Thanks to Johnny for sharing such rare treat!

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 1994 Brut Champagne     

in magnum ( 1.5L)

Tasted in Feb., 2013

Limpid straw gold. Very fine bubbles. Still vivacious.

Alluring perfume immediately catches our attention. Layers of candied, honeyed fruit, nut, enlivened by racy, pungent mineral scents. With aeration, more heady aromas of white chocolate and cheese are revealed.

Viscous, palate-staining nectar. Smiling, caressing, with resonant inner perfume. Compelling concentration & vinosity, with just right extent of golden evolution: sour-sweet fruit (more lemon than plum, luckily...) dusted with candy, honey, nut, brioche, cheese and white chocolate. The racy finale of spicy & saline minerality is sheer class!

Seamless fusion of fruit, terroir & magical evolution of dosage(into perfume & nectar). Charming, graceful and still vibrant. Thoroughly respectable effort in one of Champagne’s forgotten, off-years. I think it's most rewarding now.