Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) 070226ROBUST 000 cases annually

000 cases annually

spends 36 months on the lees

Aspirant is Beychevelle's entry-level cuvée

this bottling in particular is defined by an herbaceous and piney character with a distinct gentian note

Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) 070226ROBUST 000 cases annuallyThe 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