The First Day of Christmas: A reasonably priced vintage champagne

The house of Jacquart was launched in 1962 by a group of 30 families living mainly in the region of Champagne called Côtes des Blancs, where, as it sounds, the chardonnay grape dominates. Thirty-eight years later, that small cohort had grown to 700 families that draw on 350

hectares (about 864 acres) in 60 separate crus. The company occupies a noble-look…