Taittinger Collection Salgado 2008 (75cl)

This is only the 14th edition of its Collection since 1983, with Brazilian photographer, Sebastião Salgado commissioned to produce a limited edition label for Taittinger's Brut Millésimé 2008.

Sebastião Salgado - The artist

Born on 8 February 1944 in Aimorés in Brazil, Sebastião Salgado grew up surrounded by nature on his parents' farm. He left to study economics in Vitória, where he met his future wife, Lélia Wanick Salgado, who subsequently accompanied him in his work. There followed a period of travelling, first to Sao Paulo, then Paris and London, where Sebastião worked for the International Coffee Organization.

The work selected by Sebastião, a Leopard in the Barab River Valley in Damaraland, comes from his GENESIS, a tribute to the planet and life on Earth.

Taittinger Brut Millésimé 2008 is blended from first press wines only and consists of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir grapes harvested mostly from the Grand Crus in Montagne de Reims and the borders of the Vallée de la Marne.

The Champagne is made in limited quantities and only in exceptional vintages.

Previous Taittinger Collections include:

Arman, Vintage 1981, released 1985

Masson, Vintage 1982, released 1987

Da Silva, Vintage 1983, released 1988

Lichtenstein, Vintage 1985, released 1990

Hartung, Vintage 1986, released 1992

Imai , Vintage 1988, released 1994

Corneille, Vintage 1990, released 1996

Matta, Vintage 1992, released 1998

Zao Wou Ki, Vintage 1998, released 2003

Rauschenberg, Vintage 2000, released 2007

Sow, Vintage 2002, released 2011

There is no 13th collection

Salgado,Vintage 2008, released 2016

Background Information:

Taittinger only makes a vintage champagne when the harvest has been of such outstanding quality. The wine is then only released after several years of ageing in the cellars, allowing the aromas to mature slowly and the length and complexity of the wine to develop.