Champagne Taittinger Les Folies de La Marquetterie NV

Champagne, France

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About this Wine

country France

region Champagne

variety Chardonnay Pinot Noir

Style Sparkling White

vintage NV

closure Cork

Alcohol vol. 12.5

volume 750

Brands Champagne Taittinger

Tasting Notes

Aroma

The intense, highly fruity bouquet leads onto peach and apricot jam aromas with subtle hints of toasted brioche and vanilla.

Appearance

The body is deep yellow in colour with golden highlights. The bubbles are fine and delicate.

Palate

On the palate, this wine is full-bodied, smooth and fruity with dominant peach flavours. The distinctive and expressive finish delivers lightly woody notes. Les Folies de la Marquetterie is a full-flavoured and harmonious champagne distinguished by its immense richness and complexity.

Vinification

The Houses very first Champagne de Domaine, Les Folies de la Marquetterie is a blend of Chardonnays (45%) and Pinot Noirs (55%), made exclusively from grapes grown at the Folies vineyard that overlooks Chateau de la Marquetterie, the birthplace of the Taittinger family champagne. A green harvest is carried out on the selected plots of vines to ensure the fruit offers optimum sweetness and aromatic maturity. After harvesting, only the juice from the first pressing is reserved. Each plot is vinified in small volumes and certain batches in oak casks.The bottles are aged for five years to bring this wine to complete harmony.

Winemakers Comments

Chateau de la Marquetterie, set in the heart of the Champagne wine-growing region, was, prior to the French Revolution, the one-time residence of writer Jacques Cazotte, author of French classic Le Diable Amoureux, and a site for village fairs where philosophers and intellectuals of the Enlightenment would gather. General Castelnau also used the stately home as his headquarters during the Battle of Champagne in 1915, while much earlier, in the 17th century, Brother Oudart, a Benedictine Monk, discovered some of the secrets of champagne fermentation.

Reviews

Ken Gargett
1

Les Folies de la Marquetterie NV is definitely a champagne worth seeking. An attractive pale gold, the nose offers notes of brioche and nuts, stonefruits, peaches, ginger, figs, glacéd fruits and strawberries and cream. The palate sees appealing hints of gingerbread. There is good concentration and vibrant, if slightly bitey acidity. The palate is richly flavoured and complex. We see hints of plums and spices and a minerally/chalky backing. This is energetic, fresh and offering excellent length. Lots to love here. While gorgeous drinking now, there is no reason that this would not benefit from five to ten years in the cellar. It would be an ideal champagne to match with richer dishes. Points: 94/100

Quill & Pad ∙ 22nd May 2024
James Suckling
1

This is a fruity Champagne with cooked-apple, strawberry and pear flavors. Round and easy with freshness and softness. Opulent and lightly tannic. Drink now. Points: 91/100

jamessuckling.com ∙ 2nd Sep 2019