Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, 2012, 75cl

6 x 75cl

7.770,00 kr

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Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, 2012, 75cl

7.770,00 kr

1.295,00 kr each

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Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2012 is an iconic vintage champagne from Champagne, France, created as the house's prestige cuvée and one of the finest expressions of Blanc de Blancs. The wine is made from 100% Chardonnay from the five Grand Cru villages in Côte des Blancs: Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Oger, and Mesnil-sur-Oger.

The 2012 vintage is considered by Taittinger to be an outstanding Champagne vintage. Despite a challenging growing year with frost and hail, low yields and fine ripening resulted in a wine with beautiful harmony, balance, and exceptional aging potential.

In the glass, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2012 shows great finesse and precision. The style is clean, fresh, and refined, with classic notes of citrus, white flowers, chalky minerality, brioche, and discreet toasted nuances, which are characteristic of the house's great Chardonnay-based champagnes. A small portion of the wine, about 5%, is aged in fresh oak barrels to add elegant toasted notes to the finished cuvée.

The champagne is aged for up to 10 years in Taittinger's chalk cellars under Saint-Nicaise before release, contributing to its complex, mature, and yet vibrant style. The result is an exclusive champagne with both energy, depth, and a long, sophisticated finish.

This exclusive Blanc de Blancs champagne pairs particularly well with oysters, lobster, caviar, fish, seafood, and elegant appetizers, but is also an excellent choice as a luxurious aperitif or for special celebrations. The product is delivered in 75 cl.

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6 x 75cl

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About the wine

Wine: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, 2012, 75cl

Type: Champagne

Size: 75 cl

Manufacturer: Taittinger

Country: France

Region: Champagne

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Bottles per Box: 6

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95 /100

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.

Robert Parker wine advocate

99 /100

Bright straw colour, silver reflections, very fine and persistent mousse. Nuances of yellow tropical fruit such as mango, notes of peach, white flowers, lime zest, almonds, multi-faceted bouquet with a hint of fresh cookie. Complex on the palate, finely-meshed, silky texture, conveys fruity richness without any opulence, full of finesse, very animating and balanced, white pome fruit in the finish, mineral-salty touch in the echo, great harmony and length, a great future for this wine. The problem is that the 2012 is already so perfect that it is hard to keep one's hands off it; it certainly has exciting aging potential.

Falstaff

96 /100

Mature and beautifully textured, this magnificent Champagne is just right. The wine's minerality is tempered with acidity and touches of white fruits. This great wine is toasty and balanced, ready to drink.

Wine Enthusiast

96 /100

The 2012 is a gorgeous wine. Immensely "gluggable," it possesses purity, depth, freshness, and such showy aromatics that many will consume their quota early in the wine's lifecycle. The nose is a melange of lemon zest and chalky minerality, finessed with autolytic, flowery nuances. The palate is broad and succulent, with acidity providing some cut and linearity. Underlying richness strikes an intriguing counterpoint to the apparent tension. What is not to like here? It has aromatic density and is polished with that gorgeous floral bouquet that the 2012s often possess—a great long-term prospect. Alcohol 12.50%. Tasted Jun 2023.

Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

About the grape

Chardonnay

Chardonnay er den ubestridte stjerne blandt hvidvinsdruer. Dyrket overalt fra Bourgogne til Californien, Australien til Sydafrika – den sætter sit præg på fineste hvidvine verden over. Som drue er Chardonnay relativt neutral og regnes ikke som en aromatisk varietet. Det er også derfor, at den kaldes "vinmakerens drue" – det er i kælderen, at dens karakter formes. Valg af gæring, lagring på egetræ og andre teknikker skaber det enorme spektrum af stilarter.

Serving

Chardonnays alsidighed betyder, at serveringstemperaturen varierer efter stil.

Temperatur: Mellem 8-12°C

- Lette, uoaked Chardonnay (Chablis, mineralske vine): 8-10°C – kold nok til at fremhæve friskhed og syre
- Fyldige, oaked Chardonnay (Bourgogne, New World): 10-12°C – lidt varmere for at frigive cremede, smørrede aromaer

Tag vinen ud af køleskabet 10-15 minutter før servering, hvis den er for kold. For kolde vine dæmper aromaerne.

Dekantning: Sjældent nødvendig

Hvidvin dekanteres sjældent, men ældre Bourgogne med kompleksitet kan have gavn af lidt luft. Hæld vinen i en karaffel 15-20 minutter før servering for at åbne aromaerne.

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