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Similar vinification as the VP Extra Brut but sourced exclusively from old Vrigny classified 1er Cru Pinot Meunier vines. A blend of 50% harvest 2015, 30% harvest 2014 and 20% harvest 2013 Dosage 2 gr per liter.
Lush and creamy in texture, with flavors of white peach, pastry, espresso crème and saffron, enlivened by a firm frame of citrusy acidity. Well-knit and expressive, offering a clean-cut finish of fleur de sel (salt crystals) and blanched almond. Disgorged July 2016.
Egly-Ouriet is one of the most prominent grower Champagne producers (récoltant-manipulant), located at Ambonnay in the Montagne de Reims. It has attained something of a cult status for its richly colored, textured wines, and is a favorite of notable American wine critic Robert Parker.
Egly-Ouriet has 9.7 hectares of Grand Cru vines with an average age of 40 years, in Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay, and mostly planted to Pinot Noir with a small amount of Chardonnay. The exception is a plot of old-vine Pinot Meunier, 2hectares at Vrigny. Egly-Ouriet, along with Selosse and Larmandier-Bernier, make up the holy trinity of great grower Champagnes.
They are some of only a handful of growers who follow biodynamic, organic or ‘living soil’ principals of viticulture.
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