1981 Taittinger Collection Arman, Champagne, France (750ml)

WINEMAKER'S NOTES: 

The bottle contains a Brut Millésimé 1981, made from 40 % Chardonnay from the Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs region, and 60 % Pinot Noir from the Grands Crus of Ambonnay and Bouzy, situated in the Montagne de Reims. 

This wine was released in collaboration with artist Arman for the 1981 Vintage. Arman is famous for his ‘accumulations’ and ‘exploded objects’ (watches, clocks, horns and violins), with which he created aesthetic compositions, sculptures, designs and paintings. The bottle created for the Taittinger Collection in 1985 showcases this style. Golden violins intertwine across a black painted background. The musicians playing them are not totally absent from the design. One can imagine them there, thanks to the Arman’s talent at suggestive placement, which turns the champagne into a most heartfelt tribute to music. THE PIECE OF ART THE VINTAGE THE ARTIST Born in 1928, Arman is considered to have been one of the most talented contemporary visual artists in France. Arman tried to capture reality by using accumulation as the fundamental method for his visual art. This technique demonstrated his desire to showcase new perceptual approaches to the notion of reality against the weakening mainstream of non-objective abstraction, a style popular the 1950s.