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2012 Taittinger Comtes De Champagne Blanc de Blancs - 1x600cl
19B2TCCBI _ 2012 - Taittinger Comtes De Champagne Blanc de Blancs - 1x600cl
  • Colour Champagne_Sparkling
  • Producer Taittinger
  • Region Champagne
  • Grape Chardonnay
  • Case size 1x600cl
  • Available Now

2012 - Taittinger Comtes De Champagne Blanc de Blancs - 1x600cl

  • Colour Champagne Sparkling
  • Producer Taittinger
  • Region Champagne
  • Grape Chardonnay
  • Case size 1x600cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £2,200.00 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £2,200.00 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £1,811.96 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, October 2022

    A bright, light golden shimmer in the glass with a fine and delicate bead. The nose is layered and complex: fresh citrus, brioche, creamy lemon meringue, nougat and almonds. Echoing these flavours is a full-bodied intense palate. It offers seductive fresh, ripe, dense fruit with wonderful texture and hints of mineral Iodine. This 2012 shows beauty and flair, with a rich powerful core and a vibrant tense chalky backbone that shows there is more to give. The fine, precise acidity excites your palate for the long saline finish, which is uplifting and refreshing, balancing this sumptuous and beguiling champagne beautifully. Drink 2024-2044+

  • Goedhuis, October 2022

    A bright, light golden shimmer in the glass with a fine and delicate bead. The nose is layered and complex: fresh citrus, brioche, creamy lemon meringue, nougat and almonds. Echoing these flavours is a full-bodied intense palate. It offers seductive fresh, ripe, dense fruit with wonderful texture and hints of mineral Iodine. This 2012 shows beauty and flair, with a rich powerful core and a vibrant tense chalky backbone that shows there is more to give. The fine, precise acidity excites your palate for the long saline finish, which is uplifting and refreshing, balancing this sumptuous and beguiling champagne beautifully. Drink 2024-2044+

  • Antonio Galloni, October 2022, Score: 96

    The 2012 Comtes de Champagne is gorgeous. Warm and resonant in the glass, the 2012 Comtes shows all the allure that makes this vintage so appealing. The combination of bright citrus, mineral and floral notes typical of Comtes, enhanced by the soft contours of the vintage, makes for an inviting, open-knit Champagne that is quite showy right out of the gate. Light tropical accents on the finish add an exotic flair. Usually I recommend cellaring just-released Comtes, but that won’t be necessary here. Drink 2022-2042.

  • Jancis Robinson, October 2022, Score: 18

    Some smokiness on the nose. Lemony, youthful and still quite tight with a detailed undertow – lots going on there! Lacy texture and impressive length. This one will run and run and seems at this stage to have more pronounced acidity than some of its precursors. Drink 2022-2040.

  • William Kelley, October 2022, Score: 95+

    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. Drink 2024-2055.

Producer

Taittinger

One of the most recognised Champagne Houses in the world, Taittinger was originally founded in 1734 by Jacques Fourneaux. It was not until 1931 that its connections to the Taittinger family were established with it was purchased by founder, Pierre Taittinger. The hallmark of the Taittinger blend is the high percentage of Chardonnay which adds a natural elegance and creaminess to the wines. Today, it remains owned and manage...Read more

One of the most recognised Champagne Houses in the world, Taittinger was originally founded in 1734 by Jacques Fourneaux. It was not until 1931 that its connections to the Taittinger family were established with it was purchased by founder, Pierre Taittinger. The hallmark of the Taittinger blend is the high percentage of Chardonnay which adds a natural elegance and creaminess to the wines. Today, it remains owned and managed by the Taittinger family - a rarity in the region for a producer of this size - and is run by Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger.Read less

Region

Champagne

Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.

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