Carelles Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted poultry with morel mushrooms, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from a steep, south-facing hillside in the legendary Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, 'Les Carelles' is a masterclass in terroir-driven Champagne. The name of this lieu-dit refers to the square blocks of chalk historically quarried from this very hillside to build local homes. Anselme Selosse captures the intense minerality of this chalky soil by utilizing a solera-style perpetual reserve system initiated in 2003. This method blends the freshness of the most recent harvest with the depth and complexity of older vintages, all fermented and aged in oak casks. The result is an extraordinarily complex, oxidative, and deeply mineral Blanc de Blancs that challenges the traditional boundaries of Champagne.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12%