The Winery Taittinger of Champagne

Winery Taittinger - Brut (Réserve) Champagne
The winery offers 40 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 42 of the estates of Champagne.
It is located in Champagne
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The Winery Taittinger is one of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Taittinger wines

Looking for the best Winery Taittinger wines in Champagne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Taittinger wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Taittinger wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Taittinger

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Taittinger

How Winery Taittinger wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, coulibiac of salmon or lamb curry indian style.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Taittinger

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Taittinger. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, fresh bread or citrus zest and sometimes also flavors of lemon curd, tropical fruit or bitter almond. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Taittinger. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Taittinger

  • 1979With an average score of 4.74/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.65/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.61/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.61/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.58/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.56/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Taittinger.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

Yet there are three main reasons we can be reasonably certain of. First, the large bubbles, which distinguish it from less "exciting" wines. Second, the high prices that champagne commands, which give it a sense of exclusivity and uniqueness. Third, two centuries of clever marketing to a willing and very receptive consumer base.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Taittinger

Planning a wine route in the of Champagne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Taittinger.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Taittinger and wines from the region

Claude Taittinger: Obituary

Claude took over Champagne Taittinger, which was founded by his father Pierre Taittinger in 1932, in 1960 following the death of his brother, François. He served first as managing director and then president of the company until 2005. During his tenure, he grew Champagne Taittinger from a niche label into a brand with international scale. Moreover, as one of the pioneers of the broader Champagne category’s international success during the 20th century, Claude has been credited with taking France ...

Join us for our first Decanter Taste With The Experts event

For the first time ever, Decanter is offering readers and wine lovers alike the chance to see behind the scenes of our renowned panel tastings and experience first hand what it means to taste like an expert. Decanter’s panel tastings are one of the most rigorous exercises in blind tasting, where a panel of three experts taste and score up to 100 wines a day, based on criteria set by the Decanter editorial team. We’re delighted to announced that this autumn will see the start of our n ...

Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year 2022 winner revealed

After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the UK Sommelier of the Year competition was back with a bang and saw Arnese bag the highly-respected title on Monday 18th July 2022. He pipped this year’s runner-up Agnieszka Swiecka (The Five Fields Restaurant) and 2019 runner-up Gareth Ferreira (Core by Clare Smyth) to the post. The competition is organised by The Caterer in partnership with the UK Sommelier Academy (UKSA) – a new non-profit organisation, officially launched yesterday – which provid ...

The word of the wine: Astringency

Chemical stimulation that tightens the mucous membranes of the mouth and causes a sensation of harshness, which is characteristic of the presence of tannins. With time, the tannins lose their harshness and become softer.