1993 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  2/28/2024 - StiGGe wrote: 86 Points

  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.
  
  If you have one bottle i think its time to open it up.

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  8/12/2021 - jhngo wrote: flawed

  Corked.

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  4/27/2021 - jmoore431 wrote: 94 Points

  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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  1/13/2020 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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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  2/4/2018 - Xavier94 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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