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Tue, Feb 6, 2024 10:00AM EST - Tue, Feb 13, 2024 08:00PM EST
  • 2011
  • 1500ml
  • France
  • Champagne
  • Champagne
  • Chardonnay
  • White Sparkling
  • OWC/OCC
  • EE1785
  • EE1785
Lot 733

2011 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Champagne - 1500ml - 1 bottle(s)

Estimate: CAD$360 - CAD$500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
CAD$0 CAD$20
CAD$500 CAD$50
CAD$1,000 CAD$100
CAD$2,000 CAD$200
CAD$3,000 CAD$250
CAD$5,000 CAD$500
CAD$10,000 CAD$1,000
CAD$20,000 CAD$2,000
CAD$50,000 CAD$5,000
CAD$100,000 CAD$10,000
This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2011 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Champagne - 1500ml. Estimate for this lot is between $360 - $500 with a reserve of $280. The bottles in this lot come from collection 11257.

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A blue chip collection filled with top California cult and fine Burgundy. The collector began amassing Old World wines when living in Montreal and Toronto and expanded his appreciation for California wine when living in San Francisco. Starting his cellar in the late 1990's, the majority of the wines were purchased directly from the winery or estate and were stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled private cellar.
The score for 2011 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Champagne is 92 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 2011 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne has generated a certain amount of controversy in critical circles, with appraisals ranging from the condemnatory to the ecstatic, so I was curious to revisit a bottle with some more time on cork. Since I tasted it last year, the wine has tightened up a little, integrating its dosage and showing more of a structural backbone. Exhibiting aromas of crisp stone fruit, buttery pastry, freshly baked bread and hints of fresh hazelnut, it's medium-bodied, pillowy and racy, with an impressively seamless palate and delicate but penetrating finish. It isn't a powerhouse, but I continue to think that it's a genuine success in a challenging year.