Taittinger - Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Comtes de Champagne 2013 (750ml)
Price: $215.00
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| Producer | Taittinger |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Sku | 6916 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 99 Points
Fantastic complexity here with aromas of toast biscuit lemon almond chalk and some fennel. It's long sleek and mineral with tight very fine bubbles and so much tension and precision. Very long and chalky finish. Disgorged end of 2023. Drink or hold.
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2013 Comtes de Champagne is a towering Champagne as it was last year. Rich sumptuous and explosive the 2013 soars out of the glass with a captivating mix of tropical fruit apricot passion fruit baked apple tart mint and yellow flowers. It is one of the most explosive extroverted Comtes I have ever tasted. Impressive. - By Antonio Galloni on March 2024 The 2013 Comtes de Champagne captures all the pedigree of this great vintage in its energy depth and vibrancy. Lemon confit dried flowers chamomile spice and crushed rocks all race across the palate. Passionfruit ginger marzipan and mint appear later filling out the layers beautifully. Harvest took place in October in what has become the exception rather than the norm in Champagne. - By Antonio Galloni on March 2023
Wine Enthusiast: 98 Points
This beautiful Chardonnay from five top Grand Cru vineyards is textured with fruit that is still impressively perfumed. Its concentration has allowed it to remain perennially young. Although there are hints of toastiness the Champagne has many more years of potential. Drink now and at least up to 2027. ? Roger Voss
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
The 2013 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne's bouquet is compellingly fresh and minty revealing aromas of white fruit?notably pear and apple?marzipan and sweet spices as well as a light touch of citrus mingled with classy autolytic notes. On the palate this is a structured tensile and ethereal Champagne with high acidity?a sign of a classic vintage?animated by a mousse of striking finesse and delicacy. Although already enjoyable it should develop well for several decades. This concise review highlights Taittinger's newly released 2013 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne a standout cuvée from the house shaped by the vintage's classic profile. Aficionados of this cuvée will be pleased to find that it exemplifies the distinctive style that has garnered Comtes?s global recognition. Published: Sep 29 2023 Reviewed by: Yohan Castaing
Decanter: 96 Points
Cool and a little inscrutable on release but the composed and expected clarity of flavour is all there: green mandarin dried apple white peach and croissant dough sitting tightly wrapped with a touch of iodine and subtle char. A beautifully serene texture and gliding mousse deliver length detail and quiet intensity. Patience is required for the initial sweet citrus to subside into something more complex but when it does this shows signs of being a classic. 100% Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs grand cru villages with 5% oak fermentat
Wine Spectator: 96 Points
The Marilyn Monroe of Champagne with voluptuous notes of lemon meringue poached apricot black cherry brioche and candied ginger trimmed nicely by sleek mouthwatering acidity. A minerally underpinning of smoke and oyster shell pushes through to drive the finish. It's hard to stop sipping this bright and harmonious bubbly. Drink now through 2038. ?A.N.
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