Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) taka-k on the vine

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Wine Enthousiast 2007 Highly Recommended

The estate is run by Cedric Gravier and although the first estate-bottled wines were released only in 1996

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Pierre joins his older brother

Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) taka-k on the vineIn some ways, this is the emblematic wine of the domaine. It was Michel Bettane, the influential French critic, who encouraged Francis Egly to bottle this single vineyard wine separately, with the first release being from the 1989 vintage. This latest offering was bottled after the 2016 base had spent close to one year in cask before being blended with 50% reserve wines from the 2015 vintage. All the vinification and aging for both vintages was in