JM Seleque - Quintette Chardonnay 5 Terroirs NV

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James Suckling: 94 Points

This has aromas of tangerines, orange blossom, biscuits, praline and crushed stones. Some salty undertones. Medium-bodied with fine bubbles and a flavorful, layered and dry palate. Lovely balance and integration.

Jeb Dunnuck: 93 Points

Entirely Chardonnay from the 2020 harvest blended with wine from their solera in wood casks, the NV Champagne Quintette 5 Terroirs is a bright straw yellow color in the glass and is a touch reductive on opening, eventually revealing notes of lifted flint, toasted baguette, salted lemon, and fresh apples. Zesty and energetic, the palate is very refreshing and bright, with a clean and refined chalky texture, a spritely, coiled mousse, and good length on the finish. It’s an impressive wine from this team to enjoy over the coming 10-12 years. - Audrey Frick

A View from the Cellar: 92 Points

Jean-Marc Sélèque’s “Quintette” cuvée takes its name from the five different terroirs in which he grows his chardonnay grapes for this Blanc de Blancs bottling. The new release is from the base year of 2020, but includes a significant percentage of reserve wines in the blend from the solera Jean-Marc created for this wine several years ago. It was disgorged in September of 2023 and finished with a dosage of two grams per liter this year. The wine offers up a beautifully refined bouquet of pear, golden delicious apple, hazelnut, chalky soil tones, brioche and a topnote of white flowers. On the palate the wine is bright, zesty, full-bodied and complex, with a lovely core of fruit, excellent mineral undertow, refined mousse and a fine spine of acidity perking up the long, balanced and very classy finish. This is superb juice.