Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Vrigny 1er Cru NV

Vintages: 2021 (50%), 2020 (30%), 2019 (20%)

Bottling: 2022

Disgorgement: June 2024

Time on lees: 36 months

In their words - As always, this is 100% Meunier from a single 40-plus-year-old, south-facing vineyard in Vrigny, a commune on the Petite Montagne de Reims, next to Gueux, where Jérôme Prévost is based. Straight Meunier remains a relative rarity in Champagne; in Egly’s hands, it is something unique. Low yields, old vines and ripe fruit make this one of the most intense and opulent Meunier wines kicking around. Bottled without filtration, the dosage was a tiny 2 g/L. Taking in three top vintages for this grower, this is as exciting a Vrigny as you could hope for: layered, fleshy and spicy—remarkably hedonistic for Meunier yet with wonderful brightness and saline freshness.