Egly-Ouriet Ratafia Champenois (700ml) TBO The benchmark crème de cassis

The benchmark crème de cassis

and built for the dinner table

refined flavour with its floral aftertaste

a single-parcel cuvée of 100% Pinot Meunier

Egly-Ouriet Ratafia Champenois (700ml) TBO The benchmark crème de cassisRatafia is what happens when a Champagne grower decides not to ferment the juice at all. Fresh grape must is fortified with grape spirit a move called mutage which halts fermentation before it can really begin and locks the natural sweetness in place. Most houses make ratafia from whatever fruit is left over; Egly Ouriet does the opposite, using estate Grand Cru fruit from Ambonnay and their own eau de vie, then leaving it to mellow in old barrels for