Hans Hartung
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
✨ Technical Specifications
The Taittinger Collection represents a prestigious marriage of fine art and exceptional winemaking, conceived by Claude Taittinger in 1983. For the 1986 vintage, released in 1992, the house commissioned the celebrated German-French abstract painter Hans Hartung. A pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction, Hartung designed a striking, dark, textured bottle wrap that mirrors his signature energetic brushstrokes and gestural lines. Inside this artistic vessel is Taittinger's vintage Champagne from the 1986 harvest, crafted from a select blend of Grand and Premier Cru vineyards. Aged for several years in the house's historic Gallo-Roman chalk cellars, this cuvée offers a harmonious convergence of mid-20th-century avant-garde art and traditional Champagne craftsmanship, characterized by its maturity, complex autolytic notes, and refined effervescence.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its foundations back to 1734 when the original house was established by Jacques Fourneaux, Champagne Taittinger took its modern identity in 1932 under the visionary leadership of Pierre Taittinger. Headquartered in Reims within the historic Champagne region of France, the family-owned house matures its finest cuvées inside UNESCO-listed Gallo-Roman chalk caves beneath the ancient Abbey of Saint-Nicaise. Taittinger is distinguished by its defining reliance on Chardonnay, crafting champagnes celebrated for their elegance, minerality, and delicate aromatics. The house's supreme expression is the iconic Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, a benchmark vintage champagne produced exclusively from top Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte des Blancs.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12%