NV Jacques Selosse Initial
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grapenomad wrote:
Monday, October 19, 2020 - “Champagne on arrival” just got bumped up to a whole other dimension. Great to start a dinner with legends. Anselme Selosse is not just a winemaker, he’s creator of a new philosophy in Champagne, one that gave way to the ‘growers’ of today. He studied in Burgundy and brought a vineyard-centric focus to Champagne during an age of big houses and little attention to viticulture. He changed the course of this region forever. In the winery, he ferments all his base wines in wood, no yeast is added (even in the tirage stage), no sediments are lost and no MLF is done. “The most important thing is not what I do but what I don’t do. For me, there is no winemaking. I am just a butler, I am not a boss.”
This is a blend of three successive years, from the Grand Crus of Avize, Cramant and Oger. Disgorged in April 2019. Rare are the wines that suck you in both on the nose and on the palate, for hours on end. The nose is marked with a walnut-apple pie deliciousness with a bit of pear marmalade in the combo. I’m getting hungry just writing this. Killer energy and balance. Trademark oxidative notes, like a quality Sherry splashed into a Puligny. Still a very shy wine at this stage, I can just wonder how crazy good it will get in the upcoming years. UF!
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