Taittinger, Comtes Champagne Rose

Taittinger, Comtes Champagne RoseThe 2005 Comtes de Champagne Ros is a wine of contrasts. At first rich and vinous on the palate, the 2005 turns more delicate with time in the glass as its silkier and floral qualities become more evident. Sweet red berry and spice notes linger on the delicate finish. Antonio Galloni

strawberry

The old vines are very much in evidence as there is a true abundance of palate soaking dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the mid-palate and buffers the very firm tannins on the youthfully austere

It fermented with indigenous yeasts for four to five weeks

layered and with a tantalizing nuttiness

but it is not mature

but that wine is years from seeing the light of day

there is another dimension present here

coconut and cedar wood oak

5% alcohol

Spice-accented aromas complement cassis

although its blue clay a

The sense of sheer extract-richness here is formidable