Is Taittinger a good Champagne?

One of the few Champagne houses owned and managed by the family whose name is on the label, Taittinger is great value for money Champagne. The hallmark of Taittinger Champagnes is the high percentage of Chardonnay, delivering elegance and finesse on the nose and palate.

What grape is Taittinger?

Chardonnay
The Taittinger vineyard is made up of with 37% Chardonnay, 48% Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Meunier vines, which are distributed equally across 37 different vineyards. These are amongst the best in the Champagne region, reflecting the outstanding style of the Champagne House.

Is Taittinger sweet or dry?

Taittinger Champagne Collection. Taittinger offers both dry and sweet champagne labels. Their dry champagne is presented first followed by their sweeter champagne label.

Which is better Bollinger or Taittinger?

While Taittinger is elegant and dances on the palate, Bollinger tends to be richer and more powerful. Because they both produce consistently top-quality wine, your preference for either Taittinger or Bollinger will come down to personal taste, vintage, label quality, and how long you plan on storing your bottles.

Which is the most expensive champagne in the world?

The World’s Most Expensive Champagne

What is L Instant Taittinger?

This is a unique modern French poster that exquisitely captures timeless beauty. The advertising campaign ran from 1988 to 1992 printed in 4 formats. This is the small, last edition of this poster, (ALL uppercase title), printed in France, 1992.

What is the difference between Taittinger and Taittinger Nocturne?

Taittinger Nocturne Sec is fresh and mellow with delicate floral and ripe fruit flavours. A slightly higher sweetness dosage is added (when compared with a brut) which gives a subtle honeyed finish that softens the wine.

Is Taittinger Nocturne dry?

Not quite as dry as Brut, but not sweet by any means, Nocturne is elegant and beautifully balanced, with soft, mellow orchard fruit characters and a lingering, elegant finish.

Is Dom Pérignon overpriced?

A bottle of Dom Pérignon starts at around $185 while older bottles grow in price exponentially. The most expensive bottle — Dom Pérignon Rose 1959 — costs $84,700. Why is Dom Pérignon so expensive? Dom Pérignon only uses the finest grapes from the best vineyards in Champagne, France.

Who is the leader of the Taittinger family?

Taittinger caves. Taittinger (pronounced [tɛ.tɛ̃.ʒe]) is a French wine family who are famous producers of Champagne. The estate is headed by Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger (born 1953), a member of the consultative committee of the Banque de France.

What kind of champagne does Taittinger champagne make?

Champagne production. Founded in 1734, the Taittinger Champagne house is based in Reims. The flagship wines of the house are the Comtes de Champagne (composed of 100% Chardonnay) and Comtes de Champagne Rosé (70% Pinot noir and 30% Chardonnay ).

When did Claude Taittinger retire from the business?

Claude Taittinger retired in 2006 and his nephew Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger replaced him as head of the business. In 2017, it was announced, Taittinger became the first champagne house to plant vines in the UK.

Why did the Taittinger family move to Paris?

This has been disproved by genetic analysis done at the University of California at Davis. The Taittingers were a family of wine merchants who, in 1870, moved to the Paris region from the Lorraine in order to retain their French citizenship after the Franco-Prussian War and the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871) .