Vintage champagne

The verdict was delivered at a ceremony in Mariehamn, in Finland’s Aaland Islands, to sample 168 bottles discovered by divers last July in the wreck of a two-masted Scandinavian schooner between Sweden and Finland.

At least three of the bottles were confirmed yesterday to be from the still thriving Veuve Clicquot house and others came from Maison Juglar, which ceased production in 1830.

The submerged vessel, found in 2007 under fifty metres of ocean, is believed to have gone down around 1825 to 1830. At a tasting for experts the communal verdict was one of great pleasure. The majority of the bottles have no seal damage at all. “Great! Wonderful!” so said Richard Juhlin, a Swedish champagne scribe who has tasted both of the rare champagnes. “I think what is most striking is the powerful aroma,” he said.

The Juglar tasted, he said: “more intense and powerful, mushroomy,” and the Veuve Clicquot much more chardonnay, with hints of “linden blossoms and lime peels”.
He then added, “The sea is a far greater preserver of wine that the best wine cellars provided they are properly sealed.”

Francois Hautekeur, of Veuve Clicquot’s winemaking team, spoke of “a toasted, zesty nose with hints of coffee, and a very agreeable taste with accents of flowers and lime-tree…Madame Clicquot herself must have tasted this same batch,” he mused, with reference to Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, who presided over the famous Champagne house.

The bottles were showing no labels since being on the seabed for so long but the divers who tasted the horde expressed great joy in the contents of the bottles. The wine has been dated to the first part of the 19th century.  A spokesperson for London wine merchant, Jeroboams said: “This is a wonderful discovery for the Champagne enthusiasts amongst us.  A vintage champagne wine of this age and quality is something that only time can conceal.It is the way of the world that impatience drives us to pleasure before wines can truly come of age!”

Before this underwater cache was found, the oldest drinkable champagne known to exist was considered to be an 1825 vintage that is still in the cellar at the Perrier-Jouet house.
The ship was likely on a voyage from Germany to Finland, a Russian province at the time.At auction on Tuesday night an extremely rare Imperial sized ’47 Chevel Blanc was sold for $304,375. This is the highest recorded price for a bottle of wine..  An expert from the fine wine blog, Secret Sommelier said, “In times of constant news about austerity, it is good to see a very few people have the desire to splash out on pleasure!”

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