FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

CHAMPAGNE

COMTESDECHAMPAGNE BLANCDE BLANCS TAITTINGER 2007 DRINK2018 – 2029

3x150 £530

The 2007 Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is an excellent but tightly wound rendition of this cuvée, offering up pretty aromas of brioche, lemon oil, lily pollen and dried white flowers, with comparatively few of the overtly toasty signatures that will likely emerge withmore protracted time on cork. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, pure and incisive, with a refinedmousse, tangy acids, a tensile core and a harmonious, integrated profile. While it is giving pleasure today, tomy palate, its plenitude is still five or six years away; it’s certainly more backward than its 2006 predecessor. This was disgorged with nine grams dosage after just over nine years on the lees.

—WILLIAMKELLEY

WA95 POINTS

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