Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne 2008 *
Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne 2008
Champagne
100% Chardonnay
Information
Cultivation: conventional
Bottle aging: 72 months on the lees
Volume: 75 cl / carton
Cellaring potential: 2038+
Tasting notes
Taittinger's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is being released this year, and it will be worth a special effort to track down. I wrote in August 2019 that this is the finest Comtes de Champagne since the brilliant 2002, and this tasting confirmed that. Offering up a deep and complex bouquet of citrus oil, crisp orchard fruit, warm brioche, crushed chalk, blanched almonds and smoke, it's full-bodied and incisive, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a long, searingly chalky finish. While this is already immensely impressive out of the gates, this 2008 is clearly built for the long haul, and three decades' longevity won't be a challenge. 98/100 (09.2020) - robertparker.com
