2004 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut chambolle-musigny and the last vineyard to

and the last vineyard to harvest each year – Paul never encounters problems with this ‘golden child’ plot

the dark tight flesh with well-developed acidity that you have come to expect from this wine

This wine is surely going to be one of the bargains of the vintage

Proof of how slowly this wine ages

Drink now to 2026

2004 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut chambolle-musigny and the last vineyard toLes Comtes is one of the greatest of all Chardonnay Champagnes, its fruit sourced from the finest Grand Cru sites of the Cte des Blancs. Blue chip provenance includes the villages of Avize, le Mesnil sur Oger, and Cramant; it is the best of the best. Or, doubly appropriate given its luxuriant gustatory profile; la crme de la crme. 5% of the wine is aged in wood before spring bottling and the ensuing lengthy somnolence wherein the alchemical process of