Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs and Osetra Caviar

2004 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Paired with Osetra Caviar

Background

The champagne is 100% of the Chardonnay grape. The grapes grown in the top vineyards of the
Côte des Blancs. Only the first press juice is used.  5% of the blend spends three to four months in new oak barrels, enhancing complexity of the final blend. Prior to disgorgement, the Blanc de Blancs is aged for 10 years on the lees in 13th-century chalk cellars that were once the property of Saint Nicaise abbey.

The champagne has a pale gold color with greenish tints along with its tiny streaming bubbles. There are aromas of lemon curd,fresh toasted biscuits, red apples with a smoky stony minerality. On the palate it is tense with creamy softness. There is some sweet citrus combined with some salty minerality lingering on the palate. The finish is dry an slightly mouth watering. This champagne is still very youthful.

Lady Elena Caviar Pairing 

O My Setra Caviar (Osetra): This pairing brings out the nuttiness of the caviar and then the palate is left cleansed.
A great pairing.