2006 Taittinger

Light yellow-gold. A complex, highly perfumed bouquet presents fresh orchard and citrus fruits, white flowers and buttered toast, with a mineral element adding urgency. Fleshy and focused on the palate, offering intense fig and pear flavors and a suggestion of smokiness. Puts on weight in the glass and finishes with resonating minerality and excellent spicy length. L33350004800.

Taittinger's 2006 Brut Millesime is bold, immediate and expressive, with generous contours, warm, toasty notes and terrific overall balance. Dried flowers, mint, sage, honey and chamomile notes wrap around the creamy, textured finish in an inviting Champagne to drink now and over the next 5-10 years.

Pale golden in color, the 2006 Brut Millésime offers a rich yet clear and elegant bouquet of dried fruits, candied oranges, lemons, brioche and nougat. Full-bodied and flavored on the palate this is a big, rich, round and, with respect to the vintage, almost sweet millésimé but one which never leaves its elegant and well balanced road. The finish is long, intense and juicy and the citric freshness and purity give it structure even in the long aftertaste. An impressively well made Champagne indeed.