Exquise
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
foie gras, pear tart, blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's 'Exquise' is a rare masterclass in the historical and often misunderstood Demi-Sec style. While modern trends lean heavily toward bone-dry Champagnes, Anselme Selosse created Exquise to honor the rich, sweeter profiles preferred during the Belle Époque. Sourced from the prestigious Grand Cru chalk soils of Avize and Oger in the Côte des Blancs, this exceptional Blanc de Blancs is crafted using Selosse's signature Burgundian methods, including fermentation in oak casks and wild yeasts. The higher dosage is masterfully balanced by the intense, natural acidity and deep minerality of the old-vine Chardonnay, resulting in a wine of incredible texture, complexity, and tension rather than simple sweetness.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12%