Blanc de Blancs Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted turbot, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's Blanc de Blancs Brut represents a paradigm shift in the history of Champagne. Sourced from the legendary chalk soils of Côte des Blancs Grand Crus—primarily Avize, Cramant, and Oger—this cuvée is a testament to Anselme Selosse's revolutionary vision. Returning to the estate in 1974 after studying in Burgundy, Anselme rejected industrial methods, pioneering organic viticulture, exceptionally low yields, and wood fermentation. Rather than striving for a uniform house style, this Blanc de Blancs embraces vintage variation and terroir specificity. Aged in oak casks with active battonage and bottled with minimal dosage, it delivers a deeply vinous, oxidative, and intensely mineral-driven profile. It is a historic wine that single-handedly ignited the grower Champagne movement, offering a profound, structured expression of pure Chardonnay.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1949 by Jacques Selosse in the Grand Cru village of Avize, Domaine Jacques Selosse emerged as the spiritual vanguard of the grower Champagne revolution under the leadership of Jacques’ son Anselme, who took control in 1980, and grandson Guillaume. Spanning roughly 7.5 to 8 hectares across prime terroirs in Avize, Cramant, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Aÿ, Ambonnay, and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, the estate champions low yields and chemical-free viticulture rooted in organic and biodynamic principles aligned with lunar cycles. Selosse redefined Champagne vinification by applying Burgundian techniques, fermenting base wines with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels, extending lees contact, and embracing intentional oxidative maturation with minimal dosage. Renowned for its singular solera-aged Blanc de Blancs 'Substance' and parcel-specific Lieux-Dits collection (including Les Carelles and Sous le Mont), the domaine crafts vinosity and textural authority that capture pure, uncompromising chalk-driven minerality.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay 100%
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%