Lieux-dits Le Bout du Clos RP05
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Part of Anselme Selosse's legendary single-vineyard (lieu-dit) collection, Le Bout du Clos originates from a coveted plot in the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay. This terroir is celebrated for its chalky soils topped with clay, which impart a profound power and structural elegance to the wine. Primarily composed of Pinot Noir with a small touch of Chardonnay, this cuvée is crafted using Selosse's signature solera-like perpetual reserve system, where younger wines replenish older barrels. Fermented in oak casks with wild yeasts and minimal sulfur, it undergoes extended lees aging. The result is a breathtakingly complex Champagne, boasting an oxidative complexity, deep vinous texture, and a vibrant mineral core that redefines the boundaries of sparkling wine.
🍾 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