2012 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

Community Tasting Notes (75) Avg Score: 93.9 points

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  5/13/2024 - Todd French wrote:

  I opened a bottle of this yesterday, for Mothers’ Day, without any prior experience with this vintage of this wine (have had '08 and '06), and found it exceptional and rewarding. Voluptuous and lively texture, complex fruit profile, balanced acidity to keep the wine from becoming ponderous, with a moderatly long finish. Yes, some sweetness but I’d expect that of any tete de cuvee with the typical higher dosage. For those looking to check in on these, I highly recommend its current phase.

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  5/10/2024 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Yellow gold color. Apples, pears, citrus, and minerals in the nose with floral notes and some yeastiness. Flavor like the nose, apples and peaches. Nice complexity, well balanced, and a long lingering finish.

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  4/19/2024 - peternelson Likes this wine: 93 Points

  sappy, masonry; strong yeasty element, "waffles"; elegant, fine bubbles, tart apple but still rounded; long lingering finish (dry and minerally). At Wine Market Party in Ebisu Park Mall Blind Tasting Bar.

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  4/16/2024 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points

  Heidi's Crew at St Geneive Minneapolis "quarterly". CV,KB,LI,SS,CS&DD. Tonight was outstanding & so much so, the group voted to meet monthly going fwd. StG's menu tonight screamed Burgundy so that didn't hurt. My btl flighted with Candace's placid ethereal & mesmerizing '02 Dom P2. Quite a challenging flight for a new release and yet the '12 Comte rose to occasion with its signature surreal blend of, tamed energy, complex & pristine fruit, mineral and intensity. The Dom won out with its overall undeniable sense of harmony and "how do they do it" supple classiness. Elixir for the Gods & when the stars align, mere mortals like me. Lucky to be drinking a glass of both wines tonight. Especially, the '02 P2!

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  4/16/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points

  Heidi's Group: Oh My! (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour next to the '02 Dom P2. This was the third time having the '12 including at Taittinger last Fall. This continues to be in that vibrant and fresh mode with plenty of electricity and cut. I fully expect this to evolve even further over the next few years, but it is inspiring now and hard to keep one's hands off when given the opportunity to experience it. Tons of fresh air, tart apple, Anjou pear, toast, tart, great freshness and cut, very bright, green apple peel, very invigorating. 95+(+)pts.

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