Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut NV [NET] CS20230516 A grappa made from Nebbiolo

A grappa made from Nebbiolo grapes

The palate is a snowball rolling over fruits

this vineyard resides above the fog throughout the year

separated from the Pacific by a small mountain range making the closet vineyard to the ocean in all of California

including bourbon barrels

Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut NV [NET] CS20230516 A grappa made from NebbioloFrancis Egly is the fourth generation to farm old vines in the grand cru village of Ambonnay, and there is a broad consensus that nobody there does it better. This is his calling card: roughly 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, about 70% Ambonnay, the rest from Bouzy, Verzenay and Verzy, aged four years on the lees, raised in barrel, bottled unfined and unfiltered with a barely there dosage. Egly's whole philosophy is that complexity comes from