Prelude Millenium Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared scallops, roasted poultry with wild mushrooms, mild creamy cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Taittinger's Prélude Grands Crus is a masterclass in balance, crafted exclusively from the first pressings of Grand Cru vineyards. This cuvée represents a perfect harmony between the Côte des Blancs Chardonnay and Montagne de Reims Pinot Noir, blended in equal measure. The wine undergoes a patient five-year maturation in Taittinger’s historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars, allowing it to develop remarkable complexity, fine bubbles, and a creamy texture while preserving its vibrant, chalky minerality. It stands as a celebration of the house's dedication to Grand Cru terroir, offering a rich, structured prelude to their most prestigious cuvées.
🍾 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 50%, Pinot Noir 50%
🍷 ABV
12.5%