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2008 Taittinger "Comtes de Champagne" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne

2008 Taittinger "Comtes de Champagne" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne

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James Suckling

Review Date: 04/2021
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The perfect blanc de blancs. Full-bodied with a lovely framework of acidity and dry fruit, such as apples, pears and peaches. Opulent. Dense and muscular. Yet, it’s balanced and harmonious. Line of acidity at the end. Totally in tune. Superb. Deep and complete. Has everything. One for the cellar. It is the greatest Comte ever. It has everything. A perfect upgrade from two years ago. Drink or hold.

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Professional Reviews

98

Decanter

Review Date: 01/2022
After a cool, rainy spring and unsettled flowering, the weather in 2008 cleared in time to deliver a large crop of ripe, balanced grapes with lovely balancing acidity. The Comtes from 2008 is a fantastic success, with aromas of ripe pear, peach, bergamot and chamomile. There is a luxe style to the rich, creamy texture with its gentle yet persistent mousse. The fresh acidity and a subtle, pleasant bitterness bring balance and impressive length to the wine. (CC)

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James Halliday

Review Date: 11/2020
From the great '08 vintage, 100% grands crus blanc de blancs. It's the favourite champagne of Australian winemakers. A scintillating blend of citrus and white peach wrapped in strands of almond, brioche and mineral notes, the length and freshness of the finish and aftertaste phenomenal.

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 09/2020
Taittinger's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is being released this year, and it will be worth a special effort to track down. I wrote in August 2019 that this is the finest Comtes de Champagne since the brilliant 2002, and this tasting confirmed that. Offering up a deep and complex bouquet of citrus oil, crisp orchard fruit, warm brioche, crushed chalk, blanched almonds and smoke, it's full-bodied and incisive, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a long, searingly chalky finish. While this is already immensely impressive out of the gates, this 2008 is clearly built for the long haul, and three decades' longevity won't be a challenge. (WK)
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Staff Reviews

Gary Westby
K&L Buyer
Review Date: 11/2020
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This wine is full of extroverted toasted brioche and the bouquet is among the most generous that we have in stock. In the mouth, the chalky, concentrated power of the vintage comes out- this wine is packed with white flowers and pain au levain in the middle. The finish is as long as they come, and this is where the wine does its best trick, switching from powerful to elegant, from concentrated to refreshing, all while charming me with kaleidoscopic complexity that goes on and on. Looking back at my notes on the excellent and very well priced 2007 Taittinger "Comtes de Champagne", I had compared that vintage to Puligny-Montrachet because of its limey drive. This 2008 reminds me of the graceful power of Chevalier-Montrachet- it has it all.
Stephanie Vidales
Review Date: 10/2020
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This is truly a stunning bottle of bubbles! This 2008 Comtes De Champagne is from only the best parcels of the Cote de Blanc and aged at least 10 years on the lees. It is incredibly layered with stone fruit, minerality and citrus and is neither too heavy or light. After each sip, the wine showed more complexity and nuances that kept me going back for more. We've had many great 2008 Champagnes in the store, but this Taittinger is one of my favorites!
Cindy Westby
Review Date: 10/2020
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I have a strong "practical" streak...maybe even miserly? I reuse my clean aluminum foil, rinse out my zip-lock bags, save scraps for stock etc. So sometimes it's better when I get to try fancy champagne without knowing the price. Now that I've had this glorious bottle, I am indeed hooked. Generous in every way, without being at all heavy. And while I think you could easily put it down in your cellar - for once, here is a prestige cuvee that is firing on all cylinders and ready to be savored right now! A splurge, yes...but with all the money I've saved on aluminum foil, a bottle I will be buying again!
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Notes

This is just the 37th release of the Comtes, the first being the 1952. It is entirely Grand Cru, and only from the Côte de Blancs, made from a selection of the best lots from Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Mesnil, and Oger. Only the cuvée is used, the first most gentle pressing, and the wine is fermented almost entirely in stainless steel, with just 5% going into oak. The wine is then aged for a minimum of 10 years on the lees and is only just now being released at 12 years old, enjoying a bit of time on the cork as well. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne Buyer) 98 points, Neal Martin for Vinous: "Served from magnum, the 2008 Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is stunning. Vivid citrus fruit on the nose with crushed stone, this is initially quite taut but then develops gorgeous scents of orange pith and citrus peel. The palate is very concentrated, perfectly balanced, extremely pure with an almost penetrating finish that has the salinity to beckon you back for another sip. I would be interested to juxtapose this with a 750mls bottle as it felt quite backward. Both formats surely have a very long life ahead." (3/2022)

Product Details

Origin: Champagne, France

Type/Varietal: Chardonnay

Alcohol Content: 12%

SKU: #1501953

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