Champagne Jacques Selosse Carelles Mesnil Oger, Extra-Brut Grand Cru, dégorgement 2011 Bouteille (75cl)
The Champagne Jacques Selosse Les Carelles is a non-vintaged Extra-Brut Grand Cru, crafted in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Côte des Blancs, and disgorged in 2011. This parcel-specific cuvée from the Lieux-Dits collection bears the name of the lieu-dit Les Carelles. It is produced exclusively from Chardonnay, making it a Blanc de Blancs dedicated to the expression of a Grand Cru terroir in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Jacques Selosse produces this reference within a family estate established in Avize.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Jacques Selosse
- Cuvée
- Les Carelles
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.
Les Carelles
Les Carelles is a single-plot cuvée from Jacques Selosse's "Lieux-Dits" collection. It is crafted exclusively from Chardonnay sourced from the Les Carelles plot in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, a village classified as Grand Cru. Released as a non-vintage Extra Brut, it aims to express the unique identity of this terroir in the Côte des Blancs.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The cuvée takes its name from the cadastral plot "Les Carelles", in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2010
- Style of the cuvée
- A single-plot Blanc de Blancs with a vertical, chalky, and fine profile, combining vinous depth, freshness, and mineral tension characteristic of its origin in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
- Position within the range
- One of the six single-plot cuvées from Jacques Selosse's high-end "Lieux-Dits" collection.
Histoire de la cuvée
In 2010, Jacques Selosse launched his "Lieux-Dits" collection, consisting of six single-plot cuvées, each coming from a different village. Les Carelles represents the interpretation of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and is one of the three cuvées in the collection crafted exclusively from Chardonnay.
