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Although it is not the largest producer of Champagne worldwide – the title of the best-selling brand goes to Moët & Chandon, followed by another Reims-based house, Veuve Clicquot – Taittinger’s wines have a reputation for high and consistent quality and have amassed numerous prizes as a consequence.

Indeed, this celebrated ‘quality’ of Taittinger’s wines is intrinsically linked to its heritage. Taittinger’s flagship wine, the Comtes de Champagne, is still made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes which are grown in the five grand cru villages of the Côte des Blancs and which only see daylight after a long and drawnout maturation period of 8-10 years.

As well as its famous flagship, Taittinger’s range of wines includes the delicately balanced Brut Réserve (40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot noir, 25% Pinot Meunier), the fresh and elegant Comtes de Champagne Rose (70% Pinot noir and 30% Chardonnay), and the smooth, four-year matured ‘Sec’ Nocturne (40% Chardonnay, 60% Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier), distinctive on the shelf on account of its eye-catching violet bottle. Looking ahead, Taittinger is certainly not a company to rest on its laurels. Showing its characteristic ‘touch of impertinence and audacity’, as described by President Vitalie Taittinger, the grand marque champagne house planted its first vines in Kent in the UK back in 2017 as the site for its new venture into English sparkling wine. The first bottle of its ‘Domaine Evremond’ will be ready to be drunk by 2023. Now, who’s feeling thirsty?