Champagne Chassenay d'Arce - Sélection Brut

Name: Champagne Chassenay d'Arce - Sélection Brut
Brand: Champagne Chassenay d'Arce
Rating: 3.6 (19 reviews)

Champagne|Sparkling wine

Champagne

Effervescent

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Drink or Keep

3.6/5 (19 customers)

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Sélection Brut presents a nose of finesse and complexity, evolving towards a more sustained expression with gourmet notes of white and yellow fruits, spices and marzipan. Powerful and fruity, the palate is generous and delicately fluid, with good balance. A Champagne of character to be enjoyed with scallops in leek fondue...

Features

Estate

Champagne Chassenay d'Arce

Cuvée

Sélection Brut

Designation

Champagne

Region

Champagne

Grape varieties

89% Pinot Noir, 8% Chardonnay, 3% Meunier (36% de vins de réserve)

Terroirs

Kimmeridgian soil once covered by the sea, stony marl

Viticulture

Reasoned

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

In the pure Champagne tradition, in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation is partially blocked.

Breeding

4 years on lees in bottle

Alcohol content

12%

Residual sugars

9 g/l

Tasting & pairing

Eye

White gold color, generous effervescence

Nose

Finesse and complexity evolve towards a more sustained expression with gourmet notes of white and yellow fruits, spices and marzipan.

Mouth

Powerful and fruity, generosity and delicate fluidity for good balance, champagne with character.

Serve

AT 8-10°C

Drink before

2025

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy as an aperitif, with shrimps a la plancha, scallops in leek fondue, foie gras mi-cuit, red tuna tartare...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

This brand from the Cave Coopérative de la Côte des Bar (which nicely describes itself as a "winegrowers' house"), in the Aube region, has made great strides and effectively demonstrates the undoubted potential of this "southern" terroir of Champagne winegrowing. With the exception of the cuvée première, which remains below the rest of the range, the champagnes have a definite personality, as demonstrated by the astonishing pinot blanc.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Founded in 1956, this Aube-based cooperative now has 130 members cultivating 315 ha in ten villages in the Arce valley, near Bar-sur-Seine. Pinot noir is the king grape variety of the Côte des Bar region, accounting for the majority of local vines.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

Area rated Recommended (Recommended)

About the domain :

Founded in 1956, the cooperative now includes no fewer than 130 winegrowers and 315 ha of vines. Overlooking the Arce valley, in the heart of the Côte des Bar region, this "winegrowers' house" is housed in a large, characterful 19th-century building. On a terroir where Pinot Noir is king, the landscape, with its alternating vineyards and forests, favors biodiversity and allows for an environmentally-friendly approach. The range has been enriched by the addition of two new certified organic cuvées ("Les Authentiques"), and a new tasting area in the company's cellars, as well as a scenography called "Les Effervescentes", have been created. Of particular note is a vintage Pinot Blanc cuvée, a house specialty.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.6/5

out of 19 reviews