{"id":6374,"date":"2021-03-19T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/?p=6374"},"modified":"2021-03-22T17:06:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T16:06:59","slug":"egly-ouriet-wine-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/egly-ouriet-wine-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Egly-Ouriet: Estate guide and presentation of vintages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we're going to introduce you to one of our superb partner estates in Champagne: the Egly-Ouriet estate<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

> All the Domaines guides<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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History of the domain :<\/span><\/h2>\n

Visit Champagne house Egly-Ouriet<\/strong> was born in 1945 after the Second World War. When Francis Egly's grandfather started out in the wine business with 3 hectares of vines in the Ambonnay Grand Cru, his descendants obtained by purchase or marriage the other 9 hectares, including the splendid Cray\u00e8res parcel where the vines are sixty years old. The vineyard comprises a total of 10 hectares in the Grands Crus Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay, and 2 hectares in the Premier Cru Vrigny, with 2\/3 Pinot Noir, and the remainder divided between Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. The winemaking system uses stainless steel as well as wood, with barrels aged from 1 to 5 years in varying proportions depending on the cuv\u00e9e. This is more important to Francis Egly, a winemaker who wants to let each terroir speak for itself, each grape variety, than to follow a basic recipe. According to Francis Egly: \"Vines are like horses: if you want to master them, you have to give birth to them\". He owns a vineyard that is almost 40 years old, built by his family around remarkable massal selections, which are the source of the rare flavor of his grapes and therefore of his champagnes. For three generations now, the family has built up a heritage of Grand Cru vineyards in Bouzy, Verzenay and mainly Ambonnay, in the heart of the terroir. In premier cru, they have pinot meunier on the Vrigny terroir in the Marne valley. It also has a champagne that sells its bottles backwards, younger and younger. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The modern era of the Egly-Ouriet house<\/span><\/h2>\n

Francis, following in his father Michel's footsteps, has built up a treasure trove that enables him to sell his Brut champagnes after 4 years' ageing and his vintages after 6 years. Since 1995, the wines have been vinified in barrels and, since 1999, without malolactic fermentation, to preserve their freshness. The Vrigny vines, as tonic and spongy as ever, define themselves as an invigorating champagne with a hint of herbs in this titling. The Brut Grand Cru, disgorged in October 2019, is meticulously crafted, offering a majestic expression of Pinots and Chardonnays from Ambonnay and Bouzy. It will be in perfect harmony with the table and the cellar. In terms of intensity, we have powerful, fruity flavors in the ros\u00e9, which spent 64 months in the cellar and was disgorged in November 2019; it is a profound representative of the grands crus of this color. Ambonnay's most intense expression is embodied in the blanc des noirs from lieu-dit Les Cray\u00e8res, disgorged in October 2019 with a quintessential pinot noir, phenomenally spherical and deep in scope. In 2018, Francis Egly concludes for one of his greatest coteaux-champenois, a pinot noir with exceptional ripeness, coated with a magnificent clay feel and admirable delicacy. This is a great red worthy of the great C\u00f4te de Nuits crus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The estate's great vintages:<\/span><\/h2>\n

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