Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted chicken, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Taittinger's signature Brut Réserve is a masterclass in the art of blending, distinguished by an unusually high proportion of Chardonnay for a non-vintage house blend. Sourced from over 35 different crus and incorporating a significant percentage of reserve wines, this cuvée is aged for a minimum of three to four years in the cool depths of the house's historic chalk cellars—far exceeding the legal requirement. This patient maturation allows the wine to develop its famed balance of fresh, white-fleshed fruit, brioche, and delicate floral aromas. The high Chardonnay content imparts a signature lightness and mineral precision that has defined the Taittinger style for generations, making it a celebratory staple worldwide.
🍾 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%