At a glance
- Grapes
- Macabeo, Xarello, Parellada, Ugni Blanc
- Style
- traditional-method sparkling · sparkling only
- Visits
- To be confirmed
The house
Editorial review · reviewed on October 11, 2026Everything bottled at Bodegas Jacques & Cie has bubbles. The house makes only traditional-method sparkling wine in the Tequisquiapan valley, with the second fermentation in the bottle inside an underground cellar that the press places about 82 ft (25 m) underground.
It presents itself as a house with French DNA and Mexican blood. In 1873, according to the house, an ancestor of the Jacques family bought a vineyard in the Barcelonnette valley, in the French Alps, and generations later Joseph Jacques planted his own in Tequisquiapan. In 2025 the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles awarded silver medals to its Brut and its Extra Brut, both from the 2023 vintage.
The wines
Only traditional-method sparkling wine, aged on the lees. The range runs from the Brut Nature, with no added sugar, to the sweeter Néctar, by way of the Brut, the Extra Brut, and the Brut Rosé.
Sparkling
Brut
Macabeo, Xarello, Parellada
2023 vintage, with 60% Macabeo, 20% Xarello, and 20% Parellada. Silver in Brussels 2025.
Sparkling
Extra Brut
Macabeo, Xarello, Ugni Blanc
2023 vintage, with 60% Macabeo, 20% Xarello, and 20% Ugni Blanc. Silver in Brussels 2025.
Sparkling
Brut Nature
No added sugar, aged on the lees.
Sparkling
Brut Rosé
Sparkling
Néctar
The sweetest in the range.
Grapes it works with
- Macabeo
- Xarello
- Parellada
- Ugni Blanc
- In the vineyard and the cellar
- second fermentation in the bottle, in an underground cellar
What to taste
The 2023 Brut, from Macabeo, Xarello, and Parellada, which won silver in Brussels in 2025, and the Brut Nature, with no added sugar.
Awards
- SilverConcours Mondial de Bruxelles · Brut 20232025
- SilverConcours Mondial de Bruxelles · Extra Brut 20232025
The visit
We have not yet confirmed whether it receives visitors. Ask before you go.
We have not yet confirmed how to book a visit to the cellar. Ask before you go.
Getting there
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