Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Assortment Case (1998)

⏳ Drinking Window

2020 - 2030

🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings

seared scallops, roasted turbot, creamy mushroom risotto

✨ Technical Specifications

The pinnacle of Taittinger's art, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is a legendary prestige cuve 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 Cte 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 (crayres) of Saint-Nicaise in Reims, offering a masterclass in the longevity, tension, and creamy texture of mature Chardonnay.

🍾 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.

🍇 Grape Varieties

Chardonnay 100%

🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)

12%

🌿 Aromas & Flavor Descriptors