This is a vivid Taittinger with notes of chalk, almond croissants, lemon curd and biscuits. Bright and linear, with a tight bead of bubbles. Focused with persistent pastry notes. 50% pinot noir and 50% chardonnay; 70% Grands Crus and 30% Premiers Crus. Drink or hold.

The same vintage I tasted last year, the 2015 Champagne Millésime Brut pours a bright straw hue and has developed more attractive aromatics since last year. Raised entirely in stainless steel tank for this vintage, with 9 grams per liter dosage, it’s equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with 70% of the best grapes from the Grand Cru villages and 30% of the best wines from the Premier Cru Villages. Lush with aromatics of wet stone, orange marmalade, and ripe apricot, it takes on a darker mineral undertone. Fleshy and full-bodied, it has a bit of bitter citrus on the finish, adding structure over acidity, with an expansive texture and rounded mousse. It’s in a very nice place at the moment and will have a fair bit of life ahead over the coming 10-15 years. Disgorged December 2022. - Audrey Frick

(93+ points) Brut Millésme 2015 is a 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir blend of which 70% is Grand Cru and 30% Premier Cru. Aged seven years on fine lees before the first release in 2022, it was finished with a nine grams per liter dosage. Alluring and complex on the nose with notes of apple tart, butter pastry, and hazelnuts the medium to full-bodied palate has a ripe and round orchard fruit core supported by buoyant acid freshness and toasty notes emerging at the finish. Very balanced and elegant throughout. The bottle tasted was in early 2023. - Sarah Mayo

Vibrant and harmonious, with a pleasing range of ripe pear and nectarine, toast point and salted almond, candied lemon peel and spun honey riding the finely detailed bead. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2030. 500 cases imported.

92+ The 2015 Taittinger “Brut Millésimé” is crafted this year from its customary blend of fifty percent chardonnay and fifty percent pinot noir. The wine offers up a lovely bouquet right out of the blocks, delivering scents of apple, pear, almond, bread dough, chalky soil tones and a topnote of spring flowers. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and complex, with fine depth at the core, good soil undertow and cut, elegant mousse and a long, well-balanced and still fairly youthful finish. This is already tasty, but it is still a young wine and I would be easily induced to tuck bottles away for another three to five years and really let them blossom with some additional aging. A fine vintage from Taittinger.

Taittinger’s 2015 Brut Millésimé is a blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir from various villages, 70% of which are grands crus. It has an elegant, floral bouquet with aromas of honeysuckle, lime tree, citrus oil, orchard fruit and almonds. It’s moderately weighted and perfectly balanced with a delicate mousse and a refined, elegant and mineral finish. This well-crafted, superb cuvée requires patience to fully realize its potential. - Yohan Castaing