In the glass
Aroma: red berries, blood orange, rose petal, spice
Palate: raspberry, silky red fruit, chalk, long finish
The prestige rose counterpart to Comtes: red berries and blood orange over rose and spice, the palate silky with raspberry, chalk and a long finish.
What it pairs with
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Duck breast
Silky red fruit and spice meet the duck. -
Wild salmon
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Blood-orange lift balances the oily fish. -
Game terrine
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Raspberry and spice frame the rich terrine.
History
Taittinger's vintage prestige rose, made from a Pinot-led blend with Bouzy red wine, sits alongside the Blanc de Blancs as the other half of Comtes de Champagne.
- 1966 — First Comtes de Champagne Rose vintage produced
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Taittinger
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Stainless steel; prestige rose with Bouzy red wine
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 180 to 280 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1966
Scores
- Vinous 94 (2011 vintage, reviewed 2022)