Jacques Selosse Le Bout du Clos

Jacques Selosse Le Bout du Clos

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  • Robert Parker rating 97
  • The Wine Independent rating 97
  • Vinous rating 96
  • Organic
Jacques Selosse Le Bout du Clos
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HED85772

75 cl

12.5%
£775.00
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Selosse’s lieu-dit, or single parcel, range stems from belief that site is the most important determinant of wine quality. Since the mid-2000’s, Anselme Selosse began testing that theory by releasing 6 lieux-dits. These non-vintage wines are created using the perpetual reserve method whereby wine from the most recent vintage has cask-aged wines from all previous wines blended in. A portion of this new blend is bottled and the remnants returns to cask for future use. Le Bout du Clos is 100% Grand Cru Pinot Noir from Ambonnay. It is creamy, layered and deliciously voluptuous.
97 The Wine Independent
An 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay from a single plot in Ambonnay, the Selosse Le Bout du Clos NV is always more than 50% from a perpetual reserve started in 2002 (until the 2015 for this bottling), with the remaining 50% of current vintage wine, which in this cuvée is 2016. The eye takes the first sip gazing at the gorgeous, deep burnished gold to brightly polished copper wine with pinpoint bubbles briefly floating upwards with metronome regularity, until they vanish altogether to reveal rich and expressive oxidized aromas of bruised apple, poached pear, yuzu confit and lemon zest swirling amid lofty lactic notes, warm honeycomb, and hints of caramel. Medium to full-bodied, ample, and richly fruited, the palate lights up with a satiny effervescence of undulating, saline acidity adding buoyant freshness and energy to a very long, harmonious finish with an attractive bitter note. Excellent grape maturity from the vintage gives it a bit more alcohol at 13%. The bottle tasted was disgorged January 2023 and finished with a 0.67 grams per liter dosage.Sarah Mayo7th December 2023
96 Vinous
The NV (2018) Extra-Brut Ambonnay Le Bout du Clos is a wild, complex wine. A touch of reduction suggests aeration will help this show at its best. Kirsch, mint, white pepper, cedar and sweet pipe tobacco stain the palate. The blend of Pinot Noir with some Chardonnay is magical here. The Bout du Clos is a Champagne of extreme and total finesse. Dazzling. Disgorged: January 27, 2025. Antonio Galloni8th April 2025

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