April 19, 2024 - I'm a fan and this was a fun bottle. Intensive, rich, oxidative style.
April 5, 2024 - Method: tasted at the domaine (in the cellar) with Anselme; disg. 2018
Nose: nuts, baking spice, brown apple, brown butter, caramel
Palate: salted caramel, brown butter, browned red apple; long finish of nuts, mineral, light salt; full- vinous, creamy body; medium strength pinpoint bubbles; medium+ to high- acidity; low- tannins
Overall thoughts: Wow! Insane complexity, richness, and mouthfeel, with great structure and balance to keep everything honest. 97... almost 98 points. Truly excellent wine!
April 3, 2024 - 2023 disgorged. This is drinking wonderfully well. Complex aromatics of spice, orchard fruits, candied peel and chalk. So deep, rich and powerful with no excess weight. Great presence and drive and a very long, chalky finish.
April 3, 2024 - 18 disgorge. Everything that has been praised about this cuvee has been mentioned here. Nothing more to add. Nutty, oxidative, creme brulee, spiced pear, big vinous nose only matched by an equally vinous bottle, without a mineral, reductive, salty finish. Consistent showing, quite fabulous, and truly classic of Selosse.
March 31, 2024 - Disg 08 base 01
Smokey lard and leesy scents introduce a citrusy, overtly complex mouthfeel, with plenty of tension from a top of the slope plot in Avize. Marvellous depth of flavors here.
February 22, 2024 - May 2022 disgorgement. Wow, what a great wine! Deep nose with lemon, slightly oxidative flavors, minerals, brioche, apple, chamomile, and dried flowers. Great acidity with a hint of nuts, more lemon, crushed rocks, apple, orange, and a hint of smoke that emerged with air. Long and lingering finish. Fantastic wine that has a lot going on but it never loses precision. Amazing experience and consistent with previous bottles.
February 12, 2024 - Opened at L'Envol in HK. P&P and slowly enjoyed over dinner.
Very good Champagne, very Selosse. No extensive notes taken - this wine was somewhat overshadowed by the big red line-up that came immediately after. However, I did note that this gets better with a bit of air. Would be very keen to revisit when there's a less crowded line-up, letting me focus more on this wine as it evolves.
January 26, 2024 - A 2023 disgorged bottle. Complex aromatics of candied citrus, chalk, peach and cumquat. The palate is explosive, so rich and intense. It builds and finishes with loads of chalk and is super saline. Simply wonderful.
January 19, 2024 - not blind, disg. 2002
A perfect bottle, multi layered, deep, powerful in nose and the beginning but the finish is surprisingly fresh. Bottle was very quickly finished. 99
January 14, 2024 - Incredible, structured, elegant