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In addition to excellent champagnes, Egly-Ouriet produces fantastic still wines under the O.A.C. Coteaux-champenois. Egly-Ouriet Ambonnay Rouge 2020 is one of them, an elegant, mature, balanced, and persistent red wine.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Pinot Noir
Type of barrel
French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
More than 22 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
World-famous for its champagnes, the Champagne region also produces excellent still wines such as Egly-Ouriet Ambonnay Rouge 2020. This magnificent and powerful red wine is made exclusively from pinot noir, the queen grape of the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay, as its name suggests.
In this exceptional terroir, the family winery Egly-Ouriet works its old vineyards following the principles of organic and sustainable agriculture. After selecting the grapes, destemming, and cold maceration, the resulting must underwent controlled fermentation and a long aging process of over 22 months in French oak barrels.
Egly-Ouriet Ambonnay Rouge 2020 is a highly concentrated single-varietal wine, of which very few bottles exist, making it ideal to enjoy with meat-based rice dishes, roasted lamb, chicken stews, and semi-cooked raw milk cheeses.
Tasting notes
Very intense and deep color, winy and slightly oxidized.
On the nose, it stands out for its elegant and very powerful style, with abundant notes, especially floral and ripe fruit, but also toasted and nutty.
Very balanced and with good persistence on the palate.
The winery
Egly-Ouriet is a prestigious family winery founded in the 1930s in Ambonnay. Francis Egly, the fourth generation of the family, has been managing the winery since 1982, producing wines (especially renowned for its champagnes) under the A.O.C. Champagne and A.O.C. Coteaux Champenois appellations.
The winery owns a total of 12 hectares of vineyards, of which 9.70, located in Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Verzenay, are classified as Grand Cru. The average age of the vines is 38 years, and 80% of them are of the pinot noir variety. Chardonnay and old pinot meunier are also cultivated in the village of Vrigny.
The style of Egly-Ouriet's wines has been clearly defined since Francis Egly took over the winery in 1982. Vineyard work follows the principles of organic and sustainable agriculture, and the winemaking process is characterized by its purity. Fifty percent of the fermentation takes place in oak barrels to allow the wine to age on its lees, without filtration, and a very low dosage is maintained (between one and three grams). The extended aging periods, far exceeding those practiced by the majority of Champagne producers, are also a hallmark of the house. All this results in champagnes of great finesse and pronounced fruit presence, a faithful expression of the varietal and the terroir from which they originate, described by critics as “Burgundies with bubbles.”
The winery owns a total of 12 hectares of vineyards, of which 9.70, located in Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Verzenay, are classified as Grand Cru. The average age of the vines is 38 years, and 80% of them are of the pinot noir variety. Chardonnay and old pinot meunier are also cultivated in the village of Vrigny.
The style of Egly-Ouriet's wines has been clearly defined since Francis Egly took over the winery in 1982. Vineyard work follows the principles of organic and sustainable agriculture, and the winemaking process is characterized by its purity. Fifty percent of the fermentation takes place in oak barrels to allow the wine to age on its lees, without filtration, and a very low dosage is maintained (between one and three grams). The extended aging periods, far exceeding those practiced by the majority of Champagne producers, are also a hallmark of the house. All this results in champagnes of great finesse and pronounced fruit presence, a faithful expression of the varietal and the terroir from which they originate, described by critics as “Burgundies with bubbles.”