Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Millesime 2014

Grape

70% Pinot Noir with 30% Chardonnay

Tasting notes

Egly-Ouriet’s 2014 Brut Grand Cru Millésime stands as one of the most refined Champagnes from this underappreciated vintage. Strikingly vinous and deeply expressive, it opens with layered aromas of pear, mirabelle plum, warm brioche, almond paste, and honeycomb. The palate is full-bodied and satiny, offering a richly textured entry that evolves into a concentrated, impeccably pure mid-palate. A long, saline, and mouthwatering finish adds to its precision and elegance. True to the house style, it is a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, sourced exclusively from Ambonnay’s finest terroirs.

Expert Ratings

One of the very finest wines produced in this less heralded vintage is Egly’s 2014 Brut Grand Cru Millésime, a strikingly vinous and enveloping Champagne that wafts from the glass with aromas of pear, mirabelle plum, freshly baked bread, almond paste and honeycomb. Full-bodied, satiny and layered, its textural attack segues into a deep, concentrated mid-palate of exceptional purity and cut, concluding with a long, penetrating and mouthwateringly saline finish. As ever, it’s a blend of some 70% Pinot Noir with 30% Chardonnay from Ambonnay’s greatest terroirs. – William Kelly, Score: 97

More About The Winery

Founded in Ambonnay, Champagne Egly-Ouriet has become one of the most celebrated grower-Champagnes of our time. When Francis Egly took over the family estate in 1982, he shifted from selling grapes to négociants to producing wines that today rank among the benchmarks of the Champagne winemaking movement, often mentioned alongside pioneers like Anselme Selosse.

Egly-Ouriet farms 12 hectares, mostly Grand Cru vineyards in Ambonnay, with additional holdings in Bouzy, Verzenay, and Vrigny. The vineyards are planted to 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, and a small parcel of Pinot Meunier, with some vines dating back to 1947. Francis Egly’s philosophy is rooted in meticulous vineyard work, late harvesting for ripe fruit, and minimal intervention in the cellar.

Base wines are vinified in seasoned Burgundy oak barrels, fermented with indigenous yeasts, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Extended lees ageing is a hallmark of the domaine: Brut Tradition and Vignes de Vrigny spend a minimum of 3 years sur lattes, while other cuvées rest far longer, gaining depth, complexity, and ageing potential. Recently, cellar temperature control has further reduced the need for sulfur additions.

Beyond its acclaimed Champagnes, Egly-Ouriet also produces some of the most coveted still Coteaux Champenois Pinot Noirs—Burgundian in stature, profound in character, and made in very limited quantities.

Today, Champagne Egly-Ouriet is sought worldwide by collectors, sommeliers, and enthusiasts for wines that combine power, structure, terroir expression, and longevity.