NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (2009) Les Roises
Community Tasting Note
Vintomas wrote:
91 Points
Monday, October 14, 2013 - Small grower Champagne tasting with Munskänkarna, featuring some of the new generation of growers (Stockholm): Powerful nose with citrus, zest, yellow apples, some apple compote, a hint of beeswax and perfume. Very powerful on the palate, with citrus, powerful mineral notes, spice, and good acidity. Rather young, 91+ p.
Disgorged 7 March 2013.
More power than 2009 Les Pierrières, and a more powerful nose. The reason that I still score it the same as Les Pierrières is that it is somewhat shorter on the palate. For the 2008s, Les Roises came across as more mineral-dominated while 2008 Les Pierrières was the fruity one, so in 2009 the stylistic difference is inverted (and smaller than in 2008).
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Comment posted by winsonli:
12/3/2013 8:39:00 AM - Thanks for the useful comparison. When you mentioned the Roises being more fruity, did you refer to it as being fruit-forward in a negative sense, or was it just less mineral relative to the Perrieres?
Comment posted by Vintomas:
12/3/2013 10:32:00 AM - Less mineral-dominated and more characterised by ripe and concentrated fruit (which to me is a bit of the overall style of Ulysse Collin, which I truly enjoy). I don't mean that at all as something negative but rather as a characterisation, and it does not mean that it is "fruity" as in "simple, not very complex". But of course, for those who prefer very lean, purely acid-driven and mineral-dominated blanc de blancs may not enjoy the style. Out of the 2009s, Les Pierrières is perhaps closest (but not really close) to some sort of mainstream, while Les Roises and Les Maillons (the BdN) are both a bit more extreme.