Substance Blanc de Blancs
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's 'Substance' is a monumental achievement in Champagne, representing a radical departure from traditional blending. Created by the visionary Anselme Selosse, this Blanc de Blancs is crafted using a solera system, or perpetual reserve, initiated in 1986. Sourced from two prime Grand Cru parcels in Avize—Les Chantereines and Les Marans—the wine is designed to transcend individual vintage characteristics in pursuit of the ultimate expression of Avize's chalky terroir. The young wine of the current vintage is introduced into oak barrels containing the wines of previous years, dating back to the solera's inception. This painstaking process yields an incredibly complex, oxidative masterpiece defined by notes of dried fruits, toasted nuts, sea salt, and a profound, mineral-driven finish that challenges the very definition 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
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5%