Taittinger Brut Réserve NV (Gift Box)

Taittinger Brut Réserve NV (Gift Box)James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2023 Taittingers new chef de cave, Alexandre Ponnavoy, who took over from Loc Dupont in May, has the challenging task of maintaining the houses signature lively style. One of the most delicate brut non vintages on the market, thanks to its high Chardonnay content, 60% of the grapes that go into Taittinger Brut Rserve hail from grands and premiers crus sites. First released in the 1930s, today 30% of the blend is made up

Pinot Grigio and Semillon

but rather reward me for taking a backseat

lovely length and very soft tannins for drinking any time over the next decade

jujube-like aroma of intense cassis

It’s a character that speaks of our land and the changes we have made… It’s early days

Simi and Matanzas Creek)

charcuterie and dark cherry-like

so I can get on top of things

Lindemans has a long history in the Coonawarra region through buying wines for blending in the 1950s before formally arriving in Coonawarra with the purchase of the Rouge Homme winery and its vineyards and land in 1965

Some of that is through choices we’ve made not to get bigger

"The 2003 is another absolute ripper

but the vines are sheltered from the afternoon heat by the temperate rainforest that surrounds it