Brut La Française – Kobrand Wine & Spirits

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France
Champagne

Taittinger Brut La Française is a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier wines from at least 35 villages. The high proportion of Chardonnay (40%) is unique among fine nonvintage Champagnes. The presses are located in the vineyard for immediate pressing of the fruit after the manual harvest, and the resulting must is cold fermented under temperature-controlled conditions. After resting until the end of winter, the wine is blended, and then the final cuvée undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle in Taittinger’s cool cellars. The aging of Brut La Française on the lees for almost 4 years more than doubles the legal minimum of 15 months. This extra time in the cellars allows the wine to reach the peak of aromatic maturity, and the result is a delicately balanced Champagne, known for its consistently excellent quality.

Tasting Note

This wine has a subtle, pale gold color with fine, persistent bubbles. It is delicate, with aromas of peach, white flowers, vanilla pod, and brioche on the nose and flavors of fresh fruit and honey on the palate.

Technical Data

GRAPES: 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier

APPELLATION: Champagne

ABV: 12.3%

AGING: 3–4 years on lees

Unique Selling Points

Contains a higher proportion of the finer Chardonnay grape than other nonvintage Champagnes, giving elegance and freshness to the wine.
Taittinger ages Brut La Française on the lees more than twice as long as is required by AOC law.

“You’ll know the soul of a house from the quality of its nonvintage Champagne.”

Vitalie Taittinger, President

About the Grape

Chardonnay

Though it has a distinctive profile, Chardonnay reflects other factors such as soil composition and vinification technique. Chardonnay is a reliable, hardy and prolific vine whose only real vulnerabilities are frost and uneven development of fruit.

Pinot Meunier

Typically this grape lends fruitiness to Champagne, and it will make bright, fresh, fruity light red and rosé wines with crisp acidity and smoky vegetal notes when produced as still wines.

Pinot Noir

In France, makes a silky, deceptively powerful wine of elegant, complex aromas and subtle, red fruit flavors, with earthy, floral, mushroom and mineral notes. In California, shows ripe, sweet characters.