Champagne Egly Ouriet Grand Cru Brut Rose Extra Brut NV

96-97 points Tyson Stelzer (The Champagne Guide): "(30% chardonnay, 70% pinot including 5% Ambonnay red wine; aged 58 months on lees). Francis Egly’s Rosé is a similar composition to his Brut Tradition, with a very small addition of just 4–5% red wine, ‘since it is very concentrated’. Red wine is sourced from plots close to those for his Ambonnay Rouge, a little lower in quality here. ‘Our aim is to make the best wine possible and then blend a little red wine into it,’ he explains. ‘I am looking for a wine with a lot of tension, unlike a saignée style.’ Rumbling power with delicate finesse, this is a delightful rosé of pretty pale salmon hue that bears witness to Francis Egly’s talent in drawing out the succulent, luscious, creamy structure of ripe fruit fermented in barrel and transposing it gracefully on the lively freshness and chalk minerality of Ambonnay. The 2012 and 2013 represent spectacular renditions, bursting with the exuberance and beguiling transparency of Ambonnay pinot n