Biscuits, pastries, chalk, apricot tarts and lemon curd on the nose, with a touch of praline. Creamy and beautifully balanced, with a medium body, a silky mousse and fresh, biscuity finish. 40% chardonnay, 35% pinot noir and 25% pinot meunier. Base wine from 2019 with 30% reserve wines. 9g/L dosage. Drink now.

Taittinger’s signature Brut Reserve NV is a 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 25% Pinot Meunier based on the 2019 vintage with 30% reserve wines, of which 20% are Grand Cru. Pale champagne yellow in color, the nose reveals delicate notes of honeysuckle, dried apricot and hints of toast. The medium-bodied palate is well balanced with vibrant, supple acidity framing a textured and ripe fruit core. It finishes long and refreshing with attractive honeyed notes. - Sarah Mayo

A ripe and distinctly yeasty nose displays evident maturity to the pleasantly secondary aromas of various white fruit compote and petrol whiffs. There is excellent richness to the complex and delicious if not particularly refined flavors that are supported by a firm but not fine mousse, all wrapped in a succulent and lingering finish. This full-flavored and generously proportioned effort won't win any awards for elegance but the complexity is impressive.

Coming from the 2019 base vintage with 35% reserve wine, the NV Champagne Reserve Brut retains the same blend, but they’ve added a new update to the label as well as a QR code. A bright straw color, the NV Champagne Reserve Brut is fresh with ripe aromas of fruit cocktail, ripe peach, lemon curd, and fresh bread dough. Highly consistent with the previous year, it’s fresh, inviting, and long on the palate, with ripe, silky fruit, a lively mousse, and a clean, juicy finish. This is the signature wine of the house. Drink 2023-2030. Disgorged in February 2023 and sees the classic 8 grams per liter dosage. - Audrey Frick

The new release of Taittinger’s non-vintage “Brut Réserve” is composed of a blend of forty percent chardonnay and thirty-five percent pinot noir and twenty-five percent pinot meunier. This is essentially the same wine as their “La Française” bottling, but with only two years of aging sur latte, rather than the three years for the “La Française”. The wine offers up a very pretty nose of apple, warm biscuits, chalky soil tones, a touch of citrus peel and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and very nicely balanced, with a good core, fine focus, elegant mousse and fairly brisk acidity adding cut on the long finish. This is very nicely made and is quite tasty now, but will also age very well.