Houses
Lallier
Aÿ-based maison founded in 1906, owned since 2020 by the Campari group. Pinot Noir-led blends drawn from grand and premier cru villages, with a contemporary house style and a strong focus on grand cru-only cuvées.
- Founded
- 1906
- Location
- Aÿ, champagne, France
- Ownership
- Owned by the Campari group (since 2020).
- Known for
- Aÿ-based maison · Grand cru–driven sourcing · Owned by Campari since 2020
- Official site
- www.champagne-lallier.fr
Style
Lallier's house style centres on Pinot Noir from the south flank of the Montagne de Reims and from Aÿ, with grand cru and premier cru sourcing weighted toward Aÿ, Bouzy, Verzenay and the Côte des Blancs anchors (Avize, Cramant). The blends lean toward fruit-forward, fuller-bodied profiles rather than austerity, with the maison's "R" non-vintage and Grand Cru cuvées as the volume anchors and the Cuvée Ouvrage as a vintage prestige.
History
Lallier was founded in 1906 in Aÿ and remained family-led through the twentieth century. The maison was acquired in 2004 by the Champagne entrepreneur Francis Tribaut, who repositioned the brand around grand cru sourcing under a single house style. In 2020 the group Campari acquired Lallier from the Tribaut family — a notable transaction as one of the first significant moves into Champagne by an Italian beverages group, alongside Campari's broader Champagne ambitions.