Egly 100% Pinot Meunier

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egly-ouriet brut "les vignes de vrigny" 100% pinot meunier. disgorged jjune '04 after 36 mo in the cellar. $45

celbrated my birthday yesterday with this unusual champagne.

Egly makes my favorite nv brut, so i was excited to try this wine.

when i popped the cork i got a huge whiff of bread dough.
poured brilliant gold color with some copper undertones.
smelled very bready with a slight grassy note and a touch of cinnamon (i get that cinnamon note in most egly champagne)
very bright, very bubbly and very dry and acidic in my mouth, but full-bodied. tart orange amd peach fuzz are lightly fruity, but the most obvious (and unusual) feature of the wine is a long long long weird sourdough bread finish. tangy, sour, just plain weird. a bit creamy, too.

i liked it overall pretty well, but it doesn't touch the brut tradition let alone the rose. definitely worth trying, though.