Guillaume Selosse Champagne Extra Brut au Dessus du Gros Mont NV 750ml

Based on the 2018 vintage and disgorged in January 2025 without dosage, Guillaume Selosse’s NV Blanc de Blancs Cramant Au Dessus du Gros Mont is an equal blend of the base vintage and a historic cuvée dating back to 2008. The base wine is aged entirely in new 228-liter barrels from Cavin and Tonnellerie Atelier Centre. Produced along the same lines as the lieux-dits of Jacques Selosse, it bursts from the glass with a delicately high-toned bouquet of apple peel, dried apricot, mandarin, toasted bread, sandalwood and almond paste, mingled with thyme. On the palate, it is full-bodied, ample and textural, with an intensely flavored core of fruit that is underpinned by ripe yet vibrant acidity and framed by chalky, structuring extract, concluding in a long, perfumed finish. Readers will recognize that this wine derives from a parcel in Cramant that Guillaume received as a gift from his grandmother on his 18th birthday. Situated at the top of the slope, it benefits from two contrasting exposures—one portion faces south, while the other faces north.