EGLY-OURIET Tradition, Grand Cru Extra Brut NV Bottle

Description

Egly-Ouriet, a revered grower-producer, crafts exceptional Champagnes from Grand Cru vineyards, celebrated for their intensity, purity, and age-worthiness. This Extra Brut NV, a blend from multiple vintages, encapsulates their philosophy of minimal intervention and extended lees ageing, resulting in profound complexity. It presents an inviting aroma of crisp green apple, toasted brioche, and hazelnut, with a subtle chalky minerality. Plush ripe fruit nose with vanilla, flowers and toast of fine depth. Expressive, broad, fruit-forward palate with smooth texture. Highly enjoyable in a very characterful style.

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THE WINE ADVOCATE (William Kelley) 92+ Points
“Based on the 2018 vintage, Egly's newly released NV Brut Grand Cru offers up inviting aromas of honeyed pear and white flowers mingled with hints of mint and praline. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and chiseled, it's an especially fine-boned, precise rendition of this immensely dependable cuvée, formerly known as the domaine's "Tradition" bottling.”

JANCIS ROBINSON (Tamlyn Currin) 18/20 Points
“Every time I lift this glass, I smell something else. At first it was toasted oats; then nectarines; then lemongrass. It's instantly obvious that it's more powerful, driven, intentional than Les Prémices. The timbre drops from alto to tenor, on the cusp of baritone. The cadence lengthens. The dynamics intensify. The wine is dramatically creamy with deep caramelised undertones, an adagio of brûlée swirled through the cream, through the peach purée of fruit, past the toasted-hazelnut crunch. It's complex and magnificent, demanding time, attention, and preferably a rare, marbled steak (from regeneratively farmed, pasture-raised beef).”