Champagne Taittinger, Comtes De Champagne Rosé, 2013
Champagne Taittinger, Comtes De Champagne Rosé, 2013
- 75cl
- 12.5%
- Rosé Sparkling
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
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Optimal drinking window: Now - 2043
Est. delivery in Autumn, 2026
Crafted only in the most outstanding vintages, Taittinger's Comtes De Champagne Rosé is a blend of 40% Grand Cru Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs and 60% Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims region, including a portion of still red wine that gives the Champagne its vivid colour and remarkable depth. The 2013 vintage in Champagne was one of the more demanding of the decade, which is precisely why the wines that made it through are worth paying attention to. Lower yields, cool conditions, and careful selection produced wines of real precision and energy rather than the easy opulence of warmer years.
Each bottle is a nod to history, presented in elegant, 18th-century-style glass, and aged deep underground for a decade in the UNESCO-listed chalk cellars of Saint Nicaise in Reims.
What the critics say:
"This shows fragrant grapefruit, wild raspberry, iodine, honey, blood orange, salty bread and hazelnut aromas. It's sleek, taut and superbly fresh on the palate. The red and orange citrus pinot noir character is singing at the moment, accompanied by salty and mineral nuances. Seamless and long, and taut at the end. 60% pinot noir and 40% chardonnay, all from grand cru sites. Drinkable now, but will be better in a few years."
"The 2013 Comtes de Champagne Rosé is a gorgeous, exotic wine. Sweet dried cherry, kirsch, tobacco, rose petal, cedar and mint weave across the palate in a sumptuous, racy Rosé that delivers on all fronts. This fruit was picked during the last October harvest in Champagne, except for some small picks in 2021 and 2024. The 2013 is so expressive today. It offers a compelling mix of fruit density, complexity and dynamic energy. Sublime. Dosage is 9 grams per liter. Disgorged: July 2025."
The grand cru vineyards supplying Comtes de Champagne Rosé are concentrated in the Côte des Blancs — Avize, Cramant, and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger among them — where deep seams of Belemnite chalk sit close to the surface. This chalk drains freely, keeps vine stress low, and imparts that distinctive mineral tension that lifts the wine's acidity without making it feel sharp. The cooler mesoclimate of the 2013 growing season amplified these characteristics, producing grapes with exceptional natural acidity and clarity of flavour.
Champagne is the northernmost major wine region in France, and its appellation rules are among the most tightly controlled in the world. Only grapes grown within designated plots — ranked as non-classé, premier cru, or grand cru — may be used, and the method of secondary fermentation in bottle is legally prescribed. Comtes de Champagne draws exclusively from grand cru villages, the top tier of that hierarchy, which represent just seventeen communes across the region. Unlike most prestige cuvées, it is not a blend drawn from across the appellation but a site-specific expression shaped by the chalk geology of the Côte des Blancs.
The 2013 vintage caught Champagne in a properly challenging mood. A cold, wet spring delayed budbreak well into May, followed by a summer that couldn't quite decide what it wanted to be — patchy sunshine punctuated by rain that had growers muttering into their morning coffee. Come harvest time in October, the latest picking dates in years meant racing against autumn's chill to gather fruit that had ripened slowly and unevenly across the region.
What emerged from this meteorological muddle was a vintage of surprising charm, though admittedly not one for the history books. The extended hang time gave the grapes a lovely mineral tension, particularly in the Chardonnay, while Pinot Noir struggled more with the conditions but still delivered decent colour and structure. Most houses declared a vintage, albeit in modest quantities, and we find these wines drinking rather well now — they've got that bright, food-friendly acidity that makes you reach for another glass, even if they lack the depth for long cellaring. Drink until 2028.
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