World Cup Brut Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted chicken, triple-cream cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Taittinger's World Cup Brut Réserve is a celebratory, limited-edition presentation of the house's signature non-vintage Champagne, crafted to mark their historic partnership as the official Champagne of the FIFA World Cup. Inside the specially designed collector's bottle lies the classic Brut Réserve, a masterclass in Chardonnay-led elegance. Sourced from over 35 different crus and incorporating a significant proportion of reserve wines to ensure consistency, this cuvée undergoes three to four years of cellar aging in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk crayères. This extended maturation imparts a beautiful complexity, fine bubbles, and a creamy texture, while retaining the bright, youthful vivacity and mineral precision that defines the house style.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its foundations back to 1734 when the original house was established by Jacques Fourneaux, Champagne Taittinger took its modern identity in 1932 under the visionary leadership of Pierre Taittinger. Headquartered in Reims within the historic Champagne region of France, the family-owned house matures its finest cuvées inside UNESCO-listed Gallo-Roman chalk caves beneath the ancient Abbey of Saint-Nicaise. Taittinger is distinguished by its defining reliance on Chardonnay, crafting champagnes celebrated for their elegance, minerality, and delicate aromatics. The house's supreme expression is the iconic Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, a benchmark vintage champagne produced exclusively from top Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte des Blancs.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay 40%, Pinot Noir 35%, Pinot Meunier 25%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%