Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Assortment Case 1998 - 2000
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 10–30 years from the vintage release; these mature 1998, 1999, and 2000 vintages are currently in their peak drinking window.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
seared scallops, roasted turbot, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The pinnacle of Taittinger's art, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is a legendary prestige cuv e that pays homage to the Counts of Champagne, particularly Thibaud IV, who mythically brought the ancestor of the Chardonnay grape back from the Crusades. Crafted exclusively from Chardonnay sourced from the five prestigious Grand Cru villages of the C te des Blancs—Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger, and Oger—this wine represents the ultimate expression of noble chalk soils. A tiny portion (5%) of the blend is matured in oak casks to impart a subtle toasted complexity. This rare assortment case brings together three magnificent consecutive vintages—1998, 1999, and 2000—each aged for over a decade in the historic, UNESCO-listed Gallo-Roman chalk cellars (cray res) of Saint-Nicaise in Reims, offering a masterclass in the longevity, tension, and creamy texture of mature Chardonnay.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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.