The Taittinger family has a history of innovation and excellence. "Having our family name on a bottle sets expectations and responsibilities every minute. The name on the bottle conveys both the skills and knowledge of the past and a commitment to the future'. Pierre Emmanuel Taittinger has embodied this mentality for 40 years and today shares it with his sons Clovis and Vitalie, who have taken over the reins of the company. LE CAVE DI CRAIE Taittinger stands on the ruins of the famous abbey that Benedictine monks erected in honour of the martyr saint Saint-Nicaise in the 13th century. The abbey was long regarded as one of the most beautiful Gothic-style churches in France, owned by the 'Comtes de Champagne'. Today, all that remains are the cellars, which form a network of galleries, crypts and Gothic vaults built in the heart of former chalk quarries from the Gallo-Roman era. These quarries once served as a place of refuge for early Christians and, much later, housed the Champagne produced by the monks and are now proudly a UNESCO heritage site. Taittinger's story began in 1932 with Pierre Taittinger, a former French soldier, who bought Château de la Marquetterie, a stone's throw from Epernay, with the desire to produce champagne. Subsequently, in 1934, he took over one of the most historic Maisons in Champagne, Château Forest-Fourneaux, founded as early as 1734, in order to implement his own hectares under vine. THE TAITTINGER VINEYARDS Over the years, Pierre's descendants gradually acquired more and more vineyards, so that today they cover an area of 288 hectares, extending across all the main Champagne production areas. The composition of the vineyards is 37% Chardonnay, 48% Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Meunier equally distributed in 37 different crus, among the best in the Champagne appellation. Taittinger owns most of its Chardonnay hectares planted in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in 5 terroirs producing Grands Cru: Cramant, Avize, Chouilly, Oger and Mesnil-sur-Oger. Vineyards planted to Pinot Noir are largely located in the Montagne de Reims (Ambonnay, Mailly-Champagne, Rilly-la-Montagne) and the Côte des Bars. Pinot Meunier is a robust vine and is more frost-resistant than the previous two varieties. It is particularly suited to clayey or sandy soils and is therefore cultivated more in the Valle de la Marne. The vineyards are composed of 37% Chardonnay, 48% Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Meunier, equally distributed over 37 different plots, which are among the best in Champagne. All Taittinger vineyards are worked in the same way, using the most advanced techniques in responsible viticulture practices available.
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