Tasting Notes
This wine is the second bottling of Egly’s (already legendary) Millésime 2008. The first bottling that we previously offered was disgorged in July 2019. This disgorgement was almost a year later, in April 2020, after 129 months on lees. Again, this is the typical blend of 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay from the same 40-year-old vines in Ambonnay, aged in barrel until bottling and with no malo (simply because it did not occur). The dosage is 4g/l. Francis Egly has called 2008, “Probably the greatest vintage of the decade,” noting that, “the wine has benefited from additional aging in our cellars after its disgorgement and has surely reached today its best level.” - Importer Note
'Few producers can equal Francis Egly in skill and experience, and larger houses cannot hope to emulate the cultivation norms, " - Michel Bettane, The World's Greatest Wines.
'What Larmandier-Bernier achieves with Chardonnay, so Egly-Ouriet manages for Pinot Noir: wines of riveting purity and concentration. " - Andrew Jefford, The New France
| Product Type | Wine Sparkling Champagne |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Sub Region | Ambonnay |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |