Taittinger Comtes De Champagne Blanc De Blancs 1998

Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is only produced when all the conditions, essential to its unique style, are met:
The harvest must be of exceptional quality and worthy of vintage champagne.
It is made exclusively from white Chardonnay grapes (100% Grands Crus) from the most renowned vineyards of the Côte des Blancs.
Only wines from the first pressing (the "Cuvée") are used. This guarantees the wine's finesse.
5% of the wines used in the blend are aged in new oak barrels (one third of which are replaced every year), thus enhancing the intrinsic qualities of the final blend.

Tasting Notes:
The colour is pale yellow with silvery glints. The bubbles are exceptionally fine and abundant and form a lively and lasting elegant necklace of mousse.
The nose is intensely fine and ethereal, reminiscent of mineral aromas and delicate fragrance of white blossom, with overtones of fresh almonds, vanilla and a subtle hint of pine forests.
The first impression on the palate is of extreme freshness, with dominant flavours of citrus fruits, lemon zest and grapefruit and a lightly acidulous, beautifully balanced finish.
The afterstaste is lively, long and complex.

Drinking Suggestions:
It is ideal celebratory wine for rare and intense moments and is perfect to highlight an important event. It makes a wonderful accompaniment to fish and seafood starters (white tuna carpaccio with truffles).