Jacques Selosse, Champagne Grand Cru AOC Mareuil sur Ay, Lieux Dits Sous le Mont Extra Brut

About Jacques Selosse

Jacques Selosse was created at the end of the Second World War, in 1949 he married Gis le, the daughter of a day laborer who worked for Pommery. They decided to acquire a vineyard and it was in 1959 when they made their first winemaking process. Part of the 6.6 hectares of Chardonnay is located mainly in Avize, although there are also plots in Cramant, Le Mesnil, A , Ambonnay, Mareuil Sur A and Oger. It also has 0.9 hectares of Pinot Noir, located in A . All of their vineyards are Grand Cru. In total it has 8,500 Pinot Noir vines and 65,000 Chardonnay vines, planted in 47 plots. The harvest is done according to the color of the seeds and the perfumes of the grape skin. It is these two parameters that lead Anselme to determine that the grapes are already ripe. Vinification is done in 228-liter Burgundy oak barrels, with a very small percentage of new barrels. It does not regulate the temperature and lets the fermentation go at its own pace, sometimes reaching the month of July. Thanks to their high natural acidity, the wines do not undergo malolactic fermentation. Aging is done with the lees, making a batonage a week in winter and once a month in summer. The base wines are in barrels the first year and oak barrels afterward. On the back label of all bottles is printed the date of their disgorgement. They are different Champagnes from the others, they look more like a carbonated Burgundy wine than a Champagne.