Ultime Extra Brut NV

Ultime Extra Brut NV

  • Champagne AOC, 
  • Champagne, 
  • france

Latest Awards

  • 93 points James Suckling , August 2024
  • 91 points Wine Enthusiast , December 2023
Background

In 1834, the Boizel House was established in Épernay, the heart of Champagne, by a family passionate about the wines of its region. Intimate knowledge of the Champagne region, passed on through the generations, and access to grapes from the finest cru sites, are the essential elements behind the Boizels’ elegant portfolio. Working with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced only from Champagne’s most coveted Grands and Premiers Crus, blended with the best crus of Pinot Meunier, Boizel’s intimate knowledge of each village and hillside coupled with longstanding grower relationships allows them the ability to select the finest quality grapes for their Champagnes.

TERROIR & VINTAGE NOTES

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes for the production of Ultime are sourced from Grands and Premiers Cru vineyards within the villages of La Montagne de Reims (Pinot Noir) and the Côte des Blancs (Chardonnay). Pinot Meunier is sourced from the best sites within the Vallée de la Marne.

Winemaking & Aging

This is a pure expression of a great Champagne with zero dosage: precise and intense. Produced only in years of great maturity, this Extra-Brut is a blend of great vintages. Because no additional spirit (dosage) is added to round up the wine, it is essential to ensure that a subtle and pure harmony is achieved at the blending. Post second fermentation, the wine is aged for six to eight years on its lees in bottle, an exceptionally long time for a non-vintage cuvée.

Tasting Notes

The bouquet is fine, intense and complex. Delicious aromas of small white peaches, white flowers and slightly roasted almonds are joined by slight candied notes. On the palate, the Ultime is pure and ample, with great structure. The freshness is well present and the maturity is confirmed by flavors of gingerbread and fruit marmalade.

93
Points

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

91
Points

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

91
Points

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

91
Points

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

91
Points
A Best of Year 2022

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

90
Points
Year's Best Champagne

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

90
Points

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

90
Points

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

90
Points

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

90
Points

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

90
Points

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

Appellation

Champagne AOC

grape varieties

50% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay, 13% Pinot Meunier

Sizes

750ml

technical details
  • ABV: 12%
  • TA: 6.2 g/l
  • Closure: Cork
winemaker

Florent Roques-Boizel

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