THE PRODUCER
Taittinger emerged from family sale in 2005 and buy-back in 2008 with a purified
vision of quality from a more sustainable approach in the vineyards to
revitalised winemaking focussing on only the best of their own vineyards and
growers produce. Members of the Taittinger family are involved from the running
of the company to the blending of the base wines. The selection of wines for the
various blends has been refined and the time on lees has been increased to lift
the quality of the wines from an already high standard. Taittinger is back at
the top of their game.

Despite longer than usual ageing on lees on everything from non-vintage to the
prestige Comtes de Champagne, Taittinger Champagnes are refined, nervy wines of
great purity and finesse.

THE WINE
One of Champagne’s very finest and most consistent blanc de blancs prestige
cuvees, Comtes takes full advantage of the extensive holdings in the Cote des
Blancs. Drawn mostly from Avize and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger with judicious spicing
from Oger, Cramant, Chouilly and Vertus, Comtes is the purest expression of
Chardonnay from these fine vineyards. Now aged for a minimum of eight years, and
often more depending on vintage, it reaches the market with a depth of maturity
that belies the tightly wound nature of the wine. Beautiful on release, it only
gains from more cellar age.

INFORMATION
Type:SparklingVintage:2008Country:FranceRegion:ChampagneSub Region:VintageGrape:
100% ChardonnayStyle:Complex and Traditional
Sweetness:DryABV:12.5%Drinking window:2021 - 2048Size:750mlFood match:Shellfish,
Crab and Lobster

CRITICS SCORES
We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide
to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add
individual critic scores to our website in the future.