2004 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut chambolle-musigny This wine is surely going

This wine is surely going to be one of the bargains of the vintage

savory and spice notes are woven throughout a core of red-toned fruit

Classic Montée de Tonnerre aromas of lemon ice

This feels like a mountain wine

It has medium density on the palate

2004 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne, Blanc de Blancs, Brut chambolle-musigny This wine is surely goingLes Comtes is one of the greatest of all Chardonnay Champagnes, its fruit sourced from the finest Grand Cru sites of the Cte des Blancs. Blue chip provenance includes the villages of Avize, le Mesnil sur Oger, and Cramant; it is the best of the best. Or, doubly appropriate given its luxuriant gustatory profile; la crme de la crme. 5% of the wine is aged in wood before spring bottling and the ensuing lengthy somnolence wherein the alchemical process of