Cuvee Prestige
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted chicken, triple-cream cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Taittinger's Cuvée Prestige is a masterclass in the art of assembly, reflecting the house's signature style of elegance, lightness, and mineral precision. This non-vintage cuvée is distinguished by its unusually high proportion of Chardonnay for a standard house blend, drawing grapes from over 35 different crus. The wine is aged for a minimum of three to four years in the cool, historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars (crayères) beneath Reims—originally carved by Benedictine monks of the Saint-Nicaise Abbey. This extended aging on the lees imparts a delicate complexity, balancing fresh citrus and white flower aromas with subtle notes of brioche and white peach, making it a vibrant celebration of the Champagne region's unique terroir.
🍾 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%