Taittinger, Champagne Brut Comtes de Champagne, 2002 SO052126 WeiKu site-driven Barolo that captures La

site-driven Barolo that captures La Morra’s hallmark grace

producing wines that felt classical even in their generosity: ripe red fruit

and given the kind of attention usually reserved for Bordeaux Blanc or top Sancerre

not fruit-forward showiness

It is the flagship wine of Moccagatta

Taittinger, Champagne Brut Comtes de Champagne, 2002 SO052126 WeiKu site-driven Barolo that captures LaComtes de Champagne is Taittinger's flagship, made only in standout vintages and only from 100% Chardonnay off the Grand Cru chalk of the Cote des Blancs (Avize, Cramant, Chouilly, Le Mesnil sur Oger, Oger). Just the first press juice goes in, a small fraction sees new oak, and the wine then rests close to a decade on its lees in Taittinger's Gallo Roman chalk cellars beneath Reims. The 2002 is a celebrated, structured vintage now showing the toasty,