Robert Parkers Wine Advocate has called Taittinger Brut de Blanc Comtes de champagne a huge wine that is bursting to the brim with rope variants of fruit mixed with smoke, ash, crushed rocks and slate. It is one of the very best Comtes and an unusual one that balances power and richness while at the same time having considerable minerality.

The luxury of the 200 Brut Blanc de Blanc Comtes de champagne will be very hard to resist and it should age beautifully and mature over quite a few years. It has been called a stunning flat out great bottle by connoisseurs with an anticipated maturity of 2012 to 2030. Wine Spectator called it a savoury aromatic blend of dried herb and candied orange peel mixed with notes of kumquat, yellow peach, honey, creamy mineral and graphite. Saying that it is an elegant luxury, refined with acidity that is finely tuned which helps to drive the champagne to a superb mouth-watering finish of the very best which can be enjoyed from now to 2020.

Stephen Tanzers International Wine Cellar called it a pale gold delight with deep and pungent aromas featuring dried pear, toasted nuts, grains and white flowers blended with a subtle note of citrus in the background. The champagne is among the very best with a broad and silky texture with slow mounting minerality which adds focus to the powerful smoke accented orchard fruit flavour. The finish is somewhat energetic with a

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