Exceptional Value Champagnes - Live Tasting

Our 11th live Instagram tasting on Wednesday 10th June at 18:30 UK time 20:30 Finnish Time. Hosted by Essi in Helsinki and Nick in London. (Nick Baker Founder TheFinestBubble.com - Essi Avellan MW World’s Leading Champagne Expert)

Essi, Nick and Peter have each chosen a champagne they believe has outstanding value.

This week we are tasting the following:

Palmer Blanc de Blancs NV 75cl & 1.5L
Taittinger 2008 75cl
Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel NV 1.5L (base 2012)

OFFER 1:
Palmer Blanc de Blancs NV 75cl & 1.5L
Taittinger 2008 75cl
Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel NV 1.5L (base 2012)

OFFER 2:
Palmer Blanc de Blancs NV 75cl
Taittinger 2008 75cl
Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel NV 1.5L (base 2012)

OFFER 3:
Palmer Blanc de Blancs NV 75cl
Taittinger 2008 75cl

You can see details about the tasting here

We broadcast live at Instagram.com/thefinestbubble - when we are live on Instagram the TFB logo on the top left of our Instagram home page glows orange, then click on that logo and you enter the live stream with Essi and Nick.

With history dating back to 1734, Champagne Taittinger is the third oldest House in the region. When Pierre Taittinger purchased Forest-Fourneaux in 1932, the label was officially born and a century of incredible growth saw Taittinger become one of the biggest producers and one of the last big independent, family-owned Houses. This changed briefly after a takeover in the early 2000s, however the House was bought back into the family in 2008 by Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger. Today, the brand has been successfully refreshed with entrepreneurial spirit and is firmly under family control: Pierre-Emmanuel retired in 2019 and was succeeded as President by his daughter Vitalie, supported by her brother Clovis who was promoted to Managing Director primarily focusing on global sales.

The proud owners of 288-hectares of vineyards in the best localities, Taittinger self-supply half of their grape needs. The hallmark of the Taittinger style is the high percentage of Chardonnay, providing the characteristic elegance, delicacy and freshness for which their champagnes are so well-known. The pride of the House is the pure-Chardonnay prestige cuvée Comtes de Champagne, a pioneering blanc de blancs that ranks amongst the finest of all prestige cuvées. In late 2015, Tatittinger announced that they had started sparkling wine production in Southern England.

In 2017 Taittinger received two environmental accreditations : the ‘Viticulture Durable en Champagne’ (Sustainable vine-growing in Champagne) and the Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE – High environmental sustainability.)

Cellar Master: Alexandre Ponnavoy
Winery Location: Reims | Champagne, France
Champagne Region: Montagne de Reims
Annual Production (bottles): 6,000,000