René Lallier founded the house that bears his name in 1906, in the centre of Aÿ. Aÿ has been one of the seventeen grand cru villages of Champagne since 1936. In 1996 his grandson René-James Lallier took over, modernised production and had the cellars restored. In 2004 the oenologist Francis Tribaut, who had worked alongside René-James since 1996, took over the house. He brought out the Réflexions-R and Ouvrage ranges. In 2020 the Campari Group acquired Lallier.
Lallier works only with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and specialises in grand cru. All of its Pinot Noir comes from Aÿ. The ageing cellars are in Aÿ, while the modern production facilities are in the grand cru village of Oger on the Côte des Blancs. The cuvée Réflexion R is the flagship. It is based on a single harvest and is made of roughly 45 per cent Chardonnay and 55 per cent Pinot Noir. The R.019 is 88 per cent wine from 2019 and 12 per cent reserve wines, with 36 months of ageing and 8 grams of dosage per litre.
There is also a blanc de blancs and a blanc de noirs, as well as single-plot bottlings such as Les Sous and Loridon. The prestige cuvée Ouvrage Grand Cru is 30 per cent Chardonnay and 70 per cent Pinot Noir. It ages for about five years in the cellar, has a very low dosage and is closed with a cork and agrafe.
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