Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) sangiovse with elegant hints of oak

with elegant hints of oak with round

The remainder of the season was mostly mild and dry

Expressive and a product of a fabulous harvest in the village of Nieve

Nathalie Theulot’s Côte Chalonnaise white is usually a domaine bottling drawn from vines in Mercurey

and velvety with soft

Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (Base 16, Disg Jul 23) sangiovse with elegant hints of oakIn 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