Now that's vintage! Divers find 古代の シャンペン酒 from 1780s on shipwreck in Baltic Sea

By Mail Foreign Service
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Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable シャンペン酒 in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.

They h ave already 実験（する）d out the contents of one 瓶／封じ込める and （人命などを）奪う，主張する it tastes 'fantastic' にもかかわらず dating 支援する to the late 18th century.

飛び込み 指導者 Christian Ekstrom said the 瓶／封じ込めるs are believed to be from the 1780s and likely were part of a 貨物 運命にあるd for Russia.

Champers at sea: Christian Ekstrom holds one of the 230-year-old bottles

Champers at sea: 飛び込み 指導者 Christian Ekstrom 持つ／拘留するs one of the 230-year-old 瓶／封じ込めるs

Still tasting good: One of the bottles found on the shipwreck

Still tasting good: One of the 瓶／封じ込めるs 設立する on the shipwreck

'We brought up the 瓶／封じ込める to be able to 設立する how old the 難破させる was. We didn't know it would be シャンペン酒. We thought it was ワイン or something,' he said.

Ekstrom said the divers were overjoyed when they popped the cork on their boat after 運ぶ／漁獲高ing the bubbly from a depth of 2 00 feet (60 メーターs).

'It tasted fantastic. It was a very 甘い シャンペン酒, with a タバコ taste and oak,' Ekstrom said.

The divers discovered the shipwreck Tuesday 近づく the Aland Islands, between Sweden and Finland. About 30 瓶／封じ込めるs are believed to be 船内に the sunken 大型船.

Ekstrom said he is 確信して of the シャンペン酒's age and authenticity, but 見本s have been sent to 研究室／実験室s in フラン for 実験（する）ing.

'We're 98 per cent sure already because of the 瓶／封じ込める (we 設立する),' he said.

Swedish ワイン 専門家 Carl-Jan Granqvist said each 瓶／封じ込める could fetch £50,000 if the corks are 損なわれていない and the sparkling drink is 本物の and drinkable.

'If this is true, it is 全く unique,' he said. 'I don't know of any other (drinkable) 瓶／封じ込める this old. I've never even heard of it.'

The 専門家 said he had seen pictures of the 瓶／封じ込める, and it had languished in 近づく-perfect 貯蔵 条件s - in the dark at a constant 冷淡な 気温.

'If it's the 権利 atmosphere outside, and inside the 瓶／封じ込める the cork is kept 乾燥した，日照りの in the middle; it keeps itself,' he said.

によれば French シャンペン酒 house Perrier-Jouet, a 子会社 of Pernod Ricard, their vintage from 1825 is the oldest 記録，記録的な／記録するd シャンペン酒 still in 存在.

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