Hans Hartung
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Typically best enjoyed 10 to 25 years from the vintage release, though well-cellared bottles continue to show beautifully as mature, tertiary-driven Champagnes.
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roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
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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.
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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.