Forbes included Champagne Ayala as one its top recommendations of prestige champagnes to consider this holiday season, describing the House as “small, independent and family-owned.” Writer Lauren Mowery explains that female winemaker “Caroline Latrive loves working with Chardonnay fruit and it shows in her pride and joy, the Le Blanc de Blancs. For a prestige cuvee, the price is excellent…” Of the wine, she describes it as “Taut and focused with breadth to the palate, the wine offers a lovely creamy mousse and vibrant fruit notes. Think mandarins, clementines and Sicilian lemon with a dab of wildlflower honey on the mid-palate.” She urges Chardonnay lovers to explore this wine! Read more about what she says HERE
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Champagne Ayala Le Blanc de Blancs 2013
Champagne, France
Ayala’s Blanc de Blancs is 100% Chardonnay, produced in small quantities in exceptional years only, fully expresses the superb caliber of great Chardonnay from the best crus of the Côte des Blancs. After 6 years of aging in Ayala’s cellars, remarkable minerality and low dosage make this an outstanding wine.
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Champagne Ayala
Champagne, France
Ayala is one of the most exciting stories in Champagne today, almost the definition of a boutique Champagne producer. Independently owned, a small, young and dynamic team handles every step of production from grape reception to labeling in their jewel of a facility with incredible precision, crafting Chardonnay-focused wines that deliver immense pleasure, freshness, and elegance.
