TAITTINGER COMTES DE CHAMPAGNE 2012

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne
Blanc de Blancs 2012

“The 2012 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is showing beautifully out of the gates, offering up demonstrative aromas of sweet golden orchard fruit, buttery croissants, peach and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and enveloping, it’s a rich, textural, vinous Comtes somewhat reminiscent of the brilliant 2002. If it gains in tension and cut (as the 2002 did and as I suspect the 2012 will) with more time on cork, it will make this initial rating seem conservative.” – 95/100, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

VARIETIES: 100% Chardonnay
REGION: 100% Grand Cru | Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Champagne, France
AGEING: Aged for 10 years on the lees in 13th-century chalk cellars, Dosage 9 g/l, a small proportion (5%) of the blend spends three to four months in new oak barrels
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 20 years
SERVE: Serve at 6 – 8ºC
FITS TO: Seafood, shellfish, fish-based starter, or cheese
CRITICS SCORES: JS/99, WS/96, JD/96, RP/95

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Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2012 | Range | Taittinger

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A heart in arms

The legend of the origin, “which must be read”, became in the 16th century a marvelous tale where the presumed reality is intertwined with the imagination and poetry of the storyteller. To endure, it requires no proof but, on the contrary, a level of shared emotion, constantly renewed. In this, the flamboyant legend of Thibaud IV le Chansonnier joins that of the very selective Comtes de Champagne vintage from Taittinger.

Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs draws its strength and elegance from an exceptional terroir, the Côte des Blancs.

Located south of Epernay, its hillsides dominate the chalky Champagne plain. Planted with 95% Chardonnays, its white grapes give birth to always vintage champagnes with light and delicate aromas, full of spirit and liveliness.

“Give me some Taittinger blanc de vins… It’s not very well known, but it’s the best champagne in the world. » James Bond, in Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming, published in 1951

Mythical vintages

The Comtes de Champagne Taittinger vintages constitute the quintessence of the House’s style. Blanc de Blancs or sometimes Rosé, in exceptional years, certain vintages become timeless and enter the legend of what Champagne can produce at its most exceptional. The work is truly accomplished when champagne no longer only makes the palate vibrate in tune with rare emotions, but touches the very soul and marks the memory of a life…