Tasting Notes
Vinous 95
The (2013) Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises is fabulous. Ample, creamy and beautifully layered, the Roises captures all the best qualities of Olivier Collin’s deeply personal style. A rush of baked apple tart, butter, lemon confit and dried flowers fill out the wine’s broad frame, with a touch of Burgundian-like reduction that adds both complexity and nuance. Time in the glass only helps bring out the wine’s resonance and class. This is a superb edition of Les Roises. Not surprisingly, it is 100% 2013. This release spent 48 months on the lees, as opposed to 36 months for the disgorgement I reviewed earlier this year. Dosage is 2.4 grams per liter. Disgorged: March, 2018.
Anticipated maturity: 2018-2026
Robert Parker 98
Disgorged with 2.4 grams per liter dosage in March 2018 after 48 months sur lattes, the NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2013) derives entirely from the 2013 vintage. It’s an extraordinary young Champagne, unwinding in the glass with scents of crisp orchard fruit, citrus zest, Anjou pear, white flowers, nutmeg and fresh peach. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, textural and caressing, with a deep and multidimensional core, racy acids and an electric, searingly chalky finish. From a south-facing site that touches Les Enfers, the soils here are clay-rich and about a meter and a half deep, and Collin’s vines are 70 years old; some are virused and produce small, shot berries, conferring even more concentration to the resulting wine—as well as ensuring that yields are always low.
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2033