| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
12/16/2016 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 100 pointsCelebrating at the Montage Laguna Beach; 12/16/2016-12/19/2016 (Laguna Beach, CA): Medium gold in color, this blanc de blancs sports a brisk, tiny bead and somehow has become even better than when last tasted. Bread dough, marzipan, wet stones, citrus, lavender and wild berries are minimal descriptors for the aromas and flavors of this wine. Crisply acidic and vibrant on the palate, it is stunning from the attack to the extremely lengthy finish. This supernal Champagne somehow continues to improve. Like most of us, it has picked up weight over the years. One could ask nothing more of a sparkling wine from anywhere in the world. This has so much more life to be lived! Those holding well-cellared bottles need not hurry, but remember that there are no guarantees of how long we ourselves will be around. Drink now-2026. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
12/8/2016 - dcwino wrote: 100 pointsHoliday Dinner - Champ, Burg, Bordeaux, Rhone and etc. (The Grill Room at Rosewood DC): From the same source as the last magnum, en magnum. Perfect youthful nose displaying sweetest yellow fruit, candied lemon peel, lemon curd, apple strudel, oyster jus, smoked oyster, wild flowers and sweet spices. Incredibly energetic and perfectly balanced palate, beautifully layered, decadent youthful lemon curd and cooked apple driven palate impression, bright acidity and strong mineral presence and a seamless vibrant finish that resonates. Perhaps attributed to the magnum format, it has gained the exquisite complexity without compromising its youthful energy and vibrancy. It is playful and delicious yet extremely complex and serious. Now the rating, I hesitate to give a perfect rating to a Comtes de Champagne but this is one of the best Champagnes of my life. I am not just about to say that this is better than the 96 Salon but this is drinking perfect! Everyone revisits a few times throughout the dinner until the end. |
| White - Sparkling |
1995 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
2/18/2022 - Peter Z. Likes this wine: 100 pointsMathijs' bottle opened for Lucas. Will never forget this moment. Nuttiness, creamy texture and a taste to die for. Brought tears to our eyes |
| White - Sparkling |
2002 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
5/2/2020 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 100 pointsSO'd for 30 min, as it warmed up, beautiful creamy lemon & toast; likely the finest bottle of champagne I have ever had! My wife wanted to pass on 2 great reds to just keep sipping this |
| White - Sparkling |
2006 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
5/8/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 100 pointsDunn Howell Mountain 1982, 1983, 1986; The Debate Cabernet Franc; & More (Yan's China Bistro, Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nose of yeast, apple, pear, lemon, slate, shale, smoke, and Old English Rose Bouquet, same on the palate, big body, rich fruit, lovely fruit, mouth filling fruit, like Chateau Ausone with bubbles, elegant, complex, lots of flavor, needs 3 years to peak drinking, easily last 20 years, mouth filling fruit, and a long, long, flavorful finish. Enjoyed during the 3 hour lunch. Uploaded photo. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
1/1/2008 - B&C wrote: 100 pointsTHE best champagne I have ever had. The butter and toast- the aroma. Words can not describe this champagne. Not as light and airy as Dom 96, and of course Krug V/NV are wonderful w/ toast and almonds, but this bottle was beyond words. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
12/6/2015 - birdeaux Likes this wine: 100 pointsA great friend, Winedog1 made a visit to us so we decided to open some bottles to celebrate the occasion. At my request, Winedog1 agreed to select the rating and prepare tasting notes for this wine. |
| White - Sparkling |
2005 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
6/17/2022 - eschaefer Likes this wine: 100 pointsSaid previously (5 plus years ago) that this was my favorite champagne ever. Drank it today and it is all that and a bag of 100 Pt chips. Unreal purity. Laser focus. Clean and vibrant. Go get some. Please. Highest recommendation. 100 !! |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
2/1/2021 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 100 pointsNot to be tacky or anything but I've had just about every hyped Champagne and bling Champagne to have been released in the last two decades and frankly it's pretty rare for them to provoke any reaction in me beyond, "Yeah, pretty good, tastes like Champagne" and then I find myself scratching my head wondering what is making everyone swoon other than the price tag or the fancy packaging. This is an exception so dramatic that the first sip just leaves me standing there, stupefied. The effect is positively transporting. Outside it's a miserable winter night and then with a sip of this, the fruit turns the inside of your mouth into Katrina & the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine" and the bubbles rain on the palate with the gentle patter of a light summer sunshower. Owing to its sheer glowing uranium-like vibrancy, the refreshment value is off the charts, but there is plenty more packed into the fruit beneath this, as it's fleshed out with thicker, more candied lemony flavors starting to pick up some of the honeyed character of age and which give it a very Salon-like profile, which isn't so strange considering the Mesnil part of the blend. It finishes with a sensation of metal shavings and a finely serrated cut followed by a sustained echo of that bright, thirst-quenching fruit, but not so quenching that you don't feel immediately compelled to grab another sip. 750ml is a cruelly inadequate serving size. Comtes de Champagne is always a treat to drink although it tends to require a few years for me to get past the aforementioned "pretty good, tastes like Champagne" stage - this one requires no such patience. I can't say whether it's unusually precocious this year or if the winemaking somehow stepped up to the next level (really, stepped up to the very top level), or both, but you just can't ask for or expect any more from a Champagne of this age. Champagne just doesn't get any better without there being actual nymphs to serve it to you. 45 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| White - Sparkling |
2000 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
12/11/2020 - Bowyer Likes this wine: 100 pointsDrank for our 45th wedding anniversary and didn't disappoint @ 20 years old. Classy. |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
5/1/2023 - Neecies Likes this wine: 100 pointsFlawless. There might be champagnes I could like as much, but I can't imagine one I'd love more. |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
