Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) taka-k White and tropical fruit and

White and tropical fruit and citrus aromas

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

cinnamon and ginger Ageing: Aged in damp cellars

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

on the vine

Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) taka-k White and tropical fruit andIn 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