grapes.”