To celebrate its 160th anniversary Ayala has released a second vintage of its prestige ‘Collection’ series.
Somewhat illogically, after the debut of Collection No 8 Rosé, based on 2008, we are now invited to step back a year for the Collection No 7 Brut, based, you guessed it, on the 2007 vintage.
Scroll down to see Simon Field’s Ayala No 7 2007 tasting note and score
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See Simon Field’s Ayala No 7 2007 tasting note and score
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Source: Simon Field MW
