Champagne Ulysse Collin, Les Maillons, Blanc de Noirs, Extra Brut(Base 2017)

Champagne Ulysse Collin, Les Maillons, Blanc de Noirs, Extra Brut(Base 2017)

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Champagne Ulysse Collin, Les Maillons, Blanc de Noirs, Extra Brut(Base 2017)

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Champagne Ulysse Collin

Champagne Ulysse Collin

Champagne Ulysse Collin is a relatively small producer known for its dedication to traditional and artisanal winemaking methods, resulting in high-quality and expressive Champagnes.

Olivier Collin founded the estate, often referred to as Ulysse Collin. Olivier Collin took over his family’s vineyards and began producing Champagne under the Ulysse Collin label in 2004. With a deep commitment to crafting terroir-driven champagnes, the winery focuses on organic and biodynamic practices in the vineyard, aiming to express the unique characteristics of their vineyard sites in their wines.

The vineyards are located in the Côte des Blancs subregion of Champagne, which is renowned for its Chardonnay grape production. The yield is quite limited compared to larger houses, allowing for meticulous attention to detail and a focus on quality over quantity.

Ulysse Collin is known for its “lieu-dit” (single-vineyard) champagnes, which highlight the specific characteristics of individual vineyard plots. The wines often have a unique identity and showcase the diversity of the Côte des Blancs terroir.

Some of the well-known cuvées produced by Ulysse Collin include “Les Maillons,” “Les Enfers,” “Les Pierrières,” and “Les Roises,” among others.

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Blanc de Noirs

Blanc de Noirs

Blanc de Noirs describes a wine produced entirely from black grapes. In Champagne, Blanc de Noirs cuvée can be made from the two black grapes permitted within the appellation, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Bollinger's prestige cuvée Vieilles Vignes Françaises, from ungrafted, old Pinot Noir vines, has set the yardstick in a style that is now produced by a number of other Champagne houses.

A typical Blanc de Noirs cuvée has a deep golden colour, and can be more intensely flavoured than the classic non-vintage, multi-grape blend.

Recommended Producers: Cedric Bouchard, Bollinger

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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