also: えりぬき
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Refers to something or someone carefully chosen as the best among many; often used attributively with の.
この店では選り抜きの食材だけを使っています。
This shop uses only the very best ingredients.
彼
He is an elite player.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling for the reading えりぬき.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still used.
選抜 is a more formal noun/suru-verb for selection or picking out a group, while 選り抜き emphasizes the resulting top quality.
Compound of the verb stem 選り (from 選る, 'to select') and 抜き (from 抜く, 'to extract'), literally 'select and pull out', implying careful selection of the best.