Champagne Egly-Ouriet - Brut Grand Cru - NV
Champagne
Champagne Grand Cru (Ambonnay)
Grand Cru
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Blend
NV
Tasting Notes & Ratings
Grape
Roughly 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, sourced from the house's grand cru holdings in Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay.
Tasting notes
The house's flagship non-vintage blend, built on a majority of grand cru Pinot Noir and aged on its lees for several years beyond the appellation minimum. Aromas of pear, freshly baked bread, lemon zest and praline lead into a full-bodied, layered palate with terrific concentration, racy acidity and a chalky structure, finishing long and gently honeyed.
More About The Winery
Champagne Egly-Ouriet is a grower-producer based in Ambonnay, one of the Montagne de Reims' grand cru villages, run by Francis Egly since he took over the family domaine from his grandfather in 1982. Francis moved the estate away from selling grapes to négociants and toward estate-bottling under the family name, built around roughly ten hectares of grand cru vines in Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay, plus family vineyards in Trigny. The house is known across its range for unusually long lees-ageing, and is widely regarded as one of the benchmark grower Champagne estates for combining power with precision.