Champagne Taittinger Collection Matta 1992 Bottle (75cl)
The 1992 Champagne Taittinger Collection Matta is a vintage white champagne from Champagne produced by Taittinger. This Grand Cru cuvée blends equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in a brut style. It belongs to the Taittinger Collection, whose bottle is decorated with a creation by Chilean artist Roberto Matta: poppies on an ochre background and calligraphic signs inspired by surrealist automatic writing. The 1992 vintage benefited from good grape maturity, combining body, aromatic power, freshness, and balance, with a lingering floral and citrus expression.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Gift Box
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Taittinger
- Cuvée
- Collection Matta
- Millésime
- 1992
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir
Taittinger
Taittinger is a Champagne house based in Reims and owned by the Taittinger family. It cultivates its own vineyard of 288 hectares, spread across 37 crus in the Côte des Blancs, the Marne Valley, the Montagne de Reims and the Aube. Its historical identity is based, in particular, on the prominent role given to Chardonnay in its blends.
- Owner
- Famille Taittinger
- Maître de chais
- Alexandre Ponnavoy
- Surface (ha)
- 288.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Pierre Taittinger was introduced to the Champagne trade in 1911 whilst working at the Union Champenoise. Deeply impressed by the Château de la Marquetterie during the First World War, he acquired it in 1932 together with his brother-in-law, Paul Evêque. In the same year, they bought the Forest-Fourneaux house, then one of the oldest Champagne houses, which formed the basis of the family business. François Taittinger subsequently developed the brand under the name Taittinger and made Chardonnay a central component of his style. In 1952, he created the Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs cuvée. He also pursued a land acquisition strategy, purchasing 110 hectares of vineyards in 1955. Following his death in 1960, his brother Jean played a part in the house’s continued development and international expansion. The house was sold to the Starwood Capital Group in 2005, before Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger regained control in 2006. Since January 2020, his daughter Vitalie Taittinger has chaired the family business, whilst Alexandre Ponnavoy has been in charge of winemaking as cellar master since 2018.
Collection Matta
Collection Matta is the 1998 edition of the Taittinger Collection, a series associating a vintage champagne with the work of a contemporary artist. It contains the Brut Millésimé 1992, a blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir. The box is a presentation of this same edition, not a different cuvée.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name "Matta" refers to Roberto Matta, the Chilean artist commissioned by Taittinger to design the artwork for this edition of the Collection.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1998
- Style of the cuvée
- Vintage blended brut champagne, based in equal parts on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, combining finesse, structure, and aging potential.
- Position within the range
- Limited and prestigious artistic edition of the Taittinger Collection.
Histoire de la cuvée
Claude Taittinger launched the Taittinger Collection in 1983 to invite great artists to create designs on bottles of vintage champagnes. For the edition created in 1998, Roberto Matta created a design on an ochre background, punctuated with poppies and calligraphic signs inspired by surrealist automatic writing.