6/26/2021 - felixp Likes this wine: 99 pointswait 10 years. Fabulous wine but opening now is, sadly, not much more than a glimpse of what will come. 6 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White - Sparkling |
1995 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
10/22/2007 - solarman wrote: 99 pointsThis wine was the wine of the night. It was one of the best 3 champagnes I have ever had in my life...so sad it was my last one. Beautifully delicate and yet fresh and lively. Not a bomb like Krug, etc. Absolutely classy champagne. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
5/4/2022 - dcwino wrote: 99 pointsLafite Rothschild vertical (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Perfectly mature nose displaying sweet yellow fruit, lemon curd, candied lemon peel, baked apple, candied ginger, burnt sugar, oyster jus, sweet spices, and crushed rocks. I have consistently found a beautiful floral note in the 96 CDC which is fascinating. Beautifully integrated palate, layers upon layers of sweet yellow fruit, very find generous mousse, rich and decadent yet also pure and precise, bright acidity, strong oyster shell mineral, and a seamless long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with oyster jus and burnt sugar at the end. The 96 CDC is drinking incredibly well. I actually prefer the overall balance and decadence of the 96 CDC over the 96 Salon which is more focused. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
11/24/2012 - Argrath wrote: 99 pointsAbsolutely lovely, immediate, full and complex nose. Amazing combination of elegance and power where yellow fruit, roasted coffee, toasty nuts and mineral just keeps pumping. Extremely inviting. |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
8/17/2022 - chablis28 wrote: 99 pointsMy last btl to celebrate our buddy David's retirement at a mere 62. Bravo Dave! Absolutely crystalline & hands down my all-round favorite glass of champagne & producer for a couple decades now. Such sexy effervesce & scents on nose! Palate is so pristinely weightless, pure & balanced. Graceful intensity abounds! Little bubbles churn inside & just above the glass to caress the nose. Pale gold elixir for the Gods! Tonight, this shared the stage with 5 other lovely reference point, Tete de Cuvees. A regal '95 Krug, a killer '02 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas Francois, a stellar '08 Bollinger Grand Anne, a wonderful Bereche Le Cran Ludes & a tasty '02 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée. My WOTN was clearly the '04 Comte given its unique style & class. Others perosnal favorites tonight were the '02 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas Francois & the Bereche Le Cran Ludes 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
3/5/2022 - PKim Likes this wine: 99 pointsThis is just amazing. |
| White - Sparkling |
1976 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
11/24/2013 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 99 pointsThe wine looks Yellow gold colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Lime, Grapefruit, Fig, Raisin, Apricot, Peach, Melon, Mineral, Toast, Cinnamon, Almond, Hazelnut, Honey, Butterscotch, and Biscuity. It tastes like Fig, Raisin, Peach, Melon, Mango, Mineral, Medium Toast, Coffee, Cinnamon, Almond, Hazelnut, Butterscotch, Honey, and Biscuity. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Silky texture. The wine finishes Long. This champagne was nearly perfect. Harmony meets complexity. The bottle never left the cellar before opening. perfect matching with linguini ant truffles. Thank you sandra, thomas and jessica |
| White - Sparkling |
1976 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
1/5/2015 - Pingzing wrote: 99 pointsGREAT - this is what Champagne is all about. One problem. It was my only and last bottle. Lots of honey, nuts, butter, and a creamy sexy structure. WOUW. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
3/18/2023 - canan wrote: 99 pointsKYD #2.2 (Valby Brasserie): Clean and pure wine with freshly baked brioche bread, green and yellow apple flavors and an absolutely wonderful and vibrant acidity. Amazing complexity with dark spices, hazelnuts and butter but the balance is simply amazing and ties everything together into a complete and virtually perfect bottle of wine. It is decadent but still restrained and focused. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
9/29/2019 - dcwino wrote: 99 points1996 Burgundy Retrospective - The Last Session (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Incredibly youthful energetic nose displaying decadent yet pure yellow fruit, apple juice, candied lemon peel, lemon curd, candied ginger, smoke, sweet spices, oyster jus, white flower and crushed rock. Perfectly integrated palate, layers upon layers of decadent yet pure yellow fruit, generous and sweet but also incredibly focused, energetic and precise, generous very fine mousse, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral and a long sweet yellow fruit driven finish. The 96 CDC is on fire. |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
3/4/2021 - HoostineFL Likes this wine: 99 pointsI don’t remember my last “profound” wine ... a wine that truly reminds me why I love this hobby. This was one of those wines for me. This was incredibly generous without being hedonistic or silly. I’m honestly lost for words - hope to remember and come back to update this note when I can compose my thoughts. |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
11/11/2022 - minndavid60 Likes this wine: 99 pointsAt our retired guys lunch yesterday at The Kenwood, in Minneapolis. Leo’s bottle. No formal notes but this just absolutely stunning, as it always is. I don’t know how Champagne could get any better but I left one point just in case. :) |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
3/23/2007 - SBA Guru wrote: 99 pointsThis is an outstanding champagne that will age well, just the right balance of acidity, intesnse flavors, no bite, smooth. Much better than 96 Crystal, 96 Dom, or Krug, etc. I am going to put a case of this away. |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
11/11/2022 - chablis28 wrote: 99 pointsLeo's btl at our recent "old Guys Lunch at The Kenwood in Minneapolis. My WOTD. Hands down, my all-round favorite glass of champagne. Excited anytime one shows up! Crystalline w/ sexy effervesce & scents on nose! Palate is so pristinely weightless, pure & balanced. Graceful intensity abounds! Little bubbles churn inside & just above the glass to caress the nose. Shimmering gold elixir of the Gods! I think we've been blessed with this showing up at our last 2 events. May the chain, go unbroken! |
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