Magnum Champagne Grand Cru Rosé Egly-Ouriet | Champagne

Description: Magnum Champagne Grand Cru Rosé | Egly-Ouriet

Egly-Ouriet’s Magnum of Grand Cru Rosé Champagne fully embodies the style of this family-owned estate founded in 1930. Renowned for its characterful champagnes, Egly-Ouriet pays special attention to every stage of production, from vineyard work to bottling. This magnum rosé is a fine example of this, offering a generous expression that remains true to the estate’s expertise.

Terroirs and Grape Varieties

The blend consists of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, to which approximately 5% of red wine from the Coteaux Champenois is added, giving the champagne its rosé color. The grapes come from three Grand Cru villages: Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Verzenay. Their clay-limestone soils, rich in chalk, promote good drainage while retaining moisture deep in the soil. This subsoil contributes to the wine’s freshness and mineral tension.

Viticulture and Winemaking

The estate cultivates its vineyards using practices similar toorganic farming, though without official certification. The grapes are harvested by hand, and fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation is avoided to preserve the fruit’s freshness and liveliness. The champagne is then aged for 60 months on fine lees before continuing its aging in the bottle for five years. The extra-brut dosage, limited to 1 to 2 g/L, allows the wine’s character to shine through.

Magnum Champagne Grand Cru Rosé | Egly-Ouriet: The Sommelier’s Review

Philippe Mischler, sommelier at Mundovin

This Grand Cru rosé holds a special place in the Egly-Ouriet range. It combines the richness of Pinot Noir from Ambonnay and Bouzy with the freshness of Chardonnay, offering a beautiful balance between body and liveliness. Its ten years of aging—a combination of aging on lees and resting on slats—lend it a lovely complexity. The magnum bottle promotes slow and harmonious development. Serve at around 10°C, immediately after opening, without decanting, in elegant wine glasses.

The Nose

The nose reveals lovely notes of red fruit, accompanied by a light hint of citrus. As the wine opens up, it reveals nuances of brioche and autolysis, whose richness blends harmoniously with delicate floral notes

Palate

The finesse and delicacy of the bubbles carry the full-bodied and generous palate, where notes of citrus zest, toasted almond, and red berries blossom. The long finish gradually gives way to an incredibly savory mineral freshness. You’ll be coming back for more!

Champagne Grand Cru: Everything You Need to Know About This Appellation

In Champagne, the Grand Cru classification distinguishes seventeen villages that occupy the top of the traditional cru hierarchy. Spread across the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Blancs, and the Marne Valley, they are renowned for the quality of their terroirs, often characterized by chalk-rich soils.

This rosé from Egly-Ouriet is made from grapes sourced from three Grand Cru villages: Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Verzenay. Ambonnay and Bouzy lend the wine the richness and character of Pinot Noir, while Verzenay contributes to its freshness and balance. Extended aging allows these different characteristics to blend harmoniously.