Prestige Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, smoked salmon, fresh red berry tart
✨ Technical Specifications
Taittinger Prestige Rosé is a vibrant celebration of the traditional blending art in Champagne. Its brilliant, shimmering pink hue is achieved through the meticulous addition of approximately 15% still red Pinot Noir wine—sourced from the prestigious crus of the Montagne de Reims and Les Riceys—to a delicate blend of white Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier grapes. This assembly method, historically championed by the region's grand houses, imparts both its intense color and a wonderful structural depth. The high proportion of Chardonnay brings the signature Taittinger elegance, freshness, and mineral precision, while the Pinot grapes provide a luscious core of wild raspberry, cherry, and blackcurrant notes. Aged on its lees in the house's historic cellars, this cuvée strikes a masterful balance between crisp vivacity and velvety fruitiness.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir 50%, Chardonnay 30%, Pinot Meunier 20%
🍷 ABV
12.5%