2008 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne MAGNUM

Frankrig

Champagne

2008

1500ml

Taittinger

98 + Points Antonio Galloni Vinous media august 2020

Taittinger’s 2008 Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is simply
breathtaking. I have tasted it many times over the years in various trial
disgorgements and it has never been anything less than compelling. The
final, finished wine captures all of that potential. Bright, focused and
wonderfully deep, Comtes is a fabulous example of a vintage that
expresses so much energy but with real fruit intensity, the signatures that
distinguish it from other vintages (1996 comes to mind) that were similarly
taut, but more austere in the early going. Although the 2008 impresses
right out of the gate, it only really starts to open up with several hours of
air. The 2008 Comtes represents the purest essence of the Côtes des
Blancs in a great, historic vintage. Readers who can find the 2008 should
not hesitate, as it is a truly brilliant epic Champagne that no one who loves
the very best in Champagne will want to be without.