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Champagne Ayala

Vallée de la MarneAÿNMNMNégociant ManipulantA house that makes and sells champagne from grapes it buys in, wholly or partly. Most of the famous names sit here, and the category says nothing about quality or whether the house also owns vineyards.Founded 1860

Wines tasted

5

Tasting notes

7

Ayala, founded in 1860, is the anomaly of Aÿ: a house sitting deep in Pinot Noir territory that has built its wines around Chardonnay since the nineteenth century, when it was also among the first to push a drier style.

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Champagne Ayala

Aÿ's Chardonnay house in Pinot Noir country — dry before dry was fashionable, and quietly one of Champagne's best-value grandes marques.

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