NV Guillaume Selosse "L’Argilier" Blanc de Noirs, Champagne, France

NV Guillaume Selosse "L’Argilier" Blanc de Noirs, Champagne, France

Wafting from the glass with a deep and complex bouquet of ripe peach, walnuts, pears and mirabelle plum, complemented by hints of almond paste and curry, it's full-bodied, rich and multidimensional, with a layered and textural palate that's underpinned by racy acids, concluding with a saline finish. Intense and flavorful, this is a concentrated, characterful wine that I enjoyed immensely.

$620.00
$620.00

ABOUT THIS WINE

Planted to 45-year-old Pinot Noir vines, “Largillier” enjoys a southern exposure and clay-limestone soil whose sub-soil is the same Kimmeridgian chalk as in Chablis.Production is approximately 300 cases per vintage.

Largillier is an extraordinary Champagne not only due to its incredibly special site but because of Guillaume’s inspired approach to making it. He leaves the wine from the current harvest on the lees in barrel for two years, before combining it with the perpetual reserve for a third year of aging. Only then does Guillaume put it into bottle for the secondary fermentation.

That—plus the Kimmeridgian chalk soil—allows Largillier to develop complexity and palate texture like no other “young” Champagne.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Guillaume started his own label in 2009 with a small parcel in Cramant, Au Dessus du Gros Mont, that he inherited from his grandmother.
In 2012, he teamed with Aube grower Jerome Coessens to craft the barrel-aged Largillier, a champagne like no other. Guillaume likens it to the Rioja Gran Reserva whites of earlier generations. With less than 50 cases of Au Dessus du Gros Mont and 300 cases of Largillier produced, Guillaume’s wines have rapidly joined the list of Champagne’s great cult wines.

Details:

Grape(s) Pinot Noir
Farming Organic