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  • Country ranking ?

    786
  • Producer ranking ?

    29
  • Decanting time

    30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Grilled scallops, Toast Skagen & Sushi

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Produced only in exceptional vintage years and intended as the ultimate expression of the Taittinger style, this wine is composed entirely of Chardonnay grapes grown in the top vineyards of the prestigious Côte des Blancs. Only the first press juice is used. A small proportion (5%) of the blend spends three to four months in new oak barrels, enhancing the intrinsic qualities of the final blend. Prior to disgorgement, the Blanc de Blancs is age...

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The Story

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne is the finest expression of the world famous wine from one of the greatest Champagne Houses. First produced in 1952, Comtes is made from 100% Chardonnay grapes from 5 Grand Cru sites in the Côte des Blancs. Showing a pristine pale yellow colour with very light, abundant bubbles which rise uniformly to form a fine mousse. The evocative bouquet opens with notes of pears and fresh cute white flowers. Left in the gla...

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Wine Information

Tasting note: This great 2007 vintage lives up to all expectations as soon as you open the bottle. It is a moment to treasure. That typical Chardonnay colour is there in all its sparkling, golden glory with shimmers of green coating the constant stream of fine, delicate bubbles. It has a fine and delicate nose which combines white blossom and a certain minerality with general overtones of Anjou light pear and golden raisins. Subtle hints of an...

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Vintage 2007

The 2007 viticultural year was an exceptional year in terms of both the vines and the fi nal wine. After a mild winter, and with the unusually warm temperatures, growth started early and many people were anticipating a harvest by mid-August. However, during May against all expectations, the vineyards in Champagne suffered awful weather. These conditions interfered with the vines’ fl owering period, resulting in great diversity across the regio...

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Yellow and Bright

ending

Long, Lingering and Vibrant

flavors

Toasty, Mineral, Floral, Citrus and White fruits

nose

Open

taste

High in Acidity, Balanced, Concentrated, Complex, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Firm, Fresh, Vivid and Dry

Verdict

Sophisticated and Impressive

Written Notes

Comtes is a scintillating champagne, fresh, balanced, crisp and with great length. Lean with finesse, there are notes of Asian spices, lemons, florals, gingerbread, pears and crème brulee with an underlying oystershell minerality. It really should be put away for the best part of a decade, and then drunk over the next fifteen to twenty years, when it will start to reveal a much richer, more complex profile. At the moment, for me, 96.

  • 96p

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, brioche, fruit driven, minerals, elegant and nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, apples, minerals, detailed, nuanced, and elegant, long. 94

  • 94p

“Fresh fragrant nose with floral tones. Attractive cool fruitiness with a touch of vanilla. Comes with cool freutiness and stylish restraint. Crisp palate with super smooth texture and fine intensity. Playful, bright fruity style with elegance. Feisty, invigorating acidity and long mineral length. ”

  • 93p

Taittinger's 2007 Comtes de Champagne will be nearly impossible to resist upon release. Soaring aromatics, mid-weight structure and soft contours give the 2007 its alluring personality. Lemon oil, white flowers, mint, chamomile and green pear add brightness and freshness throughout, with a persistent, clean finish that makes it impossible to resist a second taste. Today, the 2007 comes across as a slightly more open version of the 2004, with freshness that makes that wine so appealing, and a touch of textural richness that recalls the 2002. Although the 2007 does not have the explosive energy or verticality of the profound 2006, it will drink better earlier. The 2007 has been positively brilliant on the three occasions I have tasted it so far.

  • 96p

A relatively restrained nose reflects notes of cool petrol, green apple, citrus rind, white flower and a hint of yeast character. The beautifully refined and equally restrained middle weight flavors possess a really lovely mouth feel, indeed it's almost delicate thanks to the very fine mousse though I was a bit surprised to find a vague hint of sweetness on the nicely complex finish. This is certainly very pretty and I particularly like the mouth feel but I am partial to drier Champagnes and this, good as it is, isn't quite as crisp as I would prefer. I would further observe that this is at an inflection point in terms of its maturity and thus could easily be enjoyed now, or if you favor more obvious secondary influence, it could be held for another 5 to 8 years with no trouble.

  • 93p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

Ageing

  • in oak 5%
  • in bottle for 9 years

Glass time

20min

Drinking temperature

7-9C

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