Amy Reiley’s Eat Something Sexy featured Champagne Ayala Brut Majeur and Rosé Majeur, as well as Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée in a roundup of top non-vintage champagnes to pop open this Valentine’s Day.
Before delving into the wines, Reiley offers background on sparkling wines specifically from Champagne and why they warrant a premium price tag. Even so, she explains how it is more than possible to enjoy an absolutely sublime Champagne experience without breaking the bank.
Reiley highly recommends Ayala as a House to discover. Brut Majeur “offers finesse and elegance yet it has bright acidity and ripe fruit flavors that still make it feel festive. This is a lovely wine for any occasion but I think it will hit a home run on date night.”
She said that Ayala’s Rosé Majeur is “charmingly pink,” and is just as remarkably elegant as the Brut, but with the freshness of ripe berries as well. “An underlying chalky note gives it an earthiness, a sense of place. It is the sort of wine to sweep you up in its romance, if only until the bottle is drained.”
Last but not least, she says Bollinger Special Cuvée “is one of those Champagnes that just makes everyone feel special. It is the wine James Bond drank. And any guy who wants to feel like an international man of mystery or any woman who wants to make a man feel like a sexy secret agent will love pouring this.” Continuing, Beyond the ties to intrigue and mystery, the wine is incredibly elegant. It offers yeasty, brioche notes and the most remarkably tiny, vibrant stream of bubbles. This is sexy wine.”
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