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Estimate: $120
Lot No. 10; Disgorged March 2014.
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". . . with the usual 1.7 grams per liter dosage. Mingling aromas of citrus oil, fresh bread, macadamia nuts, crushed chalk and white flowers, it's full-bodied, multidimensional and tightly wound, with a deep and layered mid-palate, racy acids and a long, intensely chalky finish. As usual, it's the most chiseled, mineral wine in the range, but the additional time on lees has given the wine another dimension. Given Olivier Collin's relentless hard work and unwavering ambition, I knew it was only a matter of time until he produced a wine that merited the highest possible score that this publication can award. As readers will have by now discerned, my appreciation for great wine is constrained neither by appellation (in Burgundy) nor the échelle des crus (in Champagne). The validity of this approach is underscored by just how good these latest releases from Collin are; all of them produced not in the grands crus of the Côte de Blancs or Montagne de Reims, but rather in the Val de Petit Morin and the Sézannais, subregions that are hardly household names even among wine lovers. What did surprise me, however, was just how much difference another year on the lees has made to Collin's 2014-base Les Roises and Les Enfers. Bringing additional depth, dimension, texture and sapid nuance, the results are nothing short of remarkable. Small wonder that Collin is doing everything he can to retain all his wines on the lees for longer. Yet to have constituted such extensive stocks of reserve wines from scratch, and to hold back the fruits of his labor for so long before putting them on the market, represents an immense financial investment. Happily, it is an investment that is being repaid with the most gratifying of dividends, as any readers who are able to secure a few bottles of these remarkable wines will be able to experience for themselves."
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". . . with the usual 1.7 grams per liter dosage. Mingling aromas of citrus oil, fresh bread, macadamia nuts, crushed chalk and white flowers, it's full-bodied, multidimensional and tightly wound, with a deep and layered mid-palate, racy acids and a long, intensely chalky finish. As usual, it's the most chiseled, mineral wine in the range, but the additional time on lees has given the wine another dimension. Given Olivier Collin's relentless hard work and unwavering ambition, I knew it was only a matter of time until he produced a wine that merited the highest possible score that this publication can award. As readers will have by now discerned, my appreciation for great wine is constrained neither by appellation (in Burgundy) nor the échelle des crus (in Champagne). The validity of this approach is underscored by just how good these latest releases from Collin are; all of them produced not in the grands crus of the Côte de Blancs or Montagne de Reims, but rather in the Val de Petit Morin and the Sézannais, subregions that are hardly household names even among wine lovers. What did surprise me, however, was just how much difference another year on the lees has made to Collin's 2014-base Les Roises and Les Enfers. Bringing additional depth, dimension, texture and sapid nuance, the results are nothing short of remarkable. Small wonder that Collin is doing everything he can to retain all his wines on the lees for longer. Yet to have constituted such extensive stocks of reserve wines from scratch, and to hold back the fruits of his labor for so long before putting them on the market, represents an immense financial investment. Happily, it is an investment that is being repaid with the most gratifying of dividends, as any readers who are able to secure a few bottles of these remarkable wines will be able to experience for themselves."
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