Corneille
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Typically best enjoyed 10–30 years from the vintage release, though well-cellared bottles continue to show magnificent complexity.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
roasted poultry, seared scallops, aged Comté cheese
✨ wine.spec_sheet
This exceptional release is part of the prestigious Taittinger Collection, where fine art meets fine wine. Commissioned by Claude Taittinger, the 1982 vintage bottle was designed by the celebrated Dutch artist Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo), a co-founder of the avant-garde CoBrA movement. His signature vibrant, expressive style—characterized by bold colors and playful figures of birds and nature—wraps the bottle, reflecting the joyful spirit of the Champagne within. The wine itself is a rare vintage Brut, crafted only in exceptional years from a selection of Grand Cru vineyards. It undergoes extended cellar aging in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk crayères, developing a complex profile of toasted brioche, ripe stone fruits, and refined mineral precision.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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.