Lieux-Dits Les Chantereines
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted turbot with a rich butter sauce, aged Comté cheese, pan-seared sweetbreads
✨ Technical Specifications
The Lieux-Dits 'Les Chantereines' is an extraordinary, ultra-rare Blanc de Blancs sourced from a tiny, historic parcel in the Grand Cru village of Avize. The name 'Chantereines' translates to 'singing frogs,' a poetic nod to the historic marshy edges of the village where frogs would sing in the spring. Situated on a steep, east-facing slope with incredibly thin topsoil sitting directly on pure Campanian chalk, this vineyard yields Chardonnay of breathtaking mineral intensity. Anselme Selosse crafts this cuvée using a perpetual reserve (solera) system started in 2003, aging the wine in oak casks to develop his signature oxidative complexity. The result is a profound, multi-dimensional Champagne that captures the crystalline, saline, and deeply resonant soul of Avize terroir.
🍾 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
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%