{"title":"Egly-Ouriet | Ambonnay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Display Sign in the Champagne cellars of Egly Ouriet\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/Collection_Banner_a814e149-3b71-49d8-bb57-4494a38286bd.jpg?v=1641728421\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChampagne Egly-Ouriet is a real class act and has become a cult Champagne with devotees around the world. One of the original grower champagne producers and long before most people were even aware of the term, Champagne Vigneron, Francis Egly was meticulously tending his family holdings and producing multi- dimensional wines of great precision and emotion. The champagnes of Egly-Ouriet truly fit the description of “Burgundy with bubbles” given to them by critic Peter Liem for their remarkable complexity, generosity, vibrancy and signature vinous quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vines are grown in the Montagne de Reims Grands Crus of Bouzy, Verzenay and Ambonnay, home to some of Champagne’s greatest Pinot Noir. Specifically, Francis Egly cultivates vines in one of the most sought-after and famed parcels of the Grand Cru Village of Ambonnay, Les Crayeres. All 30 acres of the Egly-Ouriet vineyard are farmed using sustainable practices and Francis adopts biodynamic and organic principles of viticulture. In both his sustainable winemaking practices and minimal interventionist winemaking, Francis Egly follows a model that is more Burgundian than Champenois in its approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing a manual harvest, the grapes are brought to the winery, where they are gently pressed in whole clusters and fermented with indigenous yeasts in Burgundian oak barrels. The champagnes are blended from a vast selection of vins clairs (base wines), produced with a Burgundian obsession to quality. Francis believes that quality champagne is made with perfect quality fruit coupled with a gentle winemaking process and extended lees ageing. To this end, most of the Egly-Ouriet champagnes spend a minimum of 48 months ageing on lees with some even over 100 months. During this time, they rest peacefully without racking. While Francis does not like to stir the lees too much, battonage is carried out 2 or 3 times in order to help prevent oxidation. Egly-Ouriet was one of the first Champagne houses to drastically reduce dosage during a time when other houses were adding up to 15 grams per litre. Today, their dosage rarely exceeds 2-5 grams per litre and the champagnes are bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile some champagnes based on Pinot Noir can be quite heavy on the palate, those of Egly-Ouriet are beautifully balanced with great verve, always layered but never overwhelming on the palate. These are outstanding expressions and certainly not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"champagne-egly-ouriet-tradition-grand-cru-brut-nv","title":"Champagne Egly Ouriet Tradition Grand Cru Brut NV (2024 Release)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEgly-Ouriet is widely regarded as one of the world's finest Champagne producers, leading the charge for quality, purity, and vineyard expression since the 1990s. As a Grower Champagne (Récoltant-Manipulant), they control the process from vineyard to bottle, allowing them to focus entirely on low yields, old vines, and extended aging. The Tradition Grand Cru Brut is Egly-Ouriet’s flagship non-vintage release, but its quality rivals many houses' prestige cuvées. Grapes for the Egly Ouriet Tradition are sourced exclusively from prime Grand Cru villages, primarily their family holdings in Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Verzenay - the heart of the Montagne de Reims, renowned for Pinot Noir. Unlike the legal minimum of 15 months for NV Champagne, Egly-Ouriet ages this wine for a minimum of 48 months (four years) on the lees. This long contact time creates a supremely rich, complex, and silky texture. The wines are bottled with a very low dosage (Brut), allowing the pure expression of the concentrated fruit to shine through. Deep gold in colour with a fine, lingering bead the nose is rich and complex with aromas of gingerbread, ripe orchard fruit (apple, pear), and toasted nuts, with a core of earthy minerality. The palate is broad, full-bodied, and highly textural. The long aging gives it incredible depth and a mouth-coating presence, finishing with powerful chalkiness and profound length. 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