Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted turbot, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's Blanc de Blancs Brut NV is a masterclass in terroir-driven Champagne. Sourced from the legendary Grand Cru villages of Avize, Cramant, and Oger, this wine is crafted from three distinct vintages and aged in oak casks—a Burgundian technique pioneered by Anselme Selosse that shocked the region in the 1970s. Rejecting the standardized, highly manipulated styles of the era, Selosse embraced low yields, indigenous yeasts, and minimal dosage. The result is a Champagne of extraordinary vinous depth, characterized by an oxidative complexity, notes of bruised apple, toasted brioche, and a profound, chalky minerality that reflects the pure limestone soils of the Côte des Blancs.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in the 1950s by Jacques Selosse and propelled to legendary status by his visionary son Anselme Selosse, Domaine Jacques Selosse is based in the Grand Cru village of Avize in the heart of Champagne's Côte des Blancs. Anselme took over the estate in 1980 after studying in Burgundy, fundamentally revolutionizing the grower Champagne movement through meticulous, non-interventionist viticulture, minimal yields, and native yeast fermentations in oak barrels. Renowned for a singular, vinous, and lightly oxidative style, the house crafts profoundly complex cuvées, including the solera-aged Substance, the precise Initial and Version Originale, and an acclaimed collection of single-parcel Lieux-dits. Today, along with Anselme's son Guillaume, the domaine continues to set the benchmark for terroir-focused, artisanal Champagne with unrivaled depth and expressive minerality.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay 100%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12%