Taittinger recently released the new vintages of Comtes de Champagne white and rosé, from 2014 and 2012 respectively. The rosé is available in retail now from £195 and $230, but the blanc de blancs doesn’t appear to be in distribution just yet. Anyway, there’s no hurry to drink either of them.
The same can be said for all seven vintages of Masseto that are also reviewed below. The oldest bottle, from 1998, will hold a few more years, but the others are...