In Champagne, virtually every house claims to maintain the delicate balance between tradition and evolution. It’s a well peddled cliché, but, ultimately that’s the game – showcase your past without looking old, stuffy and out of touch. Spread your fizz around the world and pop up in all the right places. Champagne Taittinger too have it all figured out. Internationally aspirational with a presence in all the major markets, the house is revered for both its great value cuvées, and its prestigious Blanc de Blancs ‘Comtes de Champagne’ – one of the world’s best sparkling wines.
Family owned and protective of its traditions, the company thrives off nearly 300 years of winemaking history. There is far more to it than that of course. Underpinning the brand is a meticulous attention to detail, exemplified best through the art of blending. Taittinger’s flagship Brut wine, ‘La Française’, is a carefully composed non-vintage blend drawn from three different grapes cultivated across more than 35 Cru vineyard sites. By contrast, ‘Comtes de Champagne’ is made exclusively from Chardonnay, but blended from the company’s best sites. Together, they exemplify the precision and poise for which the house is known, a poise that can only be achieved through blending (vintages, grapes, vineyards), or what they call in Reims and Epernay, assemblage.
Excerpt Taken From: Forbes
Author: Paul Caputo
