Sous le Mont Extra Brut NV
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Part of Anselme Selosse's legendary single-vineyard (lieu-dit) series, 'Sous le Mont' is a masterclass in terroir-driven Champagne. Sourced from a historic, steep, east-facing parcel in the premier cru village of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, this Blanc de Noirs is defined by its unique soil, which is rich in calcium carbonate and magnesium. This distinct geological profile imparts a fascinating, savory, and almost salty mineral character to the Pinot Noir, steering it away from simple red-fruit heaviness toward notes of bitter orange, exotic spices, and toasted nuts. Crafted using Selosse's signature Burgundian approach, the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak casks and aged using a perpetual reserve (solera) system, resulting in an incredibly complex, oxidative, and deeply intellectual Champagne of singular character.
🍾 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 100%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%