Description
“This range from Francis Egly is one of the most impressive I tasted I always look forward to drinking the wines of Egly Ouriet and I can’t recommend these Champagnes highly enough.” Antonio Galloni, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.
“Few producers can equal Francis Egly in skill and experience and larger houses cannot hope to emulate the cultivation norms.” Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve. The World ‘s Greatest Wines.
“Egly Ouriet is one of the reference point growers in Champagne. with a deep selection of wines that offer remarkable transparency to site, vintage and variety. … These are among the most pure. unmanipulated Champagnes readers will come across. and the estate’s new releases are all highly recommended.” Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.
Vintages: 2019 (50%), 2018 (30%), 2017 (20%).Bottling: 2020. Time on lees: 60 months.
We say it every year and we’ll say it again; this is arguably the greatest rosé wine of Champagne. Why is it so good? Well, the first reason is that the fruit comes from 100% Grand Cru estate vines grown by one of the most meticulous vignerons in the region. Then there is the five percent of Egly’s 2015 Coteaux Champenois Rouge—the finest red wine of the AOC in our opinion, and not only ours! This red Pinot gives the wine its colour and a great deal of its vinous character. The blend is 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay with 50% from the 2017 vintage and the reserve wines split between 2016 and 2015. The dosage is a negligible two grams per litre. Interestingly, this is always Egly’s most delicate wine. It’s unbelievably fine, perfumed, delicate and red-fruited; something truly special. It’s also now bottled in dark glass, protecting it from light strike.
“Rumbling power with delicate finesse, this is a rose of medium salmon hue, bursting with the exuberance and beguiling transparency of Ambonnay pinot noir. Fragrant rosebuds and wild strawberries open into glorious depth of black cherry fruits of exacting ripeness, cherry kernel, fig and mixed spice. Very fresh and focussed for its age, with a universe of complexity lingering very long, precise and lively amidst fine chalk mineral texture.” 96 points, Tyson Stelzer, The Champagne Guide
“Based on the 2014 vintage and disgorged in July 2020, the latest release of Egly’s NV Brut Rosé Grand Cru is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of tangerine oil, crisp red berries, toasted almonds and white flowers—in other words, much as I described the 2013-base last year but with a touch more aromatic intensity. Full-bodied, vinous and enveloping, with superb depth at the core, racy acids and a pillowy mousse, it concludes with a long, penetrating finish. While it’s showing beautifully today, I’d love to revisit it with another year on cork.” 94+ points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
“The NV Brut Rosé Grand Cru is distinguished, among other things, by the five years it spent on its lees, which is quite long for Rosé Champagne. Bright and beautifully sculpted, the Rosé sizzles with tension and yet it also possesses a sense of inner suaveness that is impossible to miss. This is such a classy wine. Disgorged: July, 2020.” Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media
RRP $447 Our Price $394.99 – Very limited!
