" really like the style of Ayala’s non-vintage wines, which offer up great purity and nascent complexity in a format that will clearly age well. The most recent release offers up a bright and classy nose of green apple, lemon, bread dough, lovely minerality and a topnote of citrus zest. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and beautifully balanced, with fine mousse, crisp acids and very good focus and grip on the long and youthful finish. This is already a classy bottle of bubbly for early drinking, but this will clearly blossom with a year or two in the cellar to let its structural elements relax a bit and secondary layers of complexity to emerge. A fine bottle. 2013-2025." (08/13)
90 Wine Spectator
"Firm, with a lively bead and a smoky overtone accenting the flavors of sun-dried black cherry, pickled ginger and strawberry pâte de fruit. Fruit and pastry notes grace the moderate finish. Disgorged January 2013. Drink now. 55,000 cases made. -AN" (2013)
