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“The bottles, which appear to be Veuve Cliquots produced between 1782 and 1788, were sent to France for analysis. If their origin and age are confirmed, they would be the oldest drinkable bottles of champagne in the world. The current record holder is a bottle of Perrier-Jouet from 1825. According to experts, each bottle could fetch around 70.000 euros in an auction.
The diver Christian Ekstrom was exploring the wreck of a boat off the island of Aaland, an autonomous territory of Finland, when he discovered the bottles. He brought one back to the surface and tasted it with his colleagues. "It was fabulous," he told Reuters. It had a very sweet taste, with aromas of oak and a strong smell of tobacco. And there were very small bubbles. "
"The dress is dark gold, amber," confirmed Ella Grüssner Cromwell-Morgan, an oenologist from Aaland who was asked by Christian Ekström to taste the precious nectar after its discovery. "The nose is very intense, with lots of tobacco, but also grapes and white fruit, oak and mead. The mouth is really surprising, very sweet but with all the same acidity. "
The discovery dates back to 6 last July, says AFP, but the team has kept the secret until then.
"We are sure at 98% that it is Veuve Clicquot champagne and that it was produced between 1772 and 1785," said Ekstrom, adding that the ship was undoubtedly heading for Saint Petersburg, then the capital of Russia. According to one hypothesis, it could be a delivery of King Louis XVI to Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
The champagne house Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin was founded in 1772, but the production was stopped during a period of 10 years after the Revolution of 1789.
The champagne wine found in the depths of the Baltic Sea has been perfectly preserved thanks to the darkness and the temperature of the environment. Local authorities will now decide what will happen to the wreckage, and the bottles. ”
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