Champagne Egly-Ouriet - Les Vignes de Vrigny 1er Cru - Brut - NV
Champagne
Champagne 1er Cru (Vrigny)
Premier Cru
Pinot Meunier
Blanc de Noirs
NV
Tasting Notes & Ratings
Grape
100% Pinot Meunier, sourced from a single old-vine family plot in Vrigny, a 1er Cru village in the Montagne de Reims.
Tasting notes
One of the rare single-varietal Pinot Meunier Champagnes in the grower-producer world, Les Vignes de Vrigny is vinified and aged like the rest of the Egly-Ouriet range, with extended lees-ageing bringing real depth to the grape. Aromas of apricot, dried herbs and light cream lead into a palate that is supple, fresh and harmonious, with the fine, persistent mousse typical of the house.
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.