Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

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  Vintage 2006
  96 points www.jamessuckling.com

Very fresh expression of pure chardonnay finished with Taittinger''s signature toasty layer of autolysis, caramelized grilled nuts, brulVery fresh expression of pure chardonnay finished with Taittinger''s signature toasty layer of autolysis, caramelized grilled nuts, brul?e and a wealth of bright, fresh, pure lemon cirrus fruits. The palate has a superfine thread of acidity buried under peach and nectarine fruits. Long, even, focused and powerful, it finishes long and fine.e and a wealth of bright, fresh, pure lemon cirrus fruits. The palate has a superfine thread of acidity buried under peach and nectarine fruits. Long, even, focused and powerful, it finishes long and fine.

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  Vintage 2004
  98 points

The 2004 Comtes brings back all the innocence of a joyful childhood, of scaling lemon and lime trees to plunder their tangy fruits, of a free-as-air dash through fields of daisies in endless blue daylight, of freshly roasted cashew nuts mounded in market baskets, and of a breathless plunge into an icy mountain rock pool. Then, nougat, pepper, gunflint and rising minerality of iceberg proportions. Such is the nervous tension, racy endurance and sheer stature of 2004 that it best be left until it at least attains adolescence.