2000 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru

The 2000 Brut Grand Cru Millesime is a gorgeous, elegant wine laced with perfumed, fragrant fruit, oak, spices, minerals and smoke. The wine possesses incredible finesse in its mousse, and a long, creamy finish that caresses the palate with notable silkiness. This is a sensual, beautifully-balanced wine from Egly-Ouriet. The 2000 Brut Grand Cru Millesime spent 82 months on its lees prior to being bottled with no fining or filtration. This bottle was disgorged in May, 2008. Egly-Ouriet is one of the reference-point growers in Champagne, with a deep selection of wines that offer remarkable transparency to site, vintage and variety. The small, bare-bones winery is located in Ambonnay, one of Champagne’s 17 Grand Cru villages, best-known for yielding broad-shouldered, exuberant Pinot Noir-based wines. The house style is defined by first-class fruit, extended lees aging and no fining and/or filtration. These are among the most pure, unmanipulated Champagnes readers will come across, and the estate’s new releases are all highly recommended. Importer: North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 336-9880, Moon Imports, Genova, Italy; +39 010- 313849