Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru V.P NV auramadre with the tannins starting out

with the tannins starting out slightly pronounced before gradually softening nicely into a long

green walnuts and the fine bouquet of fresh

but in 2000

the winemaking is designed to showcase the "waxy intensity" of the fruit rather than the artifact of the winery

steely with great minerality

Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru V.P NV auramadre with the tannins starting outThe V. P. stands for Vieillissement Prolong; (prolonged aging), as the wine spends so long on lees; in this case 84 months. It's a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, and like the entry Grand Cru Brut, the fruit also comes from Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay & all great Grand Cru terroirs. Vinification and ; levage was in oak casks. The dosage is a tiny two grams per litre, so seriously Extra Brut. The power of the fruit plus the extended lees