| Winery Location: | Avize |
| Year Established: | 1950-1960. First vintage bottled was 1960. |
Vineyard Holdings
15 ha
The majority being 4 ha in Avize, and parcels in Oger and Cramant. More recent acquirements were in Ay, Ambonnay, and Mareuil.
Top Wines Produced & Inaugural Vintages
- Substance, Grand Cru: Solera began in 1987.
- Initiale, Grand Cru
- Champagne Extra Brut, „Version Originale“
- Les Carelles, Le-Mesnil-Sur-Oger: Soler began in 2010.
- Exquise, Sec
- La Côte Faron, (formerly Contraste): Single vineyard in Aÿ.
Average Total Production
- 54,000 bottles
Summary
Jacques Selosse founded the estate in the 1950s and bottled his first vintage in 1960. His son, Anselme, took over as winemaker in 1980 after attending the Lycée Viticole de Beaune. Upon taking over, he reduced yields in the vineyards and began to move towards organic viticulture. Selosse in a proponent of oxidative production and low-dosage. His top wine, Substance, is created out of a Solera of twelve different vintages. Selosse was named best winemaker of the year by Gault-Millau in 1994. In the spring of 2013 burglars stole 300 cases of Champagne from Selosse’s cellars, worth nearly $350,000. Interestingly they took 16,000 front labels, 12,000 neck labels, and 2,500 caps, which leads to the conclusion that they were also planning on counterfeiting the Selosse wines as well. Selosse is a Récoltant Manipulant.
Style & Vinification Techniques
Selosse has some of the lowest yields in Champagne. Fermentation comes from all ambient yeast. He ferments the base wines in a mix of pieces (228 L), Fût (400L), and Demi-Muids (600L). Malolactic is free to occur naturally but does not always occur. The base wine is aged for 12 months in barrel; typically less than 20% are new. He uses a low dosage for most of his wines, save for theExquise which has a dosage of 24 g/l. All of his other wines are between 0-5 g/l dosage.
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