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EGLY-OURIET Tradition Brut Grand Cru Ambonnay

EGLY-OURIET Tradition Brut Grand Cru Ambonnay

Grapes: Chardonnay  Pinot Noir  Origin: France, Non Vintage
Lea & Sandeman review
The wine is fermented using natural yeast and aged on the lees for a year so that the wines clarify slowly, before they are bottled without fining or filtering. The cuvée (70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay) is composed of 50% of the vintage harvested a year before the bottling in 2000 (1999) with the other 50% made up of 20% of 1998, 20% of 1997, and 10% from 1996. A rich, full-bodied wine with evolved flavours this is immensely satisfying.

Other reviews and comments
Pale gold. Ripe pear, melon, peach pit and honeysuckle aromas, with a gentle mineral accent. Subtle notes of lees and marzipan complement fresh pear and white peach flavors. A nicely focused, midweight Champagne with a bright citrus peel element carrying through the finish. Vibrant and refined.   90/100
Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
(disgorged October 2006) Light yellow. Ripe peach and yellow plum on the nose, with a suave toasted hazelnut quality adding interest. Vibrant yellow fruit flavors are impressively fresh, showing impressive depth and chewy texture. This seems more energetic than many past bottlings from this producer, with striking clarity and great finishing persistence.   91/100
Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
The NV Grand Cru exhibits superb, rich, full-bodied flavours with honeyed apple notes, wonderful effervescence and freshness. This offering is not an aperitif-styled Champagne. It is meant to be drunk with food.   92/100
Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
From one of the most exceptional growers in the region, this is a Champagne that's full of character and flavour, intense on the nose with undertones of toffee apple and a lovely creamy richness of texture and flavour underscored by sourdough and bruised apple. It finishes nutty, mineral and refreshingly dry.   88/100
www.thewinegang.com
Divinely rich: honey, hazlenuts and macaroons with redcurrants. 'The Wine Detective: Turning over a new leaf-Go Green!'
Simon Woods
Very fine, biodynamic, Pinot Noir-based Champagne from the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay. Ripe, perfumy, red fruit flavours and a full, textured palate stretching out to a long finish. Tremendous fruit, precision and clarity.   94
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42 months on the lees and then disgorged January 2011. A bit of apple peel. Very ‘natural’. Very pure and unadorned. All top Montagne de Reims villages. Extreme champagne. Very dry finish. Lots of potential. October 2011   17/100
Jancis Robinson MW OBE - www.JancisRobinson.com
Drink 2007-11 Quite evolved and full on the nose. Lovely delicate mousse - not very explosive, just gentle. Pure and very long. Serious wine rather than simple champagne. 12.5%   18/20
Jancis Robinson MW OBE - www.JancisRobinson.com
Very grown-up, with buttery richness intermingling with aromas of nuts and toasted almonds. There's a lovely weight to the fruit on the palate and a creamy gutsiness to it as well. Dry and pure. '50 festive favourites'.
Decanter Magazine
Marvellous old-fashioned stuff. Don't waste this on some thirsty dude you've just met in a bar. Keep it for friends trusted and true, because it's quite an experience. Champagne gets it's sparkle from a second fermentation in the bottle. The yeast sediment is usaully removed after a year or two, at most, but this bubbly stayed sitting on that tasty, creamy yeast for 38 months and given that the grapes come from the powerhouse village of Ambonnay, the result is an austere and impressive mouthful of apple flesh, brown and slightly bruised, rice-crispies cereal softness and a gaunt, shining, hazelnut husk dryness. 250 best Wines, Wine Buying Guide 2009.
Oz Clarke
This wine was disgorged in November 2009 and has an attractive caramel edge, but really is all about freshness with bruised apple and nettle notes. The palate is nimble and crisp, with fantastic clarity and length, pushing the wine through to a wonderfully fruity but precise finish. What a joy to behold (and drink!) and will cellar well.   94/100
www.thewinegang.com
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