2013 Jacques Selosse Millesime
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The 2013 Extra-Brut Millésime is a superb vintage wine from Selosse, mostly Chardonnay but with a touch of Pinot, as is the norm these days. Tangerine oil, mint, dried flowers, slate and chalk lend tons of energy and mineral-drenched drive throughout. There's a bit more new oak (30%) than in some recent vintages, but it all works so well. Selosse did not bottle a Millésime in 2014, so the release of the 2013 is being spread across two calendar years. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 5, 2024.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2013 Millesime Extra Brut will be released next year and is a blend from across all the parcels and pours a medium yellow/golden hue. Opening to ripe aromas of lemon oils, fresh flowers, white peach, and honeycomb, it’s full-bodied and fills the palate with a rounded mousse and a ripe feel with lovely underlying tension, with its more mineral texture lasting long on the finish. I anticipate this one only improving over the coming 15-20 years, and readers should feel in no rush to open these. The wines for this report were tasted at the cellar in Avize with Anselme Selosse in September 2024.
The 2013 Extra-Brut Millésime is outrageously great. Bright, saline and explosive, the 2013 sizzles with all the tension of this late-ripening year. The bouquet alone is so enticing. But that is just the beginning. On the palate, the 2013 is rich, deep and substantial. Time in the glass only serves to amplify those qualities. An eternal finish rounds things out. Dosage is 2.2 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 7, 2024.
About the producer
Under the tenure of Anselme Selosse, Domaine Jacques Selosse became the leading light in the grower Champagne movement – producing unique, peerless Champagnes that are the most fiercely collected and expensive in the world.