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Vintage | 2006 |
Rating | 95-100 |
Region | Champagne |
Appellation | Champagne |
Colour | Champagne |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | From 100 € to 200 € |
New | yes |
Château | Taittinger |
Country | France |
Enter into this place of Reims where the history of France met the history of champagne. Stroll through the gardens of marquetry where books were written, where Joffre directed some famous battles and Taittinger which there was the idea of a wonderful vintage. Dare you venture into the depths of the cellars of Saint Nicaise. Enter the house Taittinger and taste our wines. Stroll in the places where they are developed. Lose yourself in our vineyards. Travel to the Americas where we raise a few wines. Descend into the depths of our caves and experience the art of patience.
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Petite Chapelle 2006
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Côte Rotie
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Bonnes Mares
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Montrachet
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Côte Rotie
Pomerol
(06-2016) Light yellow. Refined, elegant nose still in its youth, intermixing floral scents, herbs - angelica and fresh mint - and subtle toasted undertones. Ample, ethereal, silky palate displaying supreme harmony. A particularly successful bottling.
(06-2018) Tasted almost two years after disgorgement, the 2006 Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs shows a beautiful golden-citrus color and opens with a fascinating intense, floral, slightly reductive nose that develops enormously in the glass, offering lemon and lemon confit aromas along with flinty notes of crushed chalk and the iodine flavors of the Atlantic Ocean. This is an utterly complex and promising bouquet! The palate is terribly fresh but also rich, lush and intense, with the purity of the finest wines of the Côte de Blancs, the concentration of perfectly ripe Chardonnay and the suppleness of 2006. This has impeccable balance paired with high tension. The wine is very tight and still seems to be on its way right now. Although there is a first hint of aromatic ripeness, this should be a great Comtes de Champagne in a couple of years. The finish is tensioned, concentrated and mineral but keeps its talents in an almost bursting bubble.