Ulysse Collin, Les Maillons Rose de Saignee Extra Brut 2014

Description

About the Producer

Champagne Ulysse Collin was founded in 2003 by Olivier Collin in the village of Congy in Sézannais, south of the Côte des Blancs. Although the estate was established less than 20 years ago, generations of the Collins family have been winegrowers in Conge, starting with Jean-Baptiste Collin buying a plot of grapes in the village in 1812 rattan. By the early 1900s, the Collins family had begun bottling their own wine, and Olivier's great-grandfather, Georges Collin, even won a prestigious prize at the 1935 Paris Agriculturism Competition. After the Second World War, Olivier's grandfather, René Collin, increased the estate's acreage to 18 hectares. Today, Olivier Collin is the largest single-vineyard wine producer in Champagne and one of the region's most talented winemakers. Collin plants his vines with the utmost respect for the terroir, as he believes that living soil is a prerequisite for terroir expression. No herbicides or preservative products are used, only sulfur powder and organic pesticides. While Olivier is not against organic and biodynamic farming, he feels that the climate in Champagne is too harsh. So, in the case of severe mold infestation, he allows himself to fight them with compounds. Olivier Collin's winemaking process is as natural and hands-off as possible. Fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts. Both alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place in oak barrels aged between 3 and 6 years.