Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 2011

Rated 4.06 out of 5 based on 38 customer ratings

(39 customer reviews)

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 2011

$163.95

12.50% /

750ml /

Vintage: 2011

WS 93
WA 94
JS 97

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Winery: Taittinger
Varietal: Champagne Blend
Wine Style: Sparkling Wine - Complex and Traditional
Wine Country Of Origin: France
State / Province: Champagne

Brand: Taittinger

Wine Description

The Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is the finest example of the Taittinger House style and is always a vintage cuvée. It is made with 100% white grapes from the 5 villages with a Grands Crus classification for the Chardonnay grape (Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Oger, Mesnil-sur-Oger).

This cuvée is created using juice from the first press only. A small percentage (5 %) of the blend is aged in fresh oak barrels to create the very delicate balance of toasted notes in the final wine. Taittinger knows it must be patient with these great Chardonnays, which are the crowning glory of its terroir; the Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs remains for up to 10 years in the chalk quarries beneath Saint-Nicaise, before emerging to ignite and delight the palates of wine-lovers.

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Weight	3.5 lbs
Size	750ml

Reviews (39)

39 reviews for Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 2011

Rated 3 out of 5
Christine Keener – October 3, 2021
Review: “Amazing champagne! Fresh, round taste with great acidity. Smagt mod 2008, Smagt efter smagning af Voirin-Jumel 2012-1993.”
Rated 4 out of 5
Daniel Mcnay – January 9, 2022
Well-balanced with multifaceted fruit notes of apple, chestnut, peach and raspberry. Slight reduction. Develops hints of hazelnuts and milk chocolate after opening. Lovely.
Rated 4 out of 5
Joseph Jackson – January 20, 2022
A well-balanced wine with lovely reduction and killer minerality. Outshined Dom Perignon 2012 in finesse.
Rated 4 out of 5
Morgan Boyer – February 13, 2022
Great delivery. Tasted alongside 2012 Dom Perignon and Krug NV Grand Cuvee. This and DP were the top picks, both multidimensional despite being vintage champagne.
Rated 4 out of 5
Dolores Smith – March 6, 2022
Delicate white flower and subtle fruit with a fine mousse.
Rated 4 out of 5
Charles Thomas – April 23, 2022
Green apple and mineral notes with a hint of oak. High acidity, fresh aftertaste. Young but could improve with aging. 92(+) pts. Not a stereotypical CdC, but a good effort for the vintage.
Rated 4 out of 5
Tori Thomas – May 2, 2022
Skip Pausing for the Cause 2022 – it’s an underripe and unimpressive tête de cuvée with a weird sugary/sappy taste.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jessica Mckim – May 20, 2022
Intense, rich wine with minerality and notes of butter and citrus. Give it five years to settle. Very drinkable now, but will be better later. 93+ points. #Geranium.
Rated 4 out of 5
Victor Lischak – May 25, 2022
Clean and fruity champagne with subtle acidity.
Rated 4 out of 5
Phylis Morris – May 27, 2022
Decent quality with fragrant citrus oil and butter croissant notes. Light for the prestige cuvee.
Rated 4 out of 5
Christopher Mcclaren – May 31, 2022
Nose: Eggnog and elderflower. Palette: Apples, gooseberries, ginger. High acidity.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jerry Gates – June 6, 2022
Fine mousse, green apple, pastry, smokiness. High acidity, good persistence. Great now, better after cellaring.
Rated 4 out of 5
Donald Schumacher – June 7, 2022
CdC has a healthy dosage, lacking focus but textured. The wine is expressive, rich, and forward.
Rated 4 out of 5
Thomas Lozano – July 24, 2022
Bright and fresh with citrus and mineral notes. Lively acidity and foamy mousse with a lingering Meyer lemon finish. Refreshing.
Rated 4 out of 5
Bert Sandlan – July 27, 2022
Bright mid-gold color with appetizing fruit on the palate including Golden Delicious, grapefruit, pineapple and creamy lemon curd. Long, bitter quinine-ish finish. Good wine but sold my pair of bottles given the price.
Rated 4 out of 5
Timothy Askew – August 20, 2022
Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne 2011 is a solid effort with concentrated Amalfi lemon, crisp granny smith apple, and fresh pastry leading the expressive nose. The palate is medium to full bodied with cool citrus fruits, racy acidity, a very delicate mousse, and a medium long finish. Enjoyable now and will age into the medium term.
Rated 4 out of 5
Helen Seeley – October 9, 2022
Overall, a rather valiant effort for such a miserable vintage but it admittedly falls short of what I have come to expect from Comtes. , To the eye, a surprisingly youthful medium lemon yellow. While the nose was rather complex and enticing, the palate initially left me wanting quite a bit more. At first it came across as somewhat unripe and vegetal but that improved significantly with a little patience and time in the glass. , APPEARANCE:, Color & intensity: medium lemon, NOSE:, Intensity: medium (+), Aromas: mirabelle plum, brioche, smoke, toast, lemon juice, lemon zest, green apple, wet stones, Development: developing, PALATE:, Sweetness: dry, Acidity: medium (+), Alcohol: medium, Body: medium, Mousse: delicate, Intensity: medium (+), Flavors: mirabelle plum, brioche, smoke, lemon, lemon zest, bread dough, crushed stone, hint of salt, Finish: medium (+), CONCLUSIONS:, Quality level: good (with potential to improve further), Potential for ageing: can drink now, but has good potential for further ageing
