Champagne Egly-Ouriet - 'VP' Grand Cru - Extra Brut - NV
Champagne
Champagne Grand Cru (Ambonnay)
Grand Cru
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Blend
NV
Tasting Notes & Ratings
Grape
A grand cru blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Ambonnay, given a significantly longer élevage than the house's standard Brut Grand Cru.
Tasting notes
"VP" stands for Vieillissement Prolongé, or prolonged ageing, and this cuvée spends considerably more time on its lees than the Brut Grand Cru before a very low, Extra Brut dosage. The extra years show in a deeper, more savoury profile of toasted nuts, dried fruit and honeyed brioche, with the power and chalky grip that define Egly-Ouriet's grand cru fruit, carried by a fine, persistent mousse.
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.