Lieux-dits Le Bout du Clos
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Grand Cru village of Ambonnay, Le Bout du Clos is one of Anselme Selosse's highly coveted single-vineyard Champagnes. This parcel is characterized by its chalky clay soils, which impart a profound structural power and intense minerality to the wine. Primarily composed of Pinot Noir with a small touch of Chardonnay, the wine is crafted using Selosse's signature perpetual reserve system, blending multiple vintages to achieve extraordinary depth. Fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak casks and bottled with minimal dosage, it offers a mesmerizingly complex profile of bruised orchard fruits, toasted brioche, exotic spices, and a deep, saline minerality that reflects the unique microclimate of Ambonnay.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay