2008 taittinger, comtes de champagne rose
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Why We're Buying
Taittinger makes Comtes de Champagne Rosé from the best grapes. The Champagne house is so strict that it only makes the Champagne in exceptional years. The Rosé is transcendent upon arrival and only gets better with age.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Taittinger's 2008 Brut Comtes de Champagne Rosé, which arrives on the market this year, has unwound considerably since I last tasted it. Offering up inviting aromas of red berries, plums, sweet spices, orange rind and freshly baked bread, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and vinous, with an ample core of fruit, lively acids and an elegant pinpoint mousse. As I wrote in 2019, Taittinger is using more Pinot Noir and opting for longer sur lattes maturation for this bottling, and the result is that Comtes Rosé is becoming a more gastronomic Champagne. Deceptively charming as this 2008 is today, I suspect it will tighten up with a little age on cork. 2021-2035