Taittinger Comtes Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2006 (6x75cl wooden box)

Description

By Gilbert & Gaillard in 2016 (GG99)
Light yellow. Refined, elegant nose still in its youth, intermixing floral scents, herbs – angelica and fresh mint – and subtle toasted undertones. Ample, ethereal, silky palate displaying supreme harmony. A particularly successful bottling.

By Vinous in 2025 (AG98)
The 2006 Comtes de Champagne is in a great spot. Baked apple tart, spice, chamomile, marzipan, slate and chalk confer tremendous vibrancy and power throughout. Bright saline notes play off the natural exuberance of the year. The 2006 was spectacular on release. It is all that today, too.

By Falstaff in 2017 (FS97)
Bright yellow with silver reflections and a delicate, persistent mousse. Fine tropical fruit nuances, hints of baby pineapple and mango, floral touch, delicate meadow herbs and a touch of cookie in the background. Fine nutty texture, white peach, taut acid arc, a touch of flint, elegant fruit sweetness, great certain ageing potential.

By Gismondi on Wine in 2018 (GW96)
One of the top wines of the year, again, and still, and same (current) vintage we’ve been tasting since 2013 – though I’ve seen the 2007 released in the UK… What a treat to track the evolution of the ’06 Comtes, one of my favourite in recent history. Pristine and stunningly so, this graceful wine is showing quite a bit of power in this bottle, with chalky potency, grippy sides, energy and drive. Lovely lemony note and uncharacteristic energy in my bottle, disgorged in late 2017. Comtes is only produced in exceptional years, and spends a minimum of eight years on lees (this bottle was ten). The 2006 was sourced from Chouilly, Cramant, Avize, Le Mesnil, and Le Mesnil sur Oger, though more than half came from Avize and Le Mesnil. Five percent of the Chouilly spent time in 225 Burgundy barrels for added emphasis. This bottle was less gossamer and more intense than normal, though all 2016 will make for brilliant cellaring wines. Iconic.

By Wine Advocate in 2018 (WA96)
Tasted almost two years after disgorgement, the 2006 Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs shows a beautiful golden-citrus color and opens with a fascinating intense, floral, slightly reductive nose that develops enormously in the glass, offering lemon and lemon confit aromas along with flinty notes of crushed chalk and the iodine flavors of the Atlantic Ocean. This is an utterly complex and promising bouquet! The palate is terribly fresh but also rich, lush and intense, with the purity of the finest wines of the Côte de Blancs, the concentration of perfectly ripe Chardonnay and the suppleness of 2006. This has impeccable balance paired with high tension. The wine is very tight and still seems to be on its way right now. Although there is a first hint of aromatic ripeness, this should be a great Comtes de Champagne in a couple of years. The finish is tensioned, concentrated and mineral but keeps its talents in an almost bursting bubble.