Jean Wessel is a family-owned Champagne house founded in 1930. As a Recortemps Manipulant that grows its own grapes and handles its own vinification and sales, Jean Wessel is a producer that values the philosophy of Champagne making that has been handed down since its establishment. In fact, the house is also known for its love of Japan, and is famous for having chosen Japan as its first export destination in the 1990s.

Among the estate’s vineyards, the most noteworthy is the village of Bougie, which is designated as a Grand Cru. This is a region that produces powerful Pinot Noir of the highest quality.

While the basic stance of the house is to make every effort to cultivate high quality grapes, it is also strongly committed to activities that preserve the Champagne region, and is characterized by grape cultivation that combines “quality maintenance” and “environmental preservation”. In 2000, the use of herbicides was completely abolished, and in 2007, solar panels and rainwater recycling systems were installed.

Jean Wessel has a long history of making Champagne and is known for its high level of skill and attention to detail in the use of barrels, so much so that it has a dedicated barrel cellar. Incidentally, Jean Wessel offers its barrels not only for winemaking, but also as furniture. The work of breathing new life into used barrels as furniture, rather than disposing of them after they have been used, is also connected to the environmental preservation that the house is committed to.

The cuvée offered in the “Plan with Champagne” is “Brut Oeil de Perdry”. The “Brut Oeil de Perdry,” named after a partridge’s eye, is made from 100% Pinot Noir, and is the result of Jean Wessel’s persistence. It has a light rosé color with a hint of pink, produced by direct pressing. It is a rare Champagne with a natural and elegant fruitiness that has the best of both rosé and white, produced in the climate of Bougies, which is suitable for Pinot Noir. Why not taste the one and only Champagne made with Pinot Noir?