Lieux-Dits Sous le Mont NV
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's Lieux-Dits 'Sous le Mont' is a masterclass in terroir-driven Champagne, originating from a single, steeply sloped parcel in the historic Premier Cru village of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. Celebrated for its unique terroir, this east-facing vineyard features chalky soils heavily influenced by magnesium, which imparts a distinctive, slightly savory, and subtly bitter mineral edge to the wine. Anselme Selosse, a pioneer who revolutionized Champagne by treating it first and foremost as a still wine of place, crafts this cuvée using a perpetual reserve (solera) system. This method blends multiple vintages to capture the eternal spirit of the vineyard rather than the variation of a single harvest. Fermented in oak casks with indigenous yeasts and bottled with little to no dosage, 'Sous le Mont' is a highly individualistic, vinous, and oxidative Blanc de Noirs that challenges and redefines the traditional boundaries of Champagne.
🍾 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