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Wine Description
The Story
Ample and generous, with a lovely aromatic complexity, the cuvée Égérie keeps its promises and reveals in the mouth highly delicate aromas of brioche, pastry, ripe fruit and candied citrus fruit.
Blend: 45% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noirs Premiers and Grands Crus and 5% touch of the House’s very best Pinot Meunier
Ageing: A minimum ageing of 8 years in our cellars.
Food match: Carpaccio of Scallops with Koroneiki olive oil, a Breton blue lobster roasted in butter or a wok of langoustines with yuzu.
Wine Information
ÉGÉRIE DE PANNIER EXTRA BRUT VINTAGE 2000
Extra Brut Vintage 2000
A complex and balanced champagne
About this cuvee
The blending of the greatest growths and prolonged ageing make this exceptional cuvee one to compare with all others.
Perfectly balanced, the taste lingers on reminding one of the infinite possibilities of champagne and the rare moment of attaining brilliance. The extra-brut dosage allows the wine to affirm its superiority.
The 2000 vintage
The century's first vintage was one of an abundant nature and of high quality fruit.
This perfect alliance was attained by a resplendent end of August and a perfect debut of September.
All three grape varieties were blessed by the weather as was their resultant wines.
Floral chardonnays and well structured Pinots Noirs were the outcome, and the wines of this vintage are a tasting pleasure.
Vintage 2004
A great example of how large yields do not necessarily mean poor quality in Champagne. As a reaction to the previous year's low yields, the vines produced one of the largest crops on record. The growing season proceeded without major difficulties but the bumper crop called for bud thinning. August brought about cooler weather and some rains, increasing the risk of rot. The massive crop, averaging 13,990 kg/ha, was picked from September 18th onwards. The quality was a pleasant surprise; vibrant wines with appropriate intensity, refined charm and refreshing lightness. This vintage impresses me more and more, and I feel tempted to give it the full five stars. It comes with a rare balance of freshness, lightness, yet fine aromatic intensity. Post-release, this vintage has proven to be slow to age, and elegant wines are likely to keep on ageing gracefully. Dom Pérignon and Louis Roederer Cristal both excelled.