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Grand Cru Millésime 2006

Name: Grand Cru Millésime 2006
Brand: Egly-Ouriet
Price: 412.20 EUR
Availability: InStock

A long-aged prestige Champagne from Ambonnay, blending Pinot Noir power with Chardonnay lift. Barrel fermentation, blocked malolactic conversion and nearly a decade on lees give it a vinous, intensely structured style.

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About this wine

This 2006 Millésime is one of the signature wines of Egly-Ouriet, sourced from estate vineyards in Ambonnay and built from 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. Technical sheets describe fermentation on indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels, with malolactic conversion stopped and dosage kept below 2 g/L, all of which sharpen the wine’s tension and preserve freshness despite its maturity. After roughly eight years in bottle before release, the wine develops the layered breadth and savoury complexity that make Egly-Ouriet one of Champagne’s great grower references. It is a serious gastronomic Champagne.

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Tasting Note

Critics describe yellow-gold colour, citrus, stone fruit, brioche and nutty complexity, with light effervescence, strong salinity and a very low-dosage, tightly drawn finish.

In the glass

Yellow-gold with a fine, restrained mousse.

In the nose

Lemon, orchard fruit, dried citrus, brioche and nutty, lightly oxidative notes.

On the palate

Vinous and structured, with chalky salinity, low dosage tension and a long, precise finish.

Egly-Ouriet

Egly-Ouriet is one of Champagne’s cult grower estates, celebrated for its powerful, terroir-driven wines from Grand Cru vineyards in Ambonnay. Long lees aging, old vines and meticulous vineyard work produce deeply vinous Champagnes with remarkable texture, complexity and structure. Pinot Noir plays a central role, giving the wines richness and depth while maintaining superb tension and precision.

Character of the wine

Grape Varieties

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay

Vinification

A 70/30 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Ambonnay is fermented with indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels, blocked from malolactic conversion, aged about eight years on lees, and bottled unfined and unfiltered at under 2 g/L dosage.

Classification

Champagne AOC, Grand Cru vintage Brut.

Style

Oxidative

Aging potential

Long aging possible

Decant Time

No decanting

Drinking Temperature

10–12 °C

Body

Full

Conservative food pairing

Lobster thermidor

Funky food pairing

Truffle ramen

Music pairing

Classical music

Art pairing

Baroque

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