Champagne Jacques Selosse Substance, Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, dégorgement 2008 Bouteille (75cl) CLA
Champagne Jacques Selosse Substance is a non-vintage Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs from Champagne, crafted by Jacques Selosse and disgorged in 2008. Composed of 100% Chardonnay, it is based on a solera system initiated in 1986, which progressively combines wines from different years. This winemaking method gives the cuvée a profoundly vinous, structured, and complex expression, where the maturity of the perpetual reserve balances the tension of the Chardonnay.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Lightly Damaged Capsule
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Jacques Selosse
- Cuvée
- Substance
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Jacques Selosse
The Jacques Selosse estate is a family-run Champagne producer based in Avize, on the Côte des Blancs. Its 8.3-hectare vineyard is spread across Avize, Cramant, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Aÿ, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Ambonnay. Guillaume Selosse now runs the estate founded by his grandfather Jacques in 1949.
- Owner
- Guillaume Selosse
- Maître de chais
- Guillaume Selosse
- Surface (ha)
- 8.30 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 57 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Jacques Selosse moved to Avize in 1947, although he did not come from a family of winegrowers. He founded the estate with his wife in 1949, starting with just a few plots of vines. During his early years, he mainly sold his grapes to wine merchants. Experiments in winemaking with a view to producing his own champagne began in 1959. The estate’s first winemaking took place in 1964, yielding 2,500 bottles. Anselme Selosse joined the estate in 1974 after training in Beaune, and took over its management in 1980. Under his leadership, the estate developed a viticultural approach based first on organic farming from 1990, then biodynamics from 1996, and finally an approach inspired by permaculture from 2002. He also introduced the practice of vinifying and maturing wine from individual plots in barrels. Guillaume Selosse joined his father at the estate in 2012 and has been in charge since 2018. The vineyard now covers 8.3 hectares, spread across 54 plots, mainly classified as grands crus.
Substance
Substance is a Blanc de Blancs champagne made from Chardonnay from Avize and crafted from a solera started in 1986. The successive integration of harvests aims to soften the imprint of a particular year to express the permanent characteristics of the terroir. First marketed under the name "Origine", the wine has borne the name Substance since 1998.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- Initially named "Origine", the cuvée was renamed after the prohibition of using this name, which was already registered with INPI. "Substance" designates what remains permanent through change, in reference to the consistency of the terroir sought beyond annual climatic variations.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1986
- Style of the cuvée
- A deeply vinous, ample, and concentrated champagne, marked by oak aging and an evolving expression that can evoke ripe fruits, dried fruits, spices, and oxidative nuances. Its richness is generally balanced by strong energy, chalky freshness, and a long saline finish.
- Position within the range
- An emblematic and highly sought-after cuvée of the estate, dedicated to the multi-vintage expression of the Avize terroir.
Histoire de la cuvée
Anselme Selosse established the solera in 1986 under the name "Origine". Its first solera version brought together the 1986 to 1990 harvests, was bottled in 1992, and then commercialized in 1997 and 1998. Since the name Origine was already protected, Selosse replaced it in 1998 with Substance, without changing the fundamental identity of the wine.
