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Food Pairing

Seafood, Salads, Consommes

Top vintages From 1973 to 2013

2006 ›  100 Tb
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1973 ›  96 Tb
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2008 ›  95 Tb
1999 ›  95 Tb
Average 96.56 Tb

The Story

The Selosse Champagne House was founded in 1964, when Jacques Selosse and his wife created the house's first wine. Ten years later, the torch was passed to his son Anselme Selosse, who completed his studies in Oenology in Burgundy and in the 1980s began a revolutionary transformation of his parents' domain. His fundamental philosophy was at that time radical in Champagne, and it has its clear Burgundian traces - Anselme believes, in fact, that...

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Vintage 2013

The Champagne harvest 2013– late, but potentially outstanding

It has been another strange year for Champagne, starting with a cold, wet winter, followed by a gloomy, chilly spring with a lot of rain. Vine development started two weeks behind the ten-year average, and never made up for that lost time.

Along the way came a hot dry summer, boosting fruit quality thanks to the most sunshine ever recorded in Champagne in July and August.

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An extraordinary, highly elusive unicorn release from Anselme and Guillaume Selosse, this 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay (sourced from old-vine plots in Avize) spent over a decade in cellars after barrel fermentation with indigenous yeasts and minimal intervention, representing the pinnacle of artisanal Champagne winemaking.

The nose is profound, oxidative, and wildly complex, opening with dried apricot, candied Meyer lemon, and grilled fig, seamlessly intertwined with signature Selosse signatures of salted caramel, walnut oil, toasted brioche, pipe tobacco, and an overwhelming wave of crushed-chalk minerality. On the palate, the wine possesses monumental concentration and physical grip. A micro-fine, velvety mousse gives way to an intensely vinous core of stone fruit, citrus oil, and savory spice, perfectly countered by the electrifying, razor-sharp beam of 2013 acidity that drives the entire palate forward. It finishes with immense length, bone-dry, salivary, and deeply mineral, echoing for minutes with notes of dried orange peel, umami, and wet limestone.


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Origin

Avize, Champagne

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