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Manage Subscriptions1993 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
Chardonnay
- France
- Champagne
Community Tasting Notes 35
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StiGGe wrote: 86 points
February 28, 2024 - Has a very strong acid through its taste. It reminds me of wines from 1996.
The acid takes over the wine so its hard to tell any aromas or flavours.
It maybe have gone a little above its peak, but the cork popped slightly.
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jhngo wrote: flawed
August 12, 2021 - Corked.
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jmoore431 wrote: 94 points
April 27, 2021 - Full golden color with very mild beading; complex nose of toffee sweetness, baked apple, quite toasty; palate has similar qualities, very relaxed and soft vinosity. Showing peak maturity and in a great place now!
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PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 95 points
January 13, 2020 - Holiday dinner with friends at French Embassy, Washington D.C. (Petit Bouchon Restaurant, French Embassy): Notes of hazelnut and toffee. Salted almond. This is pretty taut and lovely for its age. Indeed, the color is excellent, too. An overall impression of being svelte. Paul who brought it said that they had "a good run" in early 1990s, even if the 1993 vintage is not recognized as being that great. Indeed, both Decanter and wine critic John Gilman loved this in rather recent tastings. Rated 97 points by Decanter in a 2017 tasting, the panel noted that 1993 may be an average vintage overall for the region, but this 1993 proved a "real beauty, equal to the 1995 but in a different style." Gilman gave it 94 out of 100, when he tasted it in 2016. He described the wine as having been "fully mature for many years now, but continues to be fresh and lively on the palate, with its internal structure sound and seamless."
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Xavier94 Likes this wine: 91 points
February 4, 2018 - Lots of promise with this one, but a bit too advanced. Nutty aromas seem to dominate but with time, bruised apple, brown sugar, spearmint introduce fresh, lively flavors of baked apple, sourdough and chalky minerals in the background. 91-92 points. Perhaps other bottles are more on point.
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By Christelle Guibert
Comtes de Champagne Vertical, 10/13/2017 (link)(Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Champagne, France, White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2016, Issue #65, The Bi-Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Review Autumn 2016(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Brut (Reims)) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
Taittinger: Comtes de Champagne 1971— 1998 (Aug 2010) (link)(Taittinger Comtes De Champagne Rd) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Taittinger: Comtes de Champagne 1971— 1998 (Aug 2010) (link)(Taittinger Comtes De Champagne) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2010, Issue #28, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Brut) Subscribe to see review text.
Champagne Warrior
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By Brad Baker
January 2009, Issue #1, Tasting Notes of Champagne and Sparkling Wines(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2007, Issue #9, Recently Tasted Champagne and Sparkling Wine(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 1998, IWC Issue #81 (link)(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blanc Vintage) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1993
- Type White - Sparkling
- Producer Taittinger
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Champagne
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- Appellation Champagne
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- In Cellars 214 (68%)
- Consumed 103 (32%)
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