Champagne Lallier Grand Cru Grande Reserve Brut - Top notch Champagne, everything you could ask for! Matured in bottle on its lees for 48 months, the result is a Champagne with a pale lemon colour, good steady fizz, and a powerful typical 'bready' Champagne nose; on the palate it is a big complex wine, quite vinous with lots of flavour in the mouth followed by a long, dry finish. Especially good on its own, also good to drink with a meal.
Lallier is a small family concern crafting Pinot Noir dominated blends from Grand Cru sites around Ay (also home to Bollinger, but Lalliers cellars are older). Much of their fruit is sourced from 'Grand Cru' vineyards - the crème de la crème of vineyard sites, classified as 100 out of 100. Like Bollinger Lallier also use a high proportion of Pinot Noir in their blends (the Rosé is 100% Pinot Noir), so with Champagne Lallier you get a Pinot Noir dominated blend from Grand Cru and Premier Cru sites - a rarity.
Pinot Noir is sourced from the Grand Cru Ay and the Chardonnay from the Grand Crus of Avise.
Using 30-40% reserve wine the bottles are matured on their lees in chalk cellars for 36-48 months.
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