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 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