Champagne Lallier

René Lallier founded the house in 1906 in Aÿ, after marrying into a Champenois family.

Aÿ sits in the Marne valley and is one of the villages classified as grand cru. It is worth knowing what that mention means on a Champagne label, because it is not the same as in Burgundy: there a grand cru is a specific plot, whereas here it is the whole village that is classified, and the term may only be used if all the fruit comes from vineyards in grand cru villages.

The house's vineyard runs to just over fifteen hectares, most of it around Aÿ and in grands crus.

René-James Lallier, the founder's grandson, thoroughly modernised the facilities from 1996. In 2004 the house was bought by Francis Tribaut, a Champenois who also advises other houses in the region. Since 2020 it has belonged to Campari, with Dominique Demarville as general manager and cellar master.