Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV
(Champagne, France) - [JS 91] [WA 90+]

Name: Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (Champagne, France) - [JS 91] [WA 90+]
Brand: YOUNGS MARKET
Price: 49.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

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JS91 WA90+

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750 mL

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About the Wine:
This wine has a subtle, pale gold color with fine, persistent bubbles. It is delicate, with aromas of peach, white flowers, vanilla pod, and brioche on the nose and flavors of fresh fruit and honey on the palate.

Taittinger Brut La Française is a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier wines from at least 35 villages. The high proportion of Chardonnay (40%) is unique among fine nonvintage Champagnes. The presses are located in the vineyard for immediate pressing of the fruit after the manual harvest, and the resulting must is cold fermented under temperature-controlled conditions. After resting until the end of winter, the wine is blended, and then the final cuvée undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle in Taittinger’s cool cellars. The aging of Brut La Française on the lees for almost 4 years more than doubles the legal minimum of 15 months. This extra time in the cellars allows the wine to reach the peak of aromatic maturity, and the result is a delicately balanced Champagne, known for its consistently excellent quality.

Technical Data:
GRAPES: 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier
APPELLATION: Champagne
ABV: 12.3%
AGING: 3–4 years on lees

Ratings & Reviews

91 Points - James Suckling:
"A fresh, off-dry Champagne with a round texture and an easy finish. Medium body. Creamy. Cooked apples and pears. Some candied apple, too. Flavorful finish. Five years on the lees. It is more like a Extra-Sec Champagne with a higher dosage that the normal Brut Reserve non-vintage. Drink now." (Mar 2021)

90+ Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"The latest release of Taittinger's NV Brut La Française is decidedly youthful out of the gates, offering up notes of green apple, warm biscuits, fresh bread and citrus oil. Medium-bodied, bright and pillowy, with tangy acids and a fleshy core of fruit, it concludes with an elegantly chalky finish. Its cut and structure will reward a bit of bottle age. This particular bottle derives from lot number 171070010." - William Kelley (Sep 2021)

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