Jacques Selosse 2008

Millésime by Maison Jacques Selosse: magnify the terroir of origin with a harvest year of singular qualities. It has to be said that this confidential Domaine offers us great wines, the fruit of a biodynamic-inspired culture, like this grand cru Millésimé 2008.

What a great vintage!!! A year marked by cold weather in Champagne, where it was not until late April that no more negative temperatures were recorded. May, June and August were cool and rainy, leaving doubts about the quality and quantity of the future harvest. The 2 sunny, warm and dry weeks of mid-July and early September (just before the harvest) ensure full ripeness and impeccable harvest quality. Once again, the great winemakers have risen to nature's challenge to make 2008 a very great vintage.

This Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de blancs was made from 2 parcels of Avize chardonnay, Le Mont de Cramant and Les Chantereines, the same ones used since 1975 to make cuvées Millésimées. The wines are vinified and aged in Burgundy barrels for 9 years, and will produce just 3500 bottles of an exceptional Extra brut.

The wine is rich and ripe, on pear and cider, with a subtle bouquet of iris and gentian sprinkled with fruit Secs, walnut, almond and hazelnut, and chiseled by a light oxidative note. The palate is juicy and appetizing, with frangipane, pistachio and rowan. The finish is salivating, on chalk, smoke and salt, accompanied by an unexpected hint of mushroom.

The racy, bewitching character of this 2008 will reveal itself wonderfully with poularde de Bresse with morels or truffle risotto.