Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2011

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2011

This Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2011 embodies one of the most prestigious cuvées of Maison Taittinger. Made exclusively from Chardonnay grown on the great terroirs of the Côte des Blancs, it expresses a chalky, refined, ample and luminous style, driven by pure white fruit and mineral precision.

The 2011 vintage, early and atypical in Champagne, gives here an expressive and already approachable version of Comtes de Champagne. Less austere than some of the great long-ageing vintages, it seduces through its balance between ripeness, freshness, pastry notes, delicate yellow fruits, candied citrus and chalky tension.

Terroir: the chalky nobility of the Côte des Blancs

Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is made from Chardonnay sourced from the five Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs: Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger. These chalky terroirs give the wine its natural freshness, aromatic finesse, verticality and the saline imprint so highly prized in great Blanc de Blancs Champagnes.

Only the cuvée, the purest juice from the first pressing, is selected. Around 5% of the wines are aged for 4 months in new oak barrels, bringing a delicate toasted nuance, before the final blend undergoes around 10 years of ageing on lees in the chalk cellars of Saint-Nicaise.

Tasting notes

Expression of the 2011 vintage

The 2011 vintage gives Comtes de Champagne a more open, generous and immediately seductive expression than the most sharply defined vintages of the house. Long lees ageing brings texture, complexity and roundness, while the chalk of the Côte des Blancs preserves lift, freshness and precision. This Champagne can be enjoyed today, ideally served around 10 to 11°C, while still retaining fine ageing potential.