In the glass
Aroma: honeyed pear, white flowers, mint, praline
Palate: powerful vinous fruit, round savoury depth, fine mousse, long finish
Egly-Ouriet's benchmark Grand Cru brut: honeyed pear and white flowers over mint and praline, the palate powerful and vinous with a round, savoury depth and a long finish.
What it pairs with
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Roast Bresse chicken
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Powerful vinous fruit meets roasted poultry. -
Comte aged 36 months
Praline and savoury depth meet the aged cheese. -
Roast partridge
Round depth and mint frame game birds.
History
Francis Egly's Grand Cru brut, formerly labelled Brut Tradition, is built on old, low-yield Ambonnay Pinot Noir with very long lees ageing.
- 1990 — Egly establishes the long-aged Grand Cru brut style
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Egly-Ouriet
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Long lees ageing; low yields; old Grand Cru Ambonnay Pinot Noir
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 90 to 140 at retail
- Drinking window
- now to 12 from release
- First vintage
- 1990
Scores
- Decanter 93