2012 Egly-Ouriet Brut Vintage Champagne Grand Cru
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2012 Egly-Ouriet Brut Vintage Champagne Grand Cru

Champagne, FRANCE
$650. 00
Bottle
$7800.00 Dozen
ABV: 12.5%
Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Francis Egly's 2012 Brut Grand Cru Millésime is predictably brilliant; but it's also a serious, structured wine that will need time to unwind. Mingling notes of citrus oil, pear and stone fruit with hints of freshly baked bread, praline and baking spices, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration and a taut, layered core. Built around a racy spine of acidity and prodigious reserves of chalky extract, it's long, precise, and remarkably fine-boned and elegant for such a powerful wine. Make no mistake, this is one of the wines of the vintage, but—like the 2008—it will demand patience. With more age on cork, however, I wouldn't be surprised if it began to close in on a three-digit score. Drink 2026 - 2050.
98+ points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sept 2021)