Champagne Collet Collection Privee Brut Champagne

Fine perlage. Less fresh and more vinous and complex with age. Could use a food foil. Good pairing with aged Comte cheese.

Similar to last bottle and going strong. Lovely fine perlage, excellent Chardonnay dominant freshness makes it great aperitif/first course wine.

Fine perlage, nice bouquet, balanced with character.

Can taste the age, disappearing bubbles, short taste.

2008 Champagne Collet �Collection Priv�e� Brut, France: Retail $65. $132 at L�Albatros in Cleveland. 75% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Meunier, almost entirely from 1er and Grand Cru vineyards. Vinified in oak barrels. We have been enjoying the Collet Brut and (to a greater extent) the Brut Ros� since we moved to Houston and found it in our local grocery store. Surprisingly, I had never heard of this producer (I think) despite it being one of the more popular …

More chalky, more lemony, less bitter, less sweet than the 06 vintage. Like it though because it's a well made champagne. The slightly smokey note makes it interesting. Hints of green tea and tobacco. This vintage is more chardonnay driven (75%) and would benefit of further cellering. Yet I like the 06 more.

IMW 2018 Champagne - Walk-Around Tasting (Hyatt, San Francisco) : (co-op) - digestive biscuit nose with some yellow apple. Better integration than the Art Deco cuv�e. Feels 7g. High acid. Long. Fresh finish. Some development and a bit of reduction on the mid palate.

IMW 2018 Champagne - Prestige Tasting (Hyatt, San Francisco) : CM $170. 75-20-5 chardonnay, pinot, meunier. Pale straw color. Intriguing and expressive estery underripe bosc pear - yellow-apple, green apple core, browned apple core nose. Stylistically oxidative. Feels 9g (actual 8g), high-minus acid, great integration and a softer, rounder style.