Zao Wou-ki
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted pheasant, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Taittinger Collection, initiated in 1983 by Claude Taittinger, bridges the worlds of fine art and exceptional Champagne by commissioning renowned contemporary artists to design the outer sheath of select vintage releases. The Zao Wou-ki edition showcases the ethereal, abstract expressionism of the celebrated Chinese-French painter. Inside the artistic vessel lies a prestigious Millésimé Champagne crafted exclusively from first-press juice of Grand and Premier Cru vineyards. This cuvée undergoes extended cellar aging on its lees in Taittinger's historic Gallo-Roman chalk crayères, resulting in a harmonious marriage of Chardonnay's mineral elegance and Pinot Noir's structured richness.
🍾 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%