Victor Vasarely
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared turbot, roasted pheasant, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Commissioned by Claude Taittinger in 1983, the Taittinger Collection was conceived to bridge the worlds of fine art and haute champagne. The inaugural release featured the legendary 1978 vintage clad in a striking, futuristic screen-printed design by Victor Vasarely, the father of the Op Art (optical art) movement. Inside this geometric masterpiece lies a classic Taittinger vintage blend, sourced from prestigious Grand and Premier Cru vineyards. Crafted only in exceptional years, the wine undergoes extended cellar aging in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk crayères, developing a complex harmony of toasted brioche, dried citrus, and profound mineral depth that mirrors the precision of Vasarely's optical illusions.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir 60%, Chardonnay 40%
🍷 ABV
12%