Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Millésime 2012 disg Jul 2021

This is Egly-Ouriet's vintage Champagne, made only in years the family considers worth declaring and drawn from grand cru vineyards in Ambonnay.

Egly-Ouriet is one of the best-known grower estates on the Montagne de Reims, based in Ambonnay, where the chalk slopes are given over largely to Pinot Noir. Francis Egly's approach rests on very low yields, late picking and long ageing, and the vintage cuvée is built on Pinot Noir from the estate's oldest grand cru parcels with a smaller portion of Chardonnay. Fermentation takes place in barrel, malolactic is generally avoided, and the wine spends a long stretch on lees in the cellar, considerably longer than the appellation requires, before hand disgorgement at a low dosage. This bottling was disgorged in July 2021.

Already open but with a decade or more ahead of it; serve at about 8°C, a touch warmer if it has been in the fridge long, with roast poultry, lobster or aged Comté.

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