Lieux-Dits Collectio
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comte cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Jacques Selosse Lieux-Dits Collection is an extraordinary masterclass in Champagne terroir, conceived by Anselme Selosse to showcase the distinct personalities of six specific single-vineyard plots across the Montagne de Reims, Vallee de la Marne, and Cote des Blancs. This highly coveted collection includes three Blanc de Blancs (Les Carelles in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Les Chantereines in Avize, and Chemin de Chalons in Cramant) and three Blanc de Noirs (La Cote Faron in Ay, Le Bout du Clos in Ambonnay, and Sous le Mont in Mareuil-sur-Ay). Utilizing a solera-like system of fractional blending for many of these cuvees, Selosse captures the eternal essence of each site rather than a single year's climate. The wines are fermented in oak casks with indigenous yeasts and minimal dosage, resulting in an incredibly complex, oxidative, and vinous style 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
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier