Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Extra Brut 2008 txakolina with very good acidity

with very good acidity

It is then rested in used Amontillado Sherry Casks before being bottled at a traditional navy strength of 54

the Jamaican rum embraces perfectly with the Andalusian wine’s notes of rancio without being overpowered by them

and this is another stunner

Champagne Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Extra Brut 2008 txakolina with very good acidityAfter years as an "insider's Champagne," the explosive, powerful, richly textured wines produced by Francis Egly have now ascended to the very top of the pile of cult producers. 2008 is the best vintage produced at the estate in years, and this bottle spent over 10 years on the lees before disgorgement.