1973 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

Community Tasting Notes (10) Median Score: 95 points

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  12/31/2022 - vinopunk wrote: flawed

  I had very low hopes for this one given the age plus I suspected it had not been stored on its side. Cork was held in only by the cage and bubbles were completely gone. Dark, oxidized color. Initially it drank like a weird, old chardonnay (I've tried a number of over-the-hill 1980s ones). But left in the fridge a day or two, I'd say it turned into more of an interesting (as opposed to weird) old white wine. But ultimately impossible to judge as a champagne. I paid almost nothing for this wine (versus $700 retail I'd guess?) so I don't feel bad about it.

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  10/5/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: 65 Points

  Tasted this blind and I thought this was a Champagne from the 1940s. Barely any bubbles left. Medium brown colour with a fully matured profile of apricots raisins, and molasses. Fading honied fruits, high acidity and smoky. An advanced bottle? (65/100)

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  10/2/2020 - Sean_005 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  An iconic champagne vintage. Deep amber in colour when poured in the glass, initial smell of dusty cardboard then slowly evolved and blew off to reveal an aged bouquet of overripe fruit. Maderia-esque on the palate.
  
  Little to minimal effervescence but remember it's a 47 year old champagne and it showed well for its age.

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  10/2/2020 - RayOB Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drank at Trivet
  Fully mature and needs time in the glass. Then it sings

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  12/12/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Acker's 1970's Holiday Champagne Dinner (Atera - 77 Worth Street in NYC): Much softer and sweeter and drinking really nicely. I'm very impressed at how well this house's champagne ages. Touch of the caramel again. Good acid. Very fresh and yet you can tell there's some good age on it. Lovely.

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