This bottling of 100% Pinot Meunier expression sourced from 40-year-old vines in the south-facing Vrigny vineyard. Low yields and ripe fruit, combined with Egly's winemaking, make this among the most complex and layered of its kind. Unfined and having just one gram of dosage per litre, it offers vibrancy and notes of ripe pear, yellow flowers, and a hint of nuttiness. Refined and elegant, it is sure to impress!
"This cuvée is always such a clear-eyed picture of snappy, fragrant Meunier full of just-ripe apricot, fresh almonds and an almost citric focus on the palate. Based on the 2019 vintage with reserves from 2018 and 2017, there's plenty of fleshy orange ripeness from these two years, but not an inch of fat. This needs at least six months post-disgorgement to really come out of itself. A 100% Meunier from the village of Vrigny in the Petite Montagne de Reims. No oak."
94 points - Decanter