Selosse | Extra Brut Grand Cru les Carelles – NV

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Sparkling Wine: Selosse | Extra Brut Grand Cru les Carelles – NV

The palate has a strong and elevated arc of lemon and lime flavor. The acidity is superfine and gives way to a super long, focused and precise shape. Light toffee and brule flavors run across a cashew flavored finish.

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Producer: Selosse

Ratings: WA | 97 V | 98

Vintage: NV

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Champagne

This has very fragrant and fine citrus with strong, crushed rocky mineral presence as well as fine, light peppery notes; really ethereal. The fruit sits right in the lemon and grapefruit spectrum and smells perfectly ripe. The palate has a strong and elevated arc of lemon and lime flavor. The acidity is superfine and gives way to a super long, focused and precise shape. Light toffee and brule flavors run across a cashew flavored finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The latest release of Selosse’s NV Extra Brut Grand Cru Les Carelles is based on the 2011 vintage and was disgorged in March 2018. From a south-facing, 35% sloping site in Mesnil-sur-Oger, the wine wafts from the glass with a complex bouquet of white flowers, waxy citrus fruit, praline, smoke and walnut oil, delicately framed by a vestigial hint of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and muscular, with considerable amplitude and structuring dry extract and a strikingly saline, sapid profile, concluding with a long, searingly chalky finish.

• Vinous: The NV Extra-Brut Grand Cru Les Carelles boasts extraordinary power, breadth and sheer richness. Layers of butter, pastry, tropical fruit, spices and smoke literally bursts from the glass as this exotic, heady Champagne struts its stuff. I imagine the Carelles might be too much for some readers, but for those seeking to get to the heart of the Selosse style; here it is. This is a dazzling showing.

Producer Information

Jacques Selosse Estate is a highly regarded Champagne house. It is known for its Substance cuve, and its use of a solera system dating back to 1986, a technique more commonly associated with Sherry.
The Brut Initiale and Version Originale are both made from three vintages of Chardonnay from Avize, Cramant and Oger. Jacques Selosse’s Flagship cuve Substance, also a blanc de blanc, is sourced from the Avize terroir. From 2010, the Lieux-Dits Collection of six single-vineyard wines was introduced showcasing specific Champagne villages. In the winery, Jacques Selosse uses oak barrels for fermentation rather than the usual stainless steel. The wines are left on their lees for extended periods, and dosage is kept to a minimum.
The estate was set up in the 1950s by Jacques Selosse, who sold a large portion of his grapes to Champagne Lanson. However, the house gained the most fame from his son Anselme Selosse, who took over the running of the estate in 1980. Selosse improved quality, reducing yields and converting the vineyards to organic viticulture. He also began to carefully consider the terroir of the vineyard holdings, particularly in the grand cru villages Avize, Cramant and Oger. Today, he is known for being one of the first to champion terroir in Champagne.