Selosse Initial Blanc de Blancs

In the glass

Aroma: yellow apple, quince, toasted nuts, honey, smoke

Palate: oxidative richness, vinous depth, chalk, long savoury finish

Anselme Selosse's Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs from three Cote des Blancs villages: yellow apple and quince over toasted nuts, honey and smoke, with an oxidative, vinous depth and a long savoury finish.

What it pairs with

• Comte aged 36 months
  Oxidative nutty depth meets the cheese's crystals.
• Roast poularde with morels Find roast poularde with morels on TableJourney →
  Smoke and honey echo roast and mushroom.
• Grilled langoustines Find grilled langoustines on TableJourney →
  Chalk and vinous depth meet sweet shellfish.

History

Initial is Selosse's flagship Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, a solera-style multi-vintage from Avize, Cramant and Oger, oak-fermented and made with cult-status low-intervention methods.

1. 1990 — Initial established as the estate's flagship Blanc de Blancs

Facts

Producer

Domaine Jacques Selosse

Grapes

Chardonnay (100%)

Classification

AOC Champagne

Oak

Burgundian oak-barrel fermentation; solera-style reserves; low-intervention

ABV

12.5%

Price

EUR 250 to 400 at retail

Drinking window

now to 15 from release

First vintage

1990

Scores

• Vinous 94

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