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2006 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Chardonnay
Antonio Galloni
98/100
Richard Hemming MW
17.5+/20
Stephan Reinhardt
96/100
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2006 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut

Description

Taittinger is one of the few family-owned, independent Champagne houses in Reims. Its top Champagne is Comtes de Champagne. First produced in 1952, it is made from 100 percent Chardonnay grapes from six Grand Cru sites in the Côte de Blancs. This is finely aromatic, rich, creamy blanc de blancs at its best.

The 2006 epitomises Taittinger’s famed purity and elegance. This is a wine of the very highest calibre. The nose is beautifully poised, clean and pure with waxy lemon notes and the merest hint of biscuit. The palate is effortless, so fine, yet has no shortage of complexity or length. Citrus-laden, a tiny hint of white chocolate comes with the creamy texture. Tasted alongside the 2004 it is clear that the 2006 is going to develop in a similar, fine, fashion and I suspect, given the precision it displays now, the 2006 is likely to surpass that fine vintage in time.

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Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2006
Alcohol % 12.5
Grape List Chardonnay
Body Medium Bodied
Property Champagne Taittinger

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni 98/100
We started with the 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, which is every bit as racy and seductive as it has always been. It’s a great, great vintage for Comtes.Drink 2022 – 2046 antonio_galloni, Vinous.com (December 2022)
Drink 2022 - 2046
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Dec 2022)
Richard Hemming MW 17.5+/20
Relatively shut down on the nose, but full of yeasty richness on the palate. Saline and appley and mineral. Needs age, but has the makings of greatness. richard_hemming_mw - JancisRobinson.com, July 2016
Drink 2022 - 2046
Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2016)
Stephan Reinhardt 96/100
Tasted almost two years after disgorgement, the 2006 Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs shows a beautiful golden-citrus color and opens with a fascinating intense, floral, slightly reductive nose that develops enormously in the glass, offering lemon and lemon confit aromas along with flinty notes of crushed chalk and the iodine flavors of the Atlantic Ocean. This is an utterly complex and promising bouquet! The palate is terribly fresh but also rich, lush and intense, with the purity of the finest wines of the Cte de Blancs, the concentration of perfectly ripe Chardonnay and the suppleness of 2006. This has impeccable balance paired with high tension. The wine is very tight and still seems to be on its way right now. Although there is a first hint of aromatic ripeness, this should be a great Comtes de Champagne in a couple of years. The finish is tensioned, concentrated and mineral but keeps its talents in an almost bursting bubble. Disgorged September 2016; tasted May 2018 (lot L6316UM13600).Stephan Reinhardt - 29/06/2018
Drink 2022 - 2046
Stephan Reinhardt, RobertParker.com (Jun 2018)

About this wine

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is often seen as the king of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or. Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.

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