Brut Artist Collection Vasarely
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted turbot with butter sauce, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Commissioned by Claude Taittinger, the Taittinger Collection was conceived to bridge the worlds of fine art and exceptional Champagne. The inaugural release featured the 1978 vintage wrapped in a striking, screen-printed geometric design by Victor Vasarely, the Hungarian-French pioneer of Op Art. Vasarely's optical illusions on the bottle beautifully mirror the vibrant, effervescent play of light within the glass. Inside this artistic vessel is Taittinger's prestigious vintage Champagne, crafted only in exceptional years. Sourced from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards, the wine undergoes extensive cellar aging in historic chalk crayères, developing a complex harmony of toasted brioche, ripe citrus, and 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
Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50%
🍷 ABV
12%