2011 Egly Ouriet Brut Grand Cru Millesime

Description

RMの2大巨頭としてジャック・セロスと並ぶエグリ・ウーリエ。こちらはウーリエの本拠地アンボネイ村のピノ・ノワールとシャルドネから造られるミレジメです。樽発酵・樽熟成後、99カ月間にもおよぶ瓶内熟成が行われ、2020年10月にデゴルジュマンをしています。

2011年は比較的涼しい年だったことから、フレッシュ感に富む味わいとなりました。レモンオイル、黄色い花、ドライフラワー、ハーブなどの鮮やかで清涼感のあるアロマ。チョーキーな塩味と旨み、適度な厚みがあり、ドザージュ1g/Lとは思えない果実の甘みとまろやかさからは、アンボネイのピノ・ノワールが持つ壮大なスケール感が感じられます！

We’re serious when we say Egly’s newest release is the best of the vintage, at least when compared to the legion of 2011 Champagnes We’ve tasted over the past several years. Even though it’s right on the red-hot heels of his perfect-scoring 2008—a bottle that will be idolized for years and decades to come—one would be absolutely gutted to miss out on this 2011 Grand Cru. Egly’s Grand Cru Vintage bottlings come from estate-owned Grand Cru Ambonnay fruit that was planted in the 1970s. Vines are farmed organically and Francis has a plowing regimen that aerates the chalky-clay soils here. His multi-level concrete cellars allow the grapes to be fed into French barrels via gravity and thanks to their cold, temperature-controlled cellars, malolactic is blocked. After fermenting on indigenous yeasts and resting further in barrel, the wine was transferred into bottle where it matured on fine lees for 96 months—nearly three times the requirement for Vintage Champagne. The final blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay was dosed with just one gram of sugar and saw no fining or filtration. The 2011 is elegant, precise, and fantastically savory. In the glass, a wonderful concoction of low-toned, mellow aromas envelops the senses. You’ll uncover bruised red and yellow apple, Rainier cherry, wild plums, underripe pineapple, currant, lemon verbena, dried sage, honeysuckle, and smoky undertones. A profoundly textured and meticulously detailed Champagne.