VO Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, grilled lobster, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
✨ Technical Specifications
Jacques Selosse's 'Version Originale' (VO) Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut is a masterclass in the expression of Grand Cru Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs, specifically the chalk-dense soils of Avize, Oger, and Cramant. Crafted as a blend of three successive vintages, VO undergoes extended lees aging—typically five to six years—before being disgorged with little to no dosage. Anselme Selosse's revolutionary approach, which treats Champagne with the respect of a still Burgundy wine, shines through in this cuvée. Fermented in oak casks using indigenous yeasts, the wine bypasses the standard industrial formula of Champagne to deliver a deeply vinous, oxidative, and intensely mineral-driven profile. It stands as a monument to terroir-driven winemaking, capturing the wild, untamed energy of the chalky soils and the visionary spirit of a producer who redefined the region's possibilities.
🍾 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%