Andre Masson
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Sauteed wild mushrooms on brioche, roasted lobster with drawn butter, or aged Comte cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Commissioned as part of the prestigious Taittinger Collection, which marries fine art with exceptional vintage Champagne, the Andre Masson edition showcases the 1982 vintage wrapped in the vibrant, surrealist brushstrokes of the French master. Claude Taittinger conceived this collection in the early 1980s, seeking to visualize the soul of the wine through contemporary art. Inside the artist-designed bottle is a classic blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced from Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote des Blancs and Montagne de Reims. Crafted only in exceptional years, this vintage Champagne undergoes extended lees aging in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars in Reims, resulting in a complex, deeply textured masterpiece that balances brioche richness with mineral precision.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural lineage to 1734 through the historic house of Forest-Fourneaux, Champagne Taittinger was formally inaugurated under the family name in the 1930s by Pierre Taittinger after acquiring the Château de la Marquetterie. Today, the maison remains an independent, family-led enterprise directed by Vitalie Taittinger with cellar master Alexandre Ponnavoy. Taittinger manages approximately 288 hectares of sustainably farmed vineyards, certified under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE) and Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC), spanning premier terroirs across the Côte des Blancs, Montagne de Reims, and the Marne Valley. Here, pure Cretaceous chalk soils, gentle slopes, and a marginal semi-continental climate impart hallmark tension and refined minerality. Taittinger's winemaking philosophy champions a distinctively high proportion of Chardonnay, yielding cuvées of crystalline precision, airy floral lift, and structural grace. Prolonged aging takes place inside subterranean 4th-century Gallo-Roman chalk crayères beneath the historic Saint-Nicaise abbey ruins, culminating in iconic prestige expressions like the 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier