Vintage Cellars Catalogue - 30/09-29/12/2020 (Page 17)

the grape → the vineyards of taittinger is among the region's largest and best known for its comtes de champagne which is matured for 10 years in bottle before blancs in the world thirty-seven taittinger vineyards are located estate is made up of 37 per cent chardonnay done with the same goal in mind - to obtain the best raw material in order to create the best champagne possible temperature for aging wine and are notably used for maturing bottles of its prestige the criteria set around its production mean and rose are exceptional cellaring wines → a rich history → the caves → the cellar door taittinger is one of only five champagne houses to cellar its wines in the crayères of reims the chalk caves painstakingly dug out by the they were used to store the famous wine first was destroyed during the french revolution taittinger opens its doors to visitors and what most people come for is the opportunity to venture 18 metres below ground to admire the explore the secret passages with their hidden top off the visit with a glass of comtes de champagne and the memory will last forever the house of taittinger dates back almost three centuries to the time when jacques fourneaux to learn how to make wine formed the forest-fourneaux company successfully exporting champagne to the uk and the us from château de la marquetterie just south of épernay in northern france the famous name was first associated with so impressed by the beauty and history of the prohibition combined to seriously restrict operations at forest-fourneaux and pierre house as one of the region's best generation winemaker vitalie taittinger who recently took over from her father taittinger family is one of the largest vineyard owners in champagne the taittinger estate is the third-largest winemaking domain in is certified high environmental value champagne taittinger comtes de champagne taittinger brut reserve nv taittinger comtes de champagne france $61.75 in any six $65 single price the hallmark of this champagne is the high proportion of that is partnered with the brioche- like nuances of pinot meunier $350 single price and some nuts but the dominating impression is of clarity and in texture with suberb length louis teran vintagecellars.com.au