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Full-bodied, seamless and fleshy, with racy acids and a long, chalky finish, this is beginning to drink beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy William Kelley August 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Collin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810362704252,"sku":"7066151N-1x","price":644.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/lejardin.png?v=1776694297"},{"product_id":"pierrieres-36-mo-sur-lie-base-2017-2021-deg","title":"Ulysse Collin Pierrieres 36 mo sur lie (Base 2017, deg 2021)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisgorged in March 2021 after 36 months sur lattes, Collin's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Pierrières (2017) is based on the 2017 vintage, complemented by fully 70% reserve wines. Wafting from the glass with aromas of citrus oil, crisp green orchard fruit, white flowers and wet stones that are framed by a deft patina from its élevage, it's a full-bodied, vinous Champagne with a satiny attack that segues into a deep, concentrated mid-palate. Chalky and incisive, it concludes with a long, saline finish. 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Delivering aromas of orange oil, peach, warm spices, beeswax and white flowers, it's full-bodied, layered and muscular, with all the depth and concentration that these old, virused vines overlooking the village of Congy routinely deliver. 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Despite my best intentions, as soon as I tasted this Les Roises, I knew that my self-imposed embargo on any further 100-point scores for Champagne in 2021 would have to be broken. And the frightening thing is that Collin shows no signs of relenting in his quest to expand the parameters of the possible in Champagne! While bottles of this tiny disgorgement won't be easy to find, anyone eager to taste one of the region's contemporary benchmarks should make every effort to seek one out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy William Kelley September 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Collin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55879089717628,"sku":"7065011N.-FLASKE","price":607.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/roisesready.png?v=1760709825"},{"product_id":"ulysse-collin-les-roises-60-mo-sur-lie-base-2017-2023-deg","title":"Ulysse Collin Les Roises 60 mo sur lie (Base 2017, deg 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncorporating 20% reserve wines, Collin's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2017) 60 months is especially compelling this year, exhibiting more density and structure than Les Enfers. 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Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, with a fleshy core of fruit, lively acids and a pillowy mousse, it's gourmand but precise, with notable structuring extract and a long, stone fruit-inflected finish. 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Disgorged after 48 months on the lees in February 2024, with a dosage of 1.7 grams per liter, the NV Blanc de Blancs Les Pierrières (2019 base) wafts from the glass with a deep bouquet of toasted nuts, pear and notions of smoke. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with crystalline purity and ample reserves of chalky extract, it is one of the more complete and balanced releases of this superb cuvée. The textural attack leads into a deep, concentrated mid-palate that is saline and precise. 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Unwinding in the glass with notions of citrus oil, crisp green apple, mirabelle plum, pastry cream and nutmeg, it's medium to full-bodied, racy and tightly wound, with terrific concentration and chalky structure, girdled by incisive acids, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. After having produced mono-cépage bottlings from terroir with more or less uniform expositions, the Jardin d'Ulysse is a complete departure from that formula, blending Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, and deriving from a site some 70% of which is oriented north, the rest south. 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Unfurling in the glass with aromas of pear, mirabelle plum, freshly baked bread and orange peel, it is full-bodied, broad-shouldered and enveloping, with a textural attack that segues into a generous core of fruit and a vinous mid-palate, concluding with a long, sapid finish. It performs admirably within the context of the base vintage, though it is somewhat less concentrated than the 2017- or 2019-based releases. 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Hints of orchard fruit, mint, baked apple tart and dried flowers grace the clean, caressing, finish. Bright saline and floral notes linger. This release is based on 2016 and spent 48 months on its lees. Disgorged: March, 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Antonio Galloni May 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Collin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":56656991420796,"sku":"7093161N-1x","price":609.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/lesenfers.png?v=1776695283"},{"product_id":"ulysse-collin-les-maillons-36-mo-sur-lie-base-2019","title":"Ulysse Collin Les Maillons 36 mo sur lie (Base 2019, Deg 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe NV Blanc de Noirs Les Maillons (2019 base) 36 months, disgorged in February 2023 with a dosage of 2.4 grams per liter, represents the final edition of this cuvée to be aged for 36 months. Beginning with this bottling, Collin started retaining the wines in the cellar for an additional year, hence the existence of two versions of the 2019-based rendition—one aged 36 months and another extended to 48 months. The wine is superb, unfurling in the glass with aromas of mirabelle plum, orange peel and spice mingled with apricot and brioche, followed by a full-bodied, muscular, deep and concentrated palate structured around a generous, layered core of fruit, enlivened by a pillowy mousse and succulent yet racy acids and framed by chalky structuring extract that imparts a compensatory impression of freshness. 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This late-disgorged version of Les Enfers is produced in very small quantities, but readers who can secure a bottle or two shouldn't hesitate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy William Kelley September 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Collin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":56657018945916,"sku":"7093151N-1x","price":668.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/lesenfers.png?v=1776695283"},{"product_id":"ulysse-collin-les-maillons-48-mo-sur-lie-base-2019","title":"Ulysse Collin Les Maillons 48 mo sur lie (Base 2019, Deg 2024)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollin’s NV Blanc de Noirs Les Maillons (2019 base) 48 months, disgorged in February 2024, is, as I’ve noted earlier, the first release of this cuvée to be aged for four years and, with additional time in the cellar, is now drinking superbly. The wine is expanding aromatically, offering notes of mirabelle plum, pear, almond paste and spice mingled with orange oil, followed by a full-bodied, muscular palate that is simultaneously grandiose and sapid, structured around a rich, layered core of fruit underpinned by ripe yet lively acidity. It is marginally deeper and more complete—even if there was already little to fault, to put it mildly—than the original release of this same rendition. 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Often, it's Les Roises that's the more exotic of Collin's two Congy cuvées, thanks to its virused vines and more southerly exposition, but in 2017, that dynamic seems to have been reversed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy William Kelley December 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Collin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":56657030087036,"sku":"7093171N-1x","price":668.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/lesenfers.png?v=1776695283"},{"product_id":"ulysse-collin-les-enfers-48-mo-sur-lie-base-2013-2018-deg","title":"Ulysse Collin Les Enfers 48 mo sur lie (Base 2013, deg 2018)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Enfers (2013) derives entirely from the 2013 vintage, maturing sur lattes for 48 months before disgorgement in March 2018 with 2.4 grams per liter dosage. Opening in the glass with notes of citrus oil, Asian pear, warm bread, white flowers and orange rind, it's full-bodied, satiny and layered, with a deep and concentrated core of fruit that's dense but fine-boned, underpinned by a lively spine of acidity, and concluding with a long, saline finish. This is a touch more lavish and expansive than the 2014-base Les Pierrières tasted alongside, but it's just as precise. 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