Collection Roy Lichtenstein
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted turbot with butter sauce, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
✨ Technical Specifications
The Taittinger Collection was conceived in the late 1970s by Claude Taittinger, who sought to marry the fine art of winemaking with contemporary visual art. For the 1985 vintage, celebrated American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein was commissioned to design the bottle's protective outer sheath. Lichtenstein wrapped the bottle in his signature comic-book style, featuring Ben-Day dots and bold, graphic lines depicting a stylized landscape. Inside the artistic vessel lies an exceptional Millésimé Champagne, crafted only in outstanding years. It is sourced from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards, reflecting the house's signature elegance, dominated by Chardonnay's freshness and structured by Pinot Noir. The wine is aged for several years in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars before release, resulting in a complex, creamy, and deeply mineral masterpiece.
🍾 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%