Rated 4 out of 5
Eleanor Dalton – November 24, 2022
Bright straw color with a nose of green apple, brioche, and yeast lees. The palate is fine with notes of honeydew melon, golden delicious apple, and biscuit. The finish is long with lemon verbena creme and biscuit, with a touch of salinity.
Rated 4 out of 5
Christopher Austin – November 27, 2022
Highly recommended. Reminiscent of 2005 BDB. Crisp, fresh, and zippy with a citrus fruit profile. Fine bead and excellent mouthfeel.
Rated 4 out of 5
Cyrus Lynn – December 9, 2022
Taittinger’s Comtes is flawless. Fresh, citrusy, and creamy with a great mouthfeel. Enjoyable despite its young age and low marks for the vintage.
Rated 4 out of 5
Alfredo Scott – December 17, 2022
Holiday Champagne Gala at Park Ridge Country Club: Tasty, but unbalanced with green elements and bitterness.
Rated 4 out of 5
Robbie Sheehy – December 29, 2022
Nutty and yeasty aroma with hints of lemon, mushrooms, and cottage cheese. The taste is a mix of sweet golden apple, lemon, and lime twist with a confident perlage. The finish is long with a blend of salinity, cream, and roasted chestnuts. It’s great now and can be cellared for years. 93-94.
Rated 4 out of 5
Pedro Baker – December 31, 2022
2011 CdC – Light gold. Notes of marzipan, sea breeze, lemon, melon, and stone. Elegant and weightless. Drink or hold.
Rated 4 out of 5
Whitney Marshall – January 1, 2023
Enticing nose of yeast and flint. Creamy palate with pear and apple. Good now, room for improvement.
Rated 4 out of 5
Essie Toledo – January 2, 2023
Floral and apple notes in the nose, but lacking density on the palate with a short finish. Needs more time to acquire weight and complexity.
Rated 4 out of 5
David Araujo – January 2, 2023
Pretty nice blanc de blanc, fruity (apple) yet nicely balanced by some mineralic notes. A tad unspectacular for the price.
Rated 4 out of 5
Yvonne Gordon – January 11, 2023
Comtes de Champagne is a classic and very appealing vintage. Perfect for EH’s birthday celebration.
Rated 4 out of 5
George Payne – February 21, 2023
Precise and pure with notes of lemon, rind, ginger, chalk, and flint mineral.
Rated 4 out of 5
Joyce Henrickson – March 11, 2023
Toasty, bread, mineral, green apple notes on the nose. Ready to drink.
Rated 4 out of 5
Helen Nobles – March 11, 2023
Candie’s Big 4-0 (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN), : Tasting pour. Just got a smidge of this, but it was enough to remind me that I’m glad i have a stash. Typical CdC elegance and poise. 93+ to 94pts.
Rated 4 out of 5
Francis Brown – March 24, 2023
Creamy apple brioche.
Rated 4 out of 5
Thomas Mccarthy – April 3, 2023
Fred’s bottle: Generous nose of brioche, toast and white fruit. Exceedingly dry, toasty, and creamy. Lovely bubbly, as usual.
Rated 4 out of 5
Ronnie Mercado – April 13, 2023
Great for a celebration with friends, this crisp and acidic wine boasts a beautiful nose of brioche and lemon. Its bright palate is full of citrus and green apples, making it accessible and perfect for drinking now.
Rated 4 out of 5
Crystal Wilcutt – April 23, 2023
Smooth bubbles with notes of brioche, citrus cream, and cool menthol. Perfect as an aperitif.
Rated 4 out of 5
Danny Labbe – April 29, 2023
Open and generous. Wonderful to drink now!
Rated 4 out of 5
William Ellison – May 7, 2023
Youthful and lively with notes of toast and brioche. Improves with time in the glass.
Rated 4 out of 5
WS – June 1, 2023
A minerally version, with smoke and saline notes deftly meshed with flavors of glazed apple, lemon-infused pastry cream and marzipan. This is fine and softly creamy in texture, with lemony acidity providing good definition through to the lightly toasty finish. Elegant. Drink now through 2030.
Rated 4 out of 5
WA – June 1, 2023
After the tightly coiled, hyper-concentrated 2008, Taittinger’s 2011 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne represents a more immediate, charming rendition of this cuvée. Bursting from the glass with aromas of orchard and stone fruit mingled with notions of pastry cream, blanched almonds and mandarin, it’s medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fleshy, with a soft and enveloping profile, lively acids and a pretty pinpoint mousse. Readers might think of the 2011 as a somewhat less reductive and less intense stylistic sibling of the 2006, and as it takes on more toasty complexity with bottle age, it will make for immensely seductive drinking.
Rated 4 out of 5
JS – June 1, 2023
A firm, fresh Comtes with a tight and composed palate. It’s full-bodied with a racy mid-palate. Long and persistent. Very structured with phenolics and acidity. Minerally. Floral, too. Refreshing and energetic.

