The Winery Taittinger of Champagne

Winery Taittinger
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.

The Taittinger Estate is located in the Champagne region, about 70 km southeast of Paris. The estate is one of the largest wineries in Champagne with approximately 255 hectares of vineyards. Founded in 1931 by Pierre Taittinger and today managed by Pierre-Emmanuel and Clovis Taittinger, the Maison produces some of the world's most prestigious and sought-after champagnes. The Taittinger Winery offers a variety of superior quality wines, which reflect the regional character and style. The estate's vineyards are spread out in the region, including in some of Champagne's most emblematic villages such as Ay, Avize, Cramant, and Oger. The Maison also owns vineyards in several lesser-known villages in the region, such as Vertus, Rilly la Montagne, Damery, and Hautvillers. Taittinger cultivates their own grapes and masters the process from maturing in their own cellar to bottling. Their particularly large cellar, dating back to the 13th century, is perhaps the oldest and largest in the region. The wines produced at Taittinger's Cave are made with a unique combination of grapes, including Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Meunier. The varied cuvées include brut wines, vintage, blanc de blancs, blanc de noirs, Rosé, and Crémant. Taittinger's special cuvées are known for their fragrant and warm character. The vintage wines are particularly tasty, with sweet and subtle scents. The so-called "aspect" blends are primarily composed of wines produced from different crus, without being a vintage. Therefore, the Taittinger Winery offers high-quality products of unique style. Taittinger wines can be enjoyed in restaurants, dining rooms, and bars around the world.

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 rice with sausage meat and tomatoes, zucchini gratin with tuna and tomato or violet omelette.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Taittinger

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Taittinger. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, roasted almonds or gingerbread and sometimes also flavors of exotic spice, floral or slate. 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 4.80/5
  • 1961With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.69/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.69/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.60/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

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

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Montbellet

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Montbellet, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vergisson

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vergisson, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market by Debra MEIBURG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this minute-long clip, Debra MEIBURG discusses the position of Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The word of the wine: Consistency

In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.