Brut Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted chicken, grilled white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
Taittinger Brut Réserve is the definitive ambassador of the house style, distinguished by a remarkably high proportion of Chardonnay for a non-vintage Champagne. Crafted from over 35 different crus and incorporating up to 30% reserve wines to ensure year-on-year consistency, this cuvée undergoes a minimum of three to four years of cellar aging on its lees—more than double the legal requirement. This extended maturation takes place deep within the historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars (crayères) beneath Reims, which once belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Nicaise. The result is a sparkling wine of exceptional balance, celebrated for its delicate golden hue, fine, persistent mousse, and a nose that sings of fresh brioche, white flowers, and stone fruits. It represents the legacy of the Taittinger family, who have championed elegance and lightness in Champagne for generations.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural lineage to 1734 through the historic house of Forest-Fourneaux, Champagne Taittinger was formally inaugurated under the family name in the 1930s by Pierre Taittinger after acquiring the Château de la Marquetterie. Today, the maison remains an independent, family-led enterprise directed by Vitalie Taittinger with cellar master Alexandre Ponnavoy. Taittinger manages approximately 288 hectares of sustainably farmed vineyards, certified under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) and Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC), spanning premier terroirs across the Côte des Blancs, Montagne de Reims, and the Marne Valley. Here, pure Cretaceous chalk soils, gentle slopes, and a marginal semi-continental climate impart hallmark tension and refined minerality. Taittinger's winemaking philosophy champions a distinctively high proportion of Chardonnay, yielding cuvées of crystalline precision, airy floral lift, and structural grace. Prolonged aging takes place inside subterranean 4th-century Gallo-Roman chalk crayères beneath the historic Saint-Nicaise abbey ruins, culminating in iconic prestige expressions like the 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay 40%, Pinot Noir 35%, Pinot Meunier 25%
🍷 ABV
12.5%