Egly-Ouriet "Les Prémices" Brut Champagne

The most accessible and open-knit of Egly-Ouriet's cuvées, Les Prémices carries an appetising brown bread, honey and spice complexity behind the fragrant, rounded orchard fruit and juicy black plum. A fine introduction to this part of Champagne. One third each of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay from the village of Trigny in the Petite Montagne. (TH)

• Practicing organic
• 1/3^rd Pinot Noir, 1/3^rd Chardonnay, 1/3^rd Pinot Meunier
• 50% 2018, 30% 2017, 20% 2016
• From a 3.5 ha parcel in the village of Trigny, directly adjacent to the village of Merfy
• Sandy soil with some clay
• 40+ year old vines
• Indigenous yeast
• No malo
• Fermented and aged in stainless steel
• Aged 36 months on the lees
• Dosage: 2g/L
• Unfined and unfiltered