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2016 Ulysse Collin Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs Les Maillons

Pinot Noir

  • France
  • Champagne
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Community Tasting Notes 36

  • Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 points

    February 27, 2024 - Base vintage 2016, 50% reserve wines from 2015, disgorged March 2020 with a dosage of 2.4 gr/l, bottle No. 3990 from 18,500 bottles produced, 12.5% ABV. Made with 100% Pinot Noir from a single vineyard in the Côteaux du Sézannais. Full yellow colour with ruddy cheeks; impressive and expressive nose, not the usual red apple fruit but rather stone fruits (plum, peach) and tangerine, with notes of honey and frangipane, spicy depty; full-bodied and mouth-coating palate, very precise for a wine so richly laden with ripe fruit, resting on a firm foundation of racy acidity and minerality, creamy mousse; excellent resonance and length, peach liqueur. In a beautiful place right now, the 4 years of post-disgorgement ageing have served it well. For my palate, this is at perfect peak. At Maison François, London, UK.

    1 person found this helpful Comment
  • jviz wrote: 94 points

    December 2, 2023 - Excellent bottle. Forward and intense, with some earthy elements and orchard fruit, no red fruits to me, but instead savory and a little salty. This is aging beautifully and I’ll try to pull my next bottle in 2 years or so.

    2 people found this helpful Comment
  • JustBreathe680 Likes this wine: 95 points

    May 29, 2023 - The wine was enjoyed on my 7 year wedding anniversary.

    Decanted for approximately 45 minutes in a Zalto Carafe 67 designed to decant champagne and consumed over an additional 1.5 hrs. Grassl Mineralite stems were used and the serving temperature approximately 50°F.

    The wine is based on the 2016 vintage and it was disgorged on 3/2020.

    Tasting notes are very similar to my last note on 10/25/22 but this time the wine was better balanced and showed extremely well in the Mineralite stem
    The color was a paler salmon. The nose was of ocean sea breeze, white flowers, slightly citrusy and red fruits. There was lazer-like precision with very fine and lively mousse. The palate was of red apple, light red cherry, nuts and brioche with good salinity and high acidity that made tou want to keep coming back for more. The wine was medium bodied

    This was a true joy to drink. I loved it! I'm fairly new to decanting champagne but this wine definitely benefited from the relatively short decantIt's one of the top champagnes I've drank in the past several years.

    My score 95+

    1 person found this helpful Comment
  • Matt3568 Likes this wine: 93 points

    April 16, 2023 - Rich and complex notes of strawberries, baked apple, toasted hazelnuts, brioche and lemon oil. Great acidity with chalky minerality and an impressively long finish. A delicious champagne which paired well with a range of different dishes. Base 2016 disgorged March 2020.

    1 person found this helpful Comment
  • hprphf wrote: 93 points

    April 15, 2023 - Much better than the 2017, at least not sweet, yoghurt, creamy, vanilla, rich. 93

    1 person found this helpful Comment
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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2016
  • Type White - Sparkling
  • Producer Ulysse Collin
  • Varietal Pinot Noir
  • Designation Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs
  • Vineyard Les Maillons
  • Country France
  • Region Champagne
  • SubRegion n/a
  • Appellation Champagne

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 51 (5%)
  • In Cellars 676 (63%)
  • Consumed 340 (32%)

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