Jacques Selosse Aÿ La Côte Faron Extra Brut - 2006 Base NV

Honey, toasted hazelnuts, dried orange peel and woodsmoke rise from the glass with quiet authority, a wine that earns its complexity rather than announcing it. Fine bubbles carry a rich, almost waxy texture, and the zero dosage strips away any cushion, leaving pure Aÿ terroir exposed. Base wines stretching back to 1994 give this a depth that opens slowly, evolving from nutty oxidative richness into something more stony and austere on the long finish. La Côte Faron at its most uncompromising.