Cote Faron
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's Côte Faron is a legendary Blanc de Noirs that captures the intense, dramatic terroir of Aÿ. Originally released under the name 'Contraste,' this cuvée is sourced from a single, incredibly steep, south-facing parcel in Aÿ where the Pinot Noir vines struggle deeply into the chalky soils. Anselme Selosse applies his signature solera system to this wine—a perpetual reserve started in 1994—blending multiple vintages to achieve a profound depth of flavor. The wine undergoes fermentation in oak casks with indigenous yeasts and minimal intervention. The result is an oxidative, deeply complex masterpiece that defies traditional Champagne expectations, offering notes of bruised apple, toasted brioche, exotic spices, and a powerful, mineral-driven finish that reflects the sun-drenched slopes of its origin.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir