100% chardonnay; 60% Aÿ, 40% Avize, Cramant and Oger; 12% reserves; aged 4 years on lees; 9g/L dosage
Always a highlight of Lallier’s portfolio, this is a cuvée that balances the expressive depth and intensity of Aÿ with the freshness of Côte des Blancs, and never has it looked more exact than it does from Lallier’s new facility, basking in the glory of the great 2012 harvest.
Aÿ brings a succulent white peach generosity to the citrus cut of the Côte des Blancs, beautifully overlaid with the lemon meringue and marzipan complexity of lees age, at every moment underlined by the pronounced chalk minerality of these profound grand crus, Dosage is well integrated on a finish of exacting line and seamless persistence.