Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) CS20231023 From the storied Conca d'Oro

From the storied Conca d'Oro vineyard in Tuscany's heart

plenty of pleasure

while the palate displays tropical fruit notes and a saline texture

subtle hazelnut spice

red-fruited

Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) CS20231023 From the storied Conca d'OroThe half bottle is an underrated format: two good glasses, no commitment, no flat Champagne going sad in the fridge door. This is Taittinger's house wine, and its house style is Chardonnay forward at roughly 40% of the blend, unusually high for a big house non vintage, with Pinot Noir and Meunier filling in the middle. It spends close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims, far past the legal minimum, which is where the texture