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(85-87) Neal Martin

The 2022 Bourgogne Roncevie has commendable fruit concentration on the nose, with black cherries and bilberry fruit. The palate is well-balanced, and the 10% new oak neatly  integrated. It is quite sweet, with touches of blackcurrant pastilles towards the finish. Fine.

Wine Safari Score: 93-95/100 Greg Sherwood MW. A very sophisticated wine whispering true class and pedigree. The aromatics are delicate, intricate and wonderfully perfumed with notes of violets, rose petals, red cherries and pink musk.

(89-91) Neal Martin The 2022 Chambolle-Musigny Village, aged in 10% new oak and completely de-stemmed, has an attractive bouquet demonstrating a little more nuance than the Morey Village. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannins on the entry.

Wine Safari Score: 94-96/100 Greg Sherwood MW. A very classy regal expression with an intricate aromatics of violet perfume and ripe berry fruit notes, all punctuated by a subtle, spicy, dusty minerality.

Wine Safari Score: 92-94+/100 Greg Sherwood MW. Deep, expressive and very classy, the nose shows perfumed spicy rose petal notes before meatier red and black fruits over crushed limestone, struck flint and a certain sapidity.

(89-91) Neal Martin The 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin Village is what you might call the most transparent of Arlaud's Village Cru, with lifted wild strawberry and raspberry fruit and a little more tension and delineation.

Wine Safari Score: 92-93/100 Greg Sherwood MW. A blend of two village parcels En Seuvres and Clos Solon that sees 10% new oak, this 2022 shows seductive, exotic aromatics of red plum, red currant jelly and smoky earthy cherry hints. The texture is incredibly pure and polished, seamless, showing great balance and harmony.

(92-94) Neal Martin The 2022 Morey-Saint-Denis Aux Chesaux 1er Cru is very delineated and harmonious on the nose, with blackberry and wild strawberry fruit, crushed rock and light dried rose petal scents from the whole bunches. The medium-bodied palate has a fresh, saline entry, beautifully structured with gentle grip.

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Parcel of 12 includes:

Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru x3 (96-98 pts, Neal Martin, Vinous)

Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru x3 (92-94 pts, Neal Martin, Vinous)

Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, Les Ruchots x6 (93-95 pts, Neal Martin, Vinous)

Brut Majeur perfectly represents the AYALA style. The Chardonnay, emblematic grape variety, presents at 55% in this cuvée expresses all its purity and elegance.

*ALL PRICES IN BOND* 89 - 91 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.

*ALL PRICES IN BOND*  87 - 88 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

*ALL PRICES IN BOND*  93 - 95 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

*ALL PRICES IN BOND* 89 - 91 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

*ALL PRICES IN BOND*  90 - 92 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

*ALL PRICES IN BOND*  86 - 90 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.

*ALL PRICES IN BOND*  91 - 94 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.

*ALL PRICES IN BOND* 91 - 93 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.

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"Truly attractive for a blanc de noirs... My favourite of Bollinger limited editions so far!" 93-95pts, Essi Avellan MW

"A graceful Champagne, with a subtle, pleasing tension to the invigorating aromas..." 93pts, Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator

NEW RELEASE: B13, Bollinger 2013

"Truly attractive for a blanc de noirs... My favourite of Bollinger limited editions so far!" 93-95pts, Essi Avellan MW

"A graceful Champagne, with a subtle, pleasing tension to the invigorating aromas..." 93pts, Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator

NEW RELEASE: B13, Bollinger 2013

NEW RELEASE (March 2024). The 2015 La Grande Année is shaping up to be one of the best Champagnes of the vintage, on a par with Cristal and outscoring the likes of Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame and Pol Roger Winston Churchill. And yet the best priced out of all of those prestige cuvées!