Decanter World Wine Awards 2020. Lovely smoky brioche intensity on the nose. In the mouth it begins with cream, moving on to lemon meringue, then opens up further to lively acidity. Very complex, intense and concentrated. Superb potential to develop further.

The latest release of Taittinger's NV Brut Folies de la Marquetterie is showing superbly, bursting from the glass with aromas of fresh bread, crisp stone fruit, buttered toast, citrus oil and mirabelle plums. Full-bodied, vinous and fleshy, with an enveloping core of fruit, racy acids and a pillowy pinpoint mousse, it's a gourmand, concentrated wine with the substance to evolve with grace in the cellar. - William Kelley

92+ Taittinger’s les Folies de la Marquetterie is their single vineyard bottling, made from the steep vineyards that surround their Château de la Marquetterie in the village of Pierry. It was first produced in 2002. The current release is composed of a blend of fifty-five percent pinot noir and forty-five percent chardonnay, with a portion of the vins clairs now barrel-fermented and raised in casks. It is aged for five years sur latte prior to disgorgement. The current release offers up a bright and youthful bouquet of white peach, patissière, chalky soil tones, a hint of the passion fruit to come with bottle age, dried flowers and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and zesty, with a lovely core, good soil signature, refined mousse and a long, complex and vibrant finish. This is still a fairly young wine and I would opt to tuck it away in the cellar for three to five years before drinking it in earnest, as it should blossom beautifully with a bit of bottle age.

This is a fruity Champagne with cooked-apple, strawberry and pear flavors. Round and easy with freshness and softness. Opulent and lightly tannic. Crushed white pepper. Minerally. Tension. A higher percentage of pinot noir here. Drink now.