Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Vertical Tasting

The Finest Bubble’s Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Vertical Tasting led by Philip Tuck MW held at Frederick’s, Islington. We love hosting tastings and for this special event we wanted to bring some added excitement and buzz by tasting the wines blind. As lovers of champagne we love to challenge our guests and ensure that they have a wonderful evening, this tasting was no exception.

The vintages that were tasted were 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2006. As a little surprise to really test our keen tasters and Philip we added Taittinger Brut Vintage 2002.

As a treat for our guests we served Taittinger 2008 from magnum on arrival, this was very welcomed by the guests. Alongside the 2008, Frederick’s had created some delicious canapés that complimented the wine superbly.

Once sat down at the table, each of the guests were invited to score the champagnes through The Finest Bubble’s online scoring system to record their guess of the vintage.

The Taittinger Brut 2002 seemed to be the turning point for the voters as the majority were on for a full house until this was served. We were full of surprises on the evening, lastly serving the newly released Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé 2006, it was stunning and scored very highly compared to the Blanc de Blancs.

Once all the wines had been tasted blind, Philip Tuck began to go back through the champagnes to discuss and talk about the vintage specifically. As the aromas had time to develop in the glass, the 1996 began to be the talking point, with it’s flavours excelling and filling the palate, many guests decided this was to be their favourite on the night.

Full tasting notes will be available shortly. All the wines that were tasted are available to purchase here.