Rose Brut NV
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, seared salmon, charcuterie
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's Rosé Brut NV is a legendary, highly individualistic expression that challenges the traditional paradigms of rosé Champagne. Crafted by Anselme Selosse, this cuvée is primarily a Chardonnay-based Champagne sourced from the Grand Cru slopes of Avize, which is then blended with a small percentage of still Pinot Noir. In a beautiful testament to camaraderie among grower-producers, this still red wine has historically been sourced from Anselme's close friend, Francis Egly of Champagne Egly-Ouriet in Ambonnay. Fermented and aged in oak casks using indigenous yeasts, the wine undergoes a solera-like blending process before bottling. The result is a deeply vinous, copper-hued rosé characterized by Selosse's signature oxidative complexity, wild strawberry notes, exotic spices, and a profound, mineral-driven finish.
🍾 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, Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12%