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2011 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne Rosé, Brut

  • Rosé
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - mature (Drink 2017 - 2028)
Antonio Galloni
89/100
Yohan Castaing
94/100
Product: 20118109974

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2011 Champagne Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne Rosé, Brut

Description

The noticeable colouring of the rosé Champagne comes from the 14% of still red wine in the blend which also provides weight and vinous intensity to the palate. There are lots of bright red fruit notes to the nose and palate, alongside plenty of pastry aromas from 10+ years of lees ageing. The acidity is bright and refreshing, balancing the medium-full bodied nature of the wine. As one expects with Taittinger's very best, the bubbles are incredibly fine add a delightful texture to palate.

Liam McKeown, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Rosé
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Alcohol % 12.5%
Maturity Ready - mature (2017 - 2028)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Champagne Taittinger

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni 89/100

The 2011 Rosé Comtes de Champagne is soft, forward and open-knit, all of which make it a fine choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. Sweet dried cherry, tobacco, mint, cedar and crushed flowers give this mid-weight Rosé lovely aromatic complexity.

There are no hard edges or angular contours. Even so, I would prefer to drink the 2011 sooner rather than later, as it is a bit lacking in depth. The blend is 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir including 16% still Pinot from Bouzy).

Drink 2023 - 2030
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Mar 2023)
Yohan Castaing 94/100

Disgorged in October 2022, the 2011 Brut Comtes de Champagne Rosé is a blend of 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot Noir, including fully 14% of red wine that lends it notable depth of colour this year. 

The bouquet is complex and incipiently spicy, evoking aromas of cherries, buttery pastry, raspberries and tangerine, with an attractive minty top note. Medium to full-bodied, layered and vinous, with chalky structuring extract, it concludes with a long, sapid finish. 

The limitations of the vintage mean that this is giving, rather open-knit Comtes Rosé, but it is nevertheless a great effort in a challenging year and exhibits none of the herbaceous qualities that mar some of the wines produced in this year. Drink it now and over the next decade.

Drink now until 2045
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (Jun 2023)

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