Collection Sebastiao Salgado 2008

Taittinger only bottles a vintage champagne when the harvest justifies it, and 2008 was such a year. For the house's Brut vintages, an artist signs each edition. Here it is the photographer Sebastião Salgado, who gave up a career as an economist in 1973 at the age of 29 and picked up a camera. The wine comes exclusively from the first pressing and spent several years in the cellar before release.

In the glass it looks fresh and lively, with well-integrated acidity that promises further development. The nose is intense and mineral, with blossom, lemon and grapefruit. On the palate, fruit, juiciness and fullness carry the wine. Serve it at 8 to 10 °C in a tulip-shaped white wine glass, as an aperitif or with fish in sauce and white meat.