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Divers reassembled of a wreck in the Baltic Sea a bottle oldest still drinkable champagne in the world, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot allegedly sent by Louis XVI in 1780. This discovery of the bicentennial champagne, sparkling and still “taste fabulous,” according to a winemaker who has tasted was made by 55 meters of water off the Aaland Islands, an archipelago halfway between the Swedish coast and Finland. “We are in contact with (the manufacturer of champagne) Moet & Chandon and is sure he is at 98% of Veuve Clicquot,” said Christian Ekström, the head of the diving team. This dated July 6, but the team kept secret until now because more than thirty bottles at least are still in the waters of the Baltic. The storage conditions were perfect: lack of light and cold temperature constant. “The visibility was very poor, barely a meter. We did not find the name of the ship or a bell, so I moved up a bottle to find a date, “says Christian Ekström. “According to our records, the bottle is the 1780s. However, Veuve Clicquot has started production in 1772, and then the first vintage were reared for ten years, so this may not be before 1782. And this can not be after 1788 to 1789 with the French Revolution, which paralyzed production, “he said. On the cap is marked “Juclar, lakes Andorra whence comes the cork, the label is unreadable on. Ella Grüssner Cromwell-Morgan, a winemaker Aaland said: “The wine is absolutely fabulous. There are still nice and fine bubbles. “A serious lead is that it is a supply of King Louis XVI to the Russian imperial court. The manufacturer has evidence of a shipment that never arrived at its destination. If date and provenance were confirmed, it would be of the oldest drinkable champagne in the world, a record held by Perrier-Jouet 1825, tasted last year by winemakers. “The dress is a dark gold, amber. The nose is intense, with lots of tobacco, but also grapes and white fruit, oak and mead. The taste is really amazing, very sweet, but with all the same acidity. This reflects the fact that the champagne was much less dry at the time, which is badly mastered the fermentation process “, adds the winemaker. The expert assesses the starting price of each bottle for an auction to about 500,000 kronor (53,000 euros). “But if it was the wine of Louis XVI, it could exceed several million”

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