92pts James Suckling

Attractively fruity and fragrant, with notes of oranges, peaches, cherry blossom and Danish pastries, with some earthy and honey undertones. Ripe and creamy on the palate, with silky bubbles and deliciously fleshy stone fruit. 55% pinot noir and 45% chardonnay. Drink now.

92pts Wine Spectator

A tightly meshed Champagne, crisp and focused, with the lacy, lively mousse carrying flavors of black currant, nectarine, blanched almond and spring forest. Reveals accents of lime blossoms and ground ginger that linger on the creamy finish. 

92pts John Gilman

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. 

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