Lieux-Dits Cote Faron RP04
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine 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, Jacques Selosse's 'Côte Faron' is a masterclass in Blanc de Noirs Champagne. Originally released under the name 'Contraste,' this cuvée is crafted entirely from Pinot Noir and aged using a perpetual reserve system, a method Anselme Selosse famously championed to express the multi-dimensional depth of terroir over individual vintage variation. The Côte Faron vineyard is renowned for its intense sun exposure and chalk-dominant soils, which impart a powerful, vinous structure balanced by a striking, saline minerality. Highly oxidative, complex, and deeply textured, this Champagne represents a revolutionary approach to sparkling winemaking, offering notes of bruised apple, toasted brioche, and exotic spices.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%