World’s oldest champagne uncorked, tastes like honey
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World’s oldest champagne uncorked, tastes like honey
168 bottles salvaged from 200-year-old shipwreck near Finland
The world's leading champagne expert Richard Juhlin samples one of the 168 bottles of champagne salvaged from a 200-year-old shipwreck in the waters off the Aland Islands near Finland
MARIEHAMN, Finland — An accent of mushrooms merged with sweet notes of honey in a sampling Wednesday of what's been billed as the world's oldest champagne, salvaged from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
An expert who tasted the vintage bubbly was lyrical, detecting hints of chanterelles and linden blossom.
An Associated Press reporter, who also sampled a bottle, found only a slight fizz and flavors of yeast and honey.
The champagne — of the brands Veuve Clicquot and the now defunct Juglar — was recovered from a shipwreck discovered in July near the Aland Islands, between Sweden and Finland. A total of 168 bottles were raised in the salvage operation, officials of the semiautonomous Finnish archipelago told reporters on Wednesday.
"All bottles are not intact but the majority are in good condition," said Britt Lundeberg, Aland's culture minister.
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Champagne is always great but tasting these bottles would really be something to appreciate. I wonder if each bottle costs a couple mill $ ?
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wow, me wan.
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Me two.
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if u need wine that tastes like honey,.,,,buy port wine.....
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Originally posted by Gary oak77:
Champagne is always great but tasting these bottles would really be something to appreciate. I wonder if each bottle costs a couple mill $ ?
.....they will be auction off at more than $70,000 each -
Originally posted by Hitman 778:
if u need wine that tastes like honey,.,,,buy port wine.....
for wat go buy.my house got.