Jacques Selosse Brut Rosé is the Avize grower's pink Champagne, mostly Chardonnay with a small amount of still red Pinot Noir from Ambonnay. It is one of the smallest cuvées the domaine makes, and this bottle carries the 2018 date.
About This Champagne
The rosé starts with the domaine's Chardonnay, drawn from two consecutive vintages, to which around 6% still Pinot Noir red wine from Ambonnay is added for colour and a little structure. Like every Selosse base wine it is fermented and aged in 228-litre Burgundy barrels and stirred on its lees.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Wild strawberry, blood orange and pink grapefruit, with rose hip, toasted bread and a gentle oxidative, nutty tone.
- Palate: Dry and vinous, with red-berry fruit, sour cherry and chalk. The texture is broad, the bubbles fine.
- Finish: Savoury, with spice, orange zest and a long, clean mineral close.
Serving & Food
Serve at 11 to 12°C in a Burgundy glass rather than a flute. It has the weight for main courses such as roast pigeon, jamón ibérico or a mild lamb curry.
How to Enjoy
A grower rosé for the dinner table, suited to people who prefer a wine-like Champagne to a light aperitif.
Product Details
Producer: Jacques Selosse
Village: Avize, Côte des Blancs
Origin: Champagne, France
Style: Brut Rosé Champagne
Release year: 2018
Grape Mix: About 94% Chardonnay, 6% still Pinot Noir from Ambonnay
Vinification: Barrel-fermented, indigenous yeasts
Volume: 750mL
About the Maison
Jacques Selosse set up the domaine in Avize in 1949, and his son Anselme came to work there in 1974. He had studied winemaking in Burgundy and came home convinced that Champagne should talk about place first, not brand.
Over the next four decades Anselme earned a reputation well beyond France. He cut chemical treatments, picked riper grapes than his neighbours, fermented everything with wild yeasts in oak and left his wines in cask and bottle for a long time. A whole generation of grower-winemakers in the region point to his cellar as their model. He officially retired in 2018, handing the domaine to his son Guillaume.