Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) CS20231023 subtle hazelnut spice

subtle hazelnut spice

He seeded the rows with grass

red-fruited

Arlyn Vineyard in the Chehelam AVA and Gemini Vineyard in the Laurelwood District-all top-notch organic sites

almost rose gold

Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) CS20231023 subtle hazelnut spiceThe half bottle is an underrated format: two good glasses, no commitment, no flat Champagne going sad in the fridge door. This is Taittinger's house wine, and its house style is Chardonnay forward at roughly 40% of the blend, unusually high for a big house non vintage, with Pinot Noir and Meunier filling in the middle. It spends close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims, far past the legal minimum, which is where the texture