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Jacques Selosse Lieux-Dits Collection

$5,750.00
  • Producer
    Jacques Selosse
  • Vintage
    Non Vintage
  • Region
    Champagne
  • Size
    Bottle
SKU: SELCOLEC1

Anselme Selosse’s ancestors have been growing grapes in Avize for centuries, but it was not until 1959 that his father, Jacques, became the first in the family to produce and sell his own Champagne. That first vintage yielded just 2,500 bottles because Jacques Selosse hedged his bets by continuing to sell virtually all of his grapes. After obtaining a BTS degree in viticulture and enology at Beaune, Anselme Selosse took over from his father, who was by then producing 12,000 bottles per year but was still selling the majority of the crop as grapes to Lanson.

Anselme continued to make Champagne like his father, but confesses, “I did not consume my wines. Then in 1976, my third year of winemaking, I was confronted with a great drought. I said to myself that the grapes were so ripe, I must produce less foam — just a half-mousse. So I put in less sugar, and by doing this I realized I had changed my approach. I discovered freedom.” Since that epiphany, Anselme Selosse has been revered as a Champagne visionary by some and deemed as mad as a hatter by others. He is definitely eccentric, undeniably charismatic and overtly opinionated.

Tasting Notes

Anselme Selosse’s wines are among the most coveted bottles in Champagne. In recent years, Selosse’s lieu-dit Champagnes have ascended into the realm of the nearly unobtainable because of their tiny production. Each year 300 box sets are produced.

The Lieux-dits collection contains 6 bottles in a wooden case, 2018 Disgorgment.

1 – Lieux-Dits ‘Sous le Mont’ Marieul Sur Aÿ, Premier Cru
1 – Lieux-Dits ‘Le Bout du Clos’ Ambonnay, Grand Cru
1 – Lieux-Dits ‘La Côte Faron’ Aÿ, Grand Cru
1 – Lieux-Dits ‘Les Carelles’ Le Mesnil sur Oger, Grand Cru
1 – Lieux-Dits ‘Chemins de Chalon’ Cramant, Grand Cru
1 – Lieux-Dits ‘Les Chantereines’ Avize, Grand Cru

Jacques Selosse Lieux-Dits Collection