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• hajoha wrote: 92 points

  May 9, 2024 - Ulysse Collin Les Maillons 2012 base
  Perfekt moden nå tenker jeg.
  God dybde.
  Sjeldent rødfruktet.
  Strålende vin med pen frukt og ypperlig friskhet.
  Tydligere røde epler får du ikke.
  Flott fruktig finish. 92-93p

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• Cailles wrote: flawed

  April 21, 2024 - Deg. 02/16. Sadly, this bottle was corked. The nose was completely dead but on the palate there was so much intensity, so many layers of wonderfully balanced aromas, lots of tension that it overshadowed the TCA completely. I’m usually not in to the-more-vinous-the-better camp but this combined that celebral appeal and vinous complexity of great grower Champagnes with lots hedonistic pleasure and especially charm I often miss. A perfect combo. Despite the cork we almost emptied the bottle. This would have been easily a 96/97pts without the TCA.
  
  TN: At first slightly, with time full-blown TCA aromas on the nose. On the palate there is so much complexity with layers and layers of aromas from caramel, toffee, to minerality in all shapes, dark berries and fresher zesty, lemony fruit. All delivered in UHD. Towards the finish some TCA comes forward and taints it. The wine is structured, yet ultra fine, highly elegant and balanced with a high freshness and very fine mousse. A masterpiece.
  
  Decanting: Open and ready from the go, no decanting needed.

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• NostraBacchus wrote: flawed

  March 23, 2024 - 2012 base vintage, disgorged 2016. I was really looking forward to this, unfortunately a little corked. The TCA was more apparent in the nose, but then on the palate, the wine was still largely intact and would hint at its greatness. Just for the record, the bottle was almost empty at the end of the evening (and we had plenty of alternatives). So flawed, but not totally undrinkable, even for someone who is sensitive to TCA like I am.

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• Collector1855 wrote: flawed

  March 23, 2024 - Light cork, wonderful palate still.

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• Raage Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 17, 2024 - Un champagne extraordinaire … au bout de 3/4 heures d’aération !
  Il commençait par une vinosité un peu oxydative, une bulle fine belle et franche, de l’énergie a revendre.
  Comme on avait ce jour-là, moulte bouteilles ouvertes, on y est retourné à la fin du repas, et là, la magie opéra! Il etait en place, fin, plus fruité, epicé, minéral, étiré et pur, vivifiant, énergisant… Une petite merveille de vinosité fine et fraiche, désaltérant et profond.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Ulysse Collin
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut (2012)
• Vineyard Les Maillons
• Country France
• Region Champagne
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Champagne
• UPC Code 4000135015173

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• Pending Delivery 12 (2%)
• In Cellars 222 (43%)
• Consumed 280 (54%)

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