the 10 most expensive bottles of champagne to date
Champagne has long been associated with luxury. That is why it is customary to open a bottle of expensive champagne when celebrating a birthday, wedding or some special event. Good champagne usually doesn't come cheap. Here are the most expensive bottles that exist today.
In 2010, divers discovered a sunken ship in the Baltic Sea, and among many other amazing things, a box of champagne bottles was found there.
Some of the bottles were 200 years old at the time, and they were still in excellent condition. The precious find was sold at auction.
1990 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Millennium Cuvee Methuselah champagne is quite tasty, but high cost — because of the size of the bottle. Its volume is the volume of eight standard bottles of champagne.
Another feature of it is that it is not easy to find. There are only 2,000 bottles like this in the world.
Some things happen by pure chance. This is exactly the case. Krug champagne of 1928 was the result of a particularly fine harvest and therefore its price is much higher than usual.
Marketing also played a role. It is believed that this was the favorite champagne of King George VI, and it once held the title of the most expensive champagne in the world. Now this is not the case, but the piety towards him, nevertheless, remained.
On the same sunken ship mentioned above, they also found several bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne, made in 1841, in perfect condition.
Apparently, it was the presence of champagne in the cold ocean water that contributed to the fact that these bottles are so well preserved. There have been many historical events in the world of champagne, but this is one of the most interesting.
All Dom Perignon brand champagne is quite expensive, but it breaks all records.
The reason is that it is quite rare. Two such bottles from 1959 were sold at auction. The person who bought them paid a whopping $ 84,700 for them. But apparently he knew what he was doing.
And again we return to the champagne found on a ship sunk in the Baltic. Among other things, there was a rare Juglar Cuvee champagne from 1820, which costs $ 43,500.
The rarest because it was no longer produced after the 1840s. So the 1820 bottles are what any champagne collector would dream of (if they could afford it). In addition, the bottles are covered with shells, which adds exclusivity.
These bottles cost $ 49,000 each, because all thirty-six of them were made.
But, they say, it's not just that, but that the taste is amazingly good… Let's take your word for it.
Yes, an expensive bottle of champagne. However, it is enough for one party, because it contains 15 liters of sparkling drink.
Well, another reason for such a high price is that this drink was produced by the famous Cattiers-a family that is known for making exceptional champagne, valued all over the world.
A 15-liter bottle of champagne might seem huge to you, but it's nothing compared to a 30-liter bottle of Armand de Brignac Rosé, which costs $ 275,000.
It has a height of about 1.2 meters and a weight of 45 kg. There is as much champagne in it as in 40 standard bottles. It's also covered in rose gold.
Taste of Diamonds 2013 — the most expensive bottle of champagne in the world, and its cost is 2.07 million dollars.
This champagne is so expensive because of the design of the bottle. On the front of the bottle, on the label in the form of a diamond, a real diamond is encrusted. This champagne simply screams about luxury, as very few people can afford it.
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