2007 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne
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Taittinger’s jewel in the crown. The Comtes de Champagne Vintage 2007 has just been released with huge global interest. Backed up by a very impressive score of 98 points from James Suckling and available at a release price of just £450 a case, it is a great buy for any Champagne enthusiast. One of Champagne's most celebrated cuvees and only the 35th vintage ever declared in its long history makes this a release not to be missed. James Suckling has been the only key critic to have released his tasting notes prior to this morning's release, scoring it higher than any other Comtes previously released (including the acclaimed 2006 vintage). The Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs epitomises the highest quality example of the Taittinger house style and is composed exclusively of Chardonnay grown in the top five Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs. With 2007 being a top Chardonnay vintage it only furthers its appeal.
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James Suckling
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Born of a long yet cold and damp growing season that yielded many wines from grapes harvested at the threshold of ripeness, the 2007 Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is a considerable success and has evolved little since I last tasted it a few years ago. Disgorged in 2017 with a dosage of nine grams per liter, it reveals a bouquet of pear, mocha and dried flowers mingled with cacao nib, and there's a touch of smoky reduction that is more overt in this rendition than in the 2012–2014 trio. On the palate, it is medium-bodied, elegant and taut, with a crystalline core of fruit, pinpoint mousse, incisive acids and a precise, long, chalky finish. Less demonstrative than both the 2006 and 2012 editions, this is a middleweight, more lightly structured Comtes—one that may stir a certain nostalgia for the Comtes of bygone years.
Full bottle 1,685 g. Very tight and tense with strong lemon-cream notes. Still amazingly youthful. But with sore-throat-healing qualities. Firm acidity and some lime notes. (JR)
Magnum. Lemon cream impression, just off dry. Big bead and light but not unpleasant bitterness on the finish. (JR)
About the producer
Champagne Taittinger is one of the region’s leading Grande Marque Champagne houses and also one of the largest, when it comes to vineyard ownership. It is also the producer behind one of the region’s best loved vintage Blanc de Blancs: Comtes de Champagne.