Egly-Ouriet, Brut Millesime other_regions_italy Tasted in London with a

Tasted in London with a Bordeaux merchant

It was produced in 2008

(from a parcel of vines that are in Flagey opposite Clos de Vougeot)

Strong wood and menthol characters bury the fruit at present

This wine should continue to offer gorgeous and good-value drinking for another decade

Egly-Ouriet, Brut Millesime other_regions_italy Tasted in London with aRevisited from the July 2019 disgorgement, Egly's 2008 Brut Grand Cru Millsime was showing as brilliantly as ever. The wine seemed to shut down a little in early 2020, but it is already beginning to unwind, and this was the most expressive bottle that I've drunk to date. Offering up an incipiently complex bouquet of orchard fruit, citrus oil, pralines and freshly baked bread, now complemented by hints of iodine, clear honey and mirabelle plum, it's