Champagne JM Seleque - Soloist - Chardonnay 2016
Champagne JM Sélèque is located in Pierry, between the Marne Valley and the Côte des Blancs in Champagne . The estate was created in the 1960s by Henri Sélèque, originally from Poland, and his wife Françoise Bagnost. He planted vines on the terroirs of Moussy and Pierry and marketed his first bottles in 1969. The arrival at the estate of Richard, their son, marked an important step: a graduate in oenology, he contributed to modernizing practices and clarifying methods. vinification and ageing. At the same time, they bought and planted new plots in Dizy and Mardeuil (Vallée de la Marne) and Vertus (Côte des Blancs). Richard's son, Jean-Marc, graduated in viti-oenological studies and first trained abroad for Maison Chandon (Napa Valley, Yarra Valley, etc.). He returned to the family estate in 2008 with a solid technical background. During these experiments, he became aware of the technological limits of wine consisting in standardizing tastes and textures with numerous corrections in the cellar. He then decided to place his work in an artisanal vision , in search of authenticity and a fair and natural expression of the terroirs. The 9 hectares of the estate are spread over 45 plots and 7 municipalities. Jean-Marc is moving towards an organic farming approach , without seeking to go as far as certification so as not to lock himself into any dogmatic straitjacket and retain a real freedom to experiment, supplemented from 2010 with practices inspired by biodynamics. It establishes meticulous work in the vineyard, healthy and perfectly ripe grapes, no vinification artifice and even less oenological input, as little sulfur as possible, a long aging time on laths and an extremely limited use of dosage.
Soliste Chardonnay comes from the 2016 harvest of the Les Tartières and Les Porgeons plots on the Pierry Premier Cru terroir. Vinification is carried out in oak barrels and aging lasts 4 years. The Champagne was disgorged in March 2021 and dosed in Extra-Brut with 3 g/L.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
