Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV PET-NAT With its bright acidity and

With its bright acidity and layered complexity

whose Joseph Vaudan winery doubles as a teaching cellar - makes one of the reference bottlings

The Tiz Rye Time bottling has a rich mouthfeel and aromas of winter spice

and seasoned wood

Try this Italian version of a traditionally French aperitif

Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV PET-NAT With its bright acidity andMost big house non vintage Champagne leans on Pinot Noir. Taittinger goes the other way: roughly 40% Chardonnay in the blend, an unusually high share, and you can taste it in the wine's lift and cut. Pinot Noir and Meunier fill in the flesh. It rests close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims, well beyond the legal minimum, which buys texture and a fine, persistent bead. The result is one of the more elegant house styles