Collection Sebastiao Salgado
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Typically best enjoyed 10 to 25 years from the vintage release.
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Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted turbot with beurre blanc, aged Comté cheese
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The Taittinger Collection was conceived in the late 1970s by Claude Taittinger, establishing a bridge between the worlds of contemporary art and fine Champagne. For this highly collectible fourteenth edition, the house collaborated with the legendary Brazilian social documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado. The bottle features a striking black-and-white photograph of a leopard in the Barba Azul Savannah of Bolivia, symbolizing the majesty of nature. Beneath the artwork lies Taittinger's exceptional 2008 vintage Millésimé, a year celebrated as one of the greatest in modern Champagne history due to its cool, steady growing season and perfect harvest conditions. Crafted from equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced predominantly from Grand Cru vineyards, the wine was aged for several years in the house's historic, subterranean Gallo-Roman chalk crayères, resulting in a masterpiece of laser-like acidity, deep minerality, and rich autolytic complexity.
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Established in 1932 when Pierre Taittinger acquired the historic Forest-Fourneaux house founded in 1734, Champagne Taittinger is one of the few remaining family-owned and operated Champagne houses based in Reims, France. The house is celebrated for its extensive Gallo-Roman chalk cellars, known as crayères, which provide the perfect aging conditions for their elegant, Chardonnay-dominant cuvées. Taittinger's signature style is defined by lightness, finesse, and mineral precision, epitomized by their legendary prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, alongside their classic Brut Réserve and the artistic Taittinger Collection.