Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) taka-k with further bottle aging)

with further bottle aging)

Like the other wines of this great range

blueberry and cherry

The grapes used to craft Mistelle Fortified Chardonnay were fortified with spirit and matured for a few years in old French as well as American oak barrels to develop complex fruit characteristics

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 with further bottle aging)In 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