NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut (2013) Les Maillons

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  8/10/2023 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 93 Points

  dsg 02/2017
  
  Toasted nose, black fruits and ginger.
  
  Mouth full of energy, compact juice which loosens up with aeration with a superb acidity in the dorsal column. Very present aromas of black fruits, then spices, cranberry and ginger follow one another in layers. Perfect balance, the wine is dense but lively. Final which oscillates between woody and saline notes over a great length.
  
  Excellent champagne, very racy.

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  10/28/2022 - 5laton wrote:

  Lot 13/1 disgorged 2/15/2017. Vivid golden color verging on orange, like the onset of a sunset. Golden raspberry fruit, spicy ginger, some inner toasty richness, just a touch of toasted black bread crusts. Great well-integrated fresh acidity. The SO2 is still strong here, even after a couple of hours. Regardless, I love how this is developing, and for my preferences it is open season to begin enjoying this release.
  Leftovers on day 2: Not sure I've ever had a Maillons that was this red-fruited. It's all toasty autolytics on the nose, but the palate finishes with a long aftertaste of dried tart red berries (cranberry, red currant). I think this is the first time I've found the Venn diagram union of this wine and Olivier's rosé, despite both being made from the same grapes.

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  9/8/2022 - Vas19 wrote: 93 Points

  Better than I remember vs my last bottle several years ago. Definitely some oxidative and oak notes but enough acid and energy to keep everything in balance. Complex and enjoyable, but the quality of the fruit seems better in the 2017 I drank recently thought. Kind of doubt this improves much from here but I’d like to be proven wrong.

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  6/29/2022 - Ghoulardi wrote:

  It's possible this bottle experienced some short term heat exposure, but either way I found this pretty unenjoyable. Robust structure with a strong acid backbone, but this was dominated by overly oxidized apples, almost cooked and sweetened, and fair bits of VA.

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  3/4/2021 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points

  2/15/17 disgorgement. Enjoyed this one much more than my prior experience. Red apple centric with yeast and mineral. A fair amount of acidity but creamier than my last tasting 14 months ago. Maybe not the depth of better iterations of this wine but no complaints here.

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