Egly Ouriet Champagne
“While the quality of Egly’s wines is an open secret at this stage, I believe that his latest releases number among his best to date. I warmly encourage readers to acquaint—or reacquaint—themselves with them.”
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For our “growing” list of grower-Champagne connoisseurs, we have some remaining supplies of Egly Ouriet Brut Grand Cru. It’s an interesting name, no doubt. Champagne’s proximity to Germany will have some struggling with Germanic pronunciations…as if French wasn’t enough!
For fun, here’s how you pronounce this knock-yer-socks-off Champagne.
Now, for those of you who don’t care how it’s pronounced, you will certainly care how it tastes. This is a highly sought after wine, the reviews are stellar and when you fall in love, you can bother with pronunciations, and thank me then (and you will).
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With over 30-years at the helm of the Domaine, Francis Egly’s meticulous vineyard work, an ethos of continued refinement and desire to improve, has put this estate at or near the top of the Champagne hierarchy. Anyone serious about Champagne is sure to know of the magic of Egly Ouriet.
The NV Brut Grand Cru would be considered his basic bottling. It's a blend of 70% pinot noir, 30% Chardonnay sourced from Grand Cru Vineyards mostly in Ambonnay. It spent 4 years lees aging prior to disgorgement and sees 3g/l dosage. This bottling is based on the 2017 vintage (50%) with the rest of the blend being made up of the 3 previous vintages. It may be labeled as a non-vintage wine, but trust me when I tell you this will rival most producers' top cuvees.
Extra Brut VP Grand Cru NV with 2009 as the base vintage; disgorged May 2017; 30% chardonnay, 70% pinot from Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay; 33% 2008, 33% 2007 reserves; aged 80 months on lees; vinified and aged in oak casks; 2g/L dosage). In an age when single-vineyard, single-varietal, single-vintage champagnes are all the rage, it remains that blends triumph most often, even in an estate as tiny as this. Egly’s ‘prolonged aging blend unites three vintages in equal proportions.
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