Lieux-Dits Cote Faron Disgorged
⏳ Drinking Window & Cellar Guidance
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years after its disgorgement date, though its exceptional structure allows it to develop further complexity over decades.
🍽️ Culinary Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary steep, south-facing slopes of the Grand Cru village of Aÿ, Côte Faron is a masterclass in Blanc de Noirs Champagne. Originally released under the name 'Contraste', this cuvée is part of Anselme Selosse's highly coveted Lieux-Dits collection, designed to showcase the distinct personality of individual parcels. Crafted from 100% Pinot Noir using a solera-style perpetual reserve system initiated in the mid-1990s, the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in oak casks. This traditional, low-intervention approach yields a remarkably vinous, oxidative, and multi-dimensional Champagne. It offers a profound sensory journey, balancing the natural power and red-fruit structure of Aÿ Pinot Noir with Selosse's signature mineral precision and complex autolytic depth.
🍾 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.