Ultime Extra Brut NV

Enticing, spicy aromas of subtle cloves and dried heather with ripe apples. The palate is clean and fresh with very fine bubbles and a long, satisfying finish. Delicate in many ways, but with character. 50% pinot noir, 40% chardonnay and 10% pinot meunier. Disgorged in 2024. Dosage 0g/L. Drink now. -J.S.

James Suckling - August 2024

A dry and balanced Champagne with sliced apple, subtle pear and hints of pastry dough. It’s medium-bodied with creamy texture and a caressing finish. Very fine and delicious. Drink now. -J.S.

James Suckling - July 2023

This dry Champagne is fruity with some softened texture. The wine is crisp, citrus flavored with bright acidity and a dry aftertaste. Drink now. —R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2023

This crisp wine balances dryness with its ripe fruit and strong mineral texture. It is rich while also so dry ,with almost no dosage. As such it needs to age a little longer, so drink this bottling from 2019. - R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2018

A blend of the three key Champagne grapes, this wine is bone dry. However, its six years on lees have softened the wine’s intensity to give a deliciously textured wine, freshness and ripe fruit in harmony. Drink the bottling now. Taub Family Selections. —R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - November 2022

The Boizel family produces this wine when the harvest ripens sufficiently to produce a wine without dosage. They supplement it with 40 percent reserve wines, aging the blend for six years or longer on the lees. It shares the golden color of several of the firm’s releases, its dry savor rounded by its smoky bottle maturity. Chalky minerality comes through in the end, making this thirst quenching with grilled langoustines. – J.G.

Wine & Spirits - December 2018

This bone-dry Champagne is, as so often, too young. Its intense crispness and tight texture promise much as the wine ages and opens out. Look for white fruits, an always steely edge and a fine balance. Drink this bottling from 2021.—R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2020

Taking advantage of recent warm vintages, Boizel has joined other producers in taking its range drier. This extra brut is full of crisp apple and lemon flavors. It is dry, although the acidity is balanced by the ripe fruitiness and mineral aftertaste. Drink this bottling (disgorged January 2016) from 2018. – R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2016

Long lees aging (six years) has been good to this wine. It has balanced the bone-dry character of the wine, allowing it to fill out. Now, it is a beautifully structured Pinot Noir-dominate wine, with a light tannic character as well as hints of almonds and plenty of citrus fruits. Drink now. -RV

Wine Enthusiast - December 2017

Made without the addition of a dosage, this is a spare, dry wine. With green-apple and tense citrus flavors, it is not a wine to drink as an aperitif. This potentially fine bottling needs more aging and will be ready from 2020. —R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2019

Like so many bone-dry Champagnes, this wine needs some bottle aging to soften the brutal acidity. It offers a tight mineral texture and crisp lemon and grapefruit acidity. Drink from 2017 – R.V.

Wine Enthusiast - December 2015