NV Taittinger Brut Reserve
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Tasting Notes
The current release of Taittinger’s “Brut Réserve” is composed of a blend of forty percent chardonnay and a sixty percent mix of pinot noir and pinot meunier, with the wine spending three years sur latte prior to disgorgement. The wine offers up a fine bouquet of apple, a touch of lemon, bread dough, chalky soil tones and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, crisp and very well-balanced, with elegant mousse, bright acids and good length and grip on the youthfully complex finish. This is a lovely middleweight that should age quite nicely, even though it is drinking with style today. Nov 2016, www.viewfromthecellar.com, Drink: 2016-2030+
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John Gilman, View From The Cellar
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Taittinger's Brut Reserve is the signature cuvee of the house and represents a large volume. It is an assemblage of 45% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 20% Pinot Meunier; the recent disgorgement (dosage is pretty sweet with nine grams) is based on vintage 2011 and contains 30-35% reserve wines. It is a pretty intense Champagne with good body and structure, refreshing mineral tension and good grip in the finish. Jun 2016, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Champagne Taittinger is one of the region’s leading Grande Marque Champagne houses and also one of the largest, when it comes to vineyard ownership. It is also the producer behind one of the region’s best loved vintage Blanc de Blancs: Comtes de Champagne.