Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Bisseuil Premier Cru NV

The solitary Chardonnay-led cuvée in the Egly-Ouriet range, Les Vignes de Bisseuil comes from a small parcel of vines over 40 years old in the Premier Cru village of Bisseuil, next to Aÿ in the Vallée de la Marne. Each non-vintage release is built around a recent base vintage supplemented with one or two years of reserve wine, offering a brighter, more nervy, Chardonnay-forward counterpoint to Egly's Pinot Noir-dominant Grand Cru wines.

Colour :
Pale lemon-gold.

Nose :
Crisp orchard fruit, fresh citrus and grapefruit, white flowers, praline, crushed rocks, mint and freshly baked bread.

Palate :
Medium- to full-bodied, pillowy yet racy, with a fleshy fruit core, chalky mineral spine and a long, energetic, saline finish.

$320.00
$320.00
1 in Stock

Producer: Champagne Egly-Ouriet

Region: Champagne, France

Sub-Region: Vallée de la Marne — Premier Cru village of Bisseuil, adjacent to Aÿ

Vintage:

Composition: Predominantly Chardonnay (typically 70–80%) with smaller proportions of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, from a single ~1.5-hectare parcel in Bisseuil. Barrel-fermented on indigenous yeasts (some new oak), no MLF, aged ~48 months on lees, unfined and unfiltered.

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Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Bisseuil Premier Cru NV Steves Winestore
Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Bisseuil Premier Cru NV Steves Winestore
About the producer
Champagne Egly-Ouriet
While Egly-Ouriet is best known for its Ambonnay Grand Cru Pinot Noir, Francis Egly's family also farms this small Chardonnay-focused parcel in Bisseuil, farmed using organic methods. The cuvée is treated with the same exacting cellar philosophy as the rest of the range, barrel fermentation, indigenous yeasts, extended lees ageing, making it a rare and sought-after expression of Egly's winemaking applied to Chardonnay.

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