Taittinger Champagne Collection 1998 Zaowouki 750ml

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Born in Beijing in 1921, Zao Wou Ki came from a family of the ancient Song dynasty. After studying at the prestigious Hangzhou Fine Arts Academy, he arrived in France in 1948, where he discovered the great Western painters and embarked upon an admirablesynthesis between traditional Chinese art and European art, a meeting of East and West.
In the 1950s, he became friends with Picasso, Miro, Giacometti, Vieira da Dilva, Hartung and Soulages.
Zao Wou-Ki is perhaps the most evocative of the great XX century abstract artists.

The Taittinger Collection Series was conceived in the late 1970s by Claude Taittinger. Long a patron of the arts, with a passionate interest in the modern schools of painting and sculpture, he perceived a natural alliance between the creation of the artist and the art of the great winemaker. Thus, in 1983, Champagne Taittinger introduced the first of its revolutionary Collection Series, uniting art and Champagne in the design of a special bottle with a laser-sealed sheath that visually expresses the artist’s concept of the magic of Champagne.
The Taittinger Collection Series bottles are released only in great vintages, from a selection of the year's finest cuvées. The wines are made from Chardonnay mainly from the Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs, and Pinot Noir from Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne vineyards. The fruit is pressed in the vineyards and the first pressing is transported to the winery for fermentation, followed by a second fermentation in the bottle. Aged for five or more years on the lees, the wine acquires complexity and the fine, pinpoint bubbles characteristic of its sparkle.