Egly-Ouriet, Brut Millesime other_regions The 2012 is neither the

The 2012 is neither the biggest nor most complex Pichon Lalande

and it's one of the more intense wines I tasted within this selection

The Richebourg vines have been replanted 3 times and they are now 15

Mild reduction pushes the underlying fruit to the background but I doubt that it will persist

sensual and powerful to the core

Egly-Ouriet, Brut Millesime other_regions The 2012 is neither theRevisited 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