Blonde Girl With A Glass Of Champagne Strips A Pink Negligee On The Antique Chair

In 2009, a bottle of 1825 Perrier-Jouët Champagne was opened at a ceremony attended by 12 of the world's top wine tasters. This bottle was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest bottle of Champagne in the world. The contents were found to be drinkable, with notes of truffles and caramel in the taste. There are now only two other bottles from the 1825 vintage extant.
168 bottles were found in July 2010 on board a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, near Åland islands by Finnish diver Christian Ekström. Analyses show that there were at least two types of bottles from two different houses, Veuve Clicquot in Reims and the long-defunct Champagne house Juglar, absorbed into Jacquesson in 1829. The shipwreck is dated to between 1800 and 1830, and the bottles may predate the 1825 Perrier-Jouët. When the experts were replacing old corks with new ones, they discovered that there were also champagne from third house; Heidsieck. In the wreck there were 95 bottles of Juglar, 46 bottles of Veuve Clicquot and four bottles of Heidsieck. There is still 23 bottles of unidentified brand left. The bottles' contents were described to be in a very good state by Champagne experts Richard Juhlin and Essi Avellan MW. The majority of the bottles are planned to be sold off at auctions, the price of each bottle estimated at near £40,000 or $70,000.