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Video: visiting Champagne Ayala in Aÿ

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Jamie Goode visits Champagne Ayala in the village of Aÿ, to taste the Vins Clairs from the 2021 vintage which are about to be blended for the Brut Majeur, Ayala’s impressive non-vintage wine. The full write up of this visit with notes on all the wines can be found here.

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

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