Product Description
In 1734, Jacques Fourneaux, a merchant of champagne wines, established the company that would some day become Taittinger. In that early part of the XVIIIth century, the Benedictine abbeys of Hautvillers, Pierry, Verzy, and Saint-Nicaise in Reims, owned the best vineyards in the Champagne region. They cultivated the vines and pressed the harvest to produce the first sparkling wines which they either sold themselves, or through agents in Epernay or Reims. Jacques Fourneaux therefore joined the great adventure of the champagne trade…cautiously at first. The company prospered throughout the XIXth century and after the First World War moved to the fine XIIIth century historical residence located on rue de Tambour: “The House of the Counts of Champagne”. This was the home of Thibaud IV, known as the Singer, who brought back from Cyprus the vines which are the ancestors of today’s Chardonnay. It is at this time that the merger occurred between the company, which had come to be known as Fourneaux-Forest, and the Taittinger family, which would ultimately take control.
This wine is a sublime pale rose colour with light hints of salmon. The abundant bubbles are exceptionally fine, forming an elegant and persistent necklace of mousse. The nose is delicate, with beautiful finesse, reminiscent of hawthorn blossoms with faint scents of yellow raspberry and gooseberry jam. The first impression on the palate is fresh and harmonious with subtle fruit flavours (apricots, plums). The finish is long, well-rounded and complex.
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