Comte Blanc de Blancs
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Typically best enjoyed 10–25 years from the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can age gracefully for over 30 years.
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Fresh oysters, seared scallops, roasted turbot with butter sauce
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Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is the pinnacle of Taittinger's art, first created in the 1952 vintage to honor the legendary Counts of Champagne—particularly Thibaud IV, who, according to folklore, brought the ancestor of the Chardonnay grape back from the Crusades. This exceptional prestige cuvée is crafted exclusively from 100% Chardonnay sourced from the most prestigious Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs: Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger, and Oger. Only the first press is used to ensure absolute purity. A tiny portion of the blend is matured in oak casks to impart subtle toasted nuances. The wine then undergoes a slow, patient maturation of up to a decade in the UNESCO-protected, 4th-century Gallo-Roman chalk cellars beneath the Saint-Nicaise Abbey in Reims, resulting in a masterpiece of tension, mineral precision, and creamy complexity.
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Established in 1932 when Pierre Taittinger acquired the historic Forest-Fourneaux house founded in 1734, Champagne Taittinger is one of the few remaining family-owned and operated Champagne houses based in Reims, France. The house is celebrated for its extensive Gallo-Roman chalk cellars, known as crayères, which provide the perfect aging conditions for their elegant, Chardonnay-dominant cuvées. Taittinger's signature style is defined by lightness, finesse, and mineral precision, epitomized by their legendary prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, alongside their classic Brut Réserve and the artistic Taittinger Collection.