2006 Taittinger Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne- France, Champagne (12/15/2016)
Mmmmmm this is tasty! Like taking a razor blade through a pillow…the citrus is SO fresh and alive, tingles the palate with tiny popping bubbles…I always wanted to invent the Champagne Pop Rocks candy!..lemon, ginger, bosc pear…then this amazing pillow softness(like a reddi whip hit) comforts with a coating of creme…vanilla, lite caramel, bread dough…and all the great terroir likes of burgundy brings to the chard grape with the savory minerality, chalky limestone dust…floral pretties as well. Youthful fo sho right now, but the texture is where it’s at! Flavors are tasty, but age will bring out the OMG’s…you definitely need a LOT of these in the cellar! +pts (96 pts.)
Love the note. Year in and year out, Taittinger CdC is one of the best values in champagne. I own a few cases of the 06 but still haven’t tasted it. Clearly that needs to change.
Agree on year in and year out, but the 2006 is my favorite of the decade so far. Really looking forward to seeing how it is in 2008. And seeing how the 2006 develops over the course of the next 15 years.
Thanks for the motivation guys. We finally opened two bottles of the 2006 last night. You are right, this is seriously good Comtes. Sometime this winter we’ll taste a trio of the 2002, 2004, and 2006. That should be a great vertical.
I wish these were not such a pain in the ass to store in my cellar. These, Gimmonet, Drappier–all just jammed into space so I can shut the outside doors.
Always funny when you get those WTF are you doing looks from pretty much everyone nearby. Maybe I should start wearing my Berserker pin every time I go to Costco