2012 Egly Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut Millésime
Van Steenderen Wines
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2012 Egly Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut Millésime
A beautiful vintage, very complex, reminiscent of the elegance of the 2002 millesime associated with the power of the 2008 millesime. A vintage for aging. With aromas of white flowers and slightly honeyed notes. Vinification entirely in barrels.
Bottling: 2013
Blend: 70% Pinot Noir + 30% Chardonnay
Dosage: 1 gram per liter
Un joli millésime, très complexe, rappelant l’élégance du millésime 2002 associé à la puissance du millésime 2008. Millésime de grande garde avec des arômes de fleurs blanches et des notes légèrement miellées. Vinification entièrement en fûts.
Année de mise en bouteille 2013
Assemblage 70% pinot noir et 30% chardonnay Dosage 1 gramme par litre
2026 - 2050
"Francis Egly's 2012 Brut Grand Cru Millésime is predictably brilliant; but it's also a serious, structured wine that will need time to unwind. Mingling notes of citrus oil, pear and stone fruit with hints of freshly baked bread, praline and baking spices, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration and a taut, layered core. Built around a racy spine of acidity and prodigious reserves of chalky extract, it's long, precise, and remarkably fine-boned and elegant for such a powerful wine. Make no mistake, this is one of the wines of the vintage, but—like the 2008—it will demand patience. With more age on cork, however, I wouldn't be surprised if it began to close in on a three-digit score." 98+/100 Robert Parker The Wine Advocate (William Kelley)
In Issue 254 End of April 2021 of The Wine Advocate, I published an in-depth report on Egly-Ouriet, so readers looking for more information on this benchmark producer are directed there. I stopped by the domaine earlier this year to catch up on new releases, including the 2012 vintage and a new non-vintage, Chardonnay-dominant bottling, the Vignes de Bisseuil. This is one of Champagne's finest producers, and everything here comes warmly recommended.