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Critical Acclaim

WS 93

Wine Spectator

A minerally version, with smoke and saline notes deftly meshed with flavors of glazed apple, lemon-infused pastry cream and marzipan. This is fine and softly creamy in texture, with lemony acidity providing good definition through to the lightly toasty finish. Elegant. Drink now through 2030.

WA 94

Wine Advocate

After the tightly coiled, hyper-concentrated 2008, Taittinger's 2011 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne represents a more immediate, charming rendition of this cuvée. Bursting from the glass with aromas of orchard and stone fruit mingled with notions of pastry cream, blanched almonds and mandarin, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fleshy, with a soft and enveloping profile, lively acids and a pretty pinpoint mousse. Readers might think of the 2011 as a somewhat less reductive and less intense stylistic sibling of the 2006, and as it takes on more toasty complexity with bottle age, it will make for immensely seductive drinking.

JS 97

James Suckling

A firm, fresh Comtes with a tight and composed palate. It’s full-bodied with a racy mid-palate. Long and persistent. Very structured with phenolics and acidity. Minerally. Floral, too. Refreshing and energetic.

What does Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 2011 taste like?

Light

Bold

Soft

Acidic

Gentle

Fizzy

leather, earthy, mushroom

cherry, raspberry, red fruit

oak, tobacco, vanilla

apple, green apple, pear

blackberry, plum, cassis

pepper, licorice, cinnamon

citrus, lemon, lemon zest

cheese, cream, toasted bread

tomato, grass, rhubarb

raisin, prune, dried fruit

tropical, pineapple, mango

violet, lavender, dried flowers

Food Pairing with Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 2011

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Crab and Lobster

Mild and soft cheese

Pork

Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc)

Shellfish

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