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World's oldest champagne opened
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| Friday, 20 March 2009
Posted on 03/20/2009 10:33:39 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The world's oldest champagne, bottled before Victoria became Queen, is still drinkable, with notes of "truffles and caramel", according to the experts.
An "addictive" bottle of 1825 Perrier-Jouet was opened at a ceremony attended by 12 of the world's top wine tasters.
Their verdict: the 184-year-old champagne tasted better than some of its younger counterparts
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TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: champagne; oenology; wine
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:35:02 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: JoeProBono; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; dighton; Travis T. OJustice
An "addictive" bottle of 1825 Perrier-Jouet was opened at a ceremony attended by 12 of the world's top wine tasters. How can you get addicted to something there's only one of?
What a bunch of oxymorons.
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:35:48 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
('Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt / Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt)
To: JoeProBono
The 184-year-old cork was in good condition, helping to preserve the wine
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:36:23 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
And this occured at which Obama White House party?
To: JoeProBono
So where do we sign up to be on the wine taster list for one of the other two bottles?
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:37:06 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:37:38 AM PDT
by
bgill
There are now just two 1825 vintage bottles left - and Perrier-Jouet has no plans to open them soon. Oops. My mistake.
It helps to follow the source link sometimes.
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:37:56 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
('Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt / Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt)
To: unkus
Personally,I prefer the 1863.
It’s an impertinent little grape.
Pretentious,but unassuming.
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:40:28 AM PDT
by
gigster
To: centurion316
0bama???
"Cold Duck" is more his speed ...
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:40:55 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: JoeProBono
There were some bottles of 1856 champagne found on a steamboat excavated from the Missouri River. http://1856.com They appear to be in good condition though one broke during excavation. It was tasted on site.
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:43:32 AM PDT
by
posterchild
(Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
To: centurion316
And this occured at which Obama White House party?The party when he accepted his bumbling trophy.
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:49:33 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for BO to tear it down.)
To: Constitution Day
How can you get addicted to something there's only one of? Well, there was this brunette my junior year....
To: JoeProBono
Since this thread will attract wine lovers I have a question.
One day we drank some white wine from a probably 8 dollar bottle that had been opened, tasted and put back in the cabinet about a year or year and half earlier, the odd thing was that it tasted incredibly good (we were stone sober).
Could some freak combination of forces have worked to make that happen?
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:55:09 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
To: Constitution Day
I thought an Oxy-moron was a dumb kid with a severe case of zits.
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posted on
03/20/2009 10:59:04 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
To: ArrogantBustard
Obama???
“What’s the Word? Thunderbird!”
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posted on
03/20/2009 11:05:17 AM PDT
by
gigster
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/20/2009 11:08:55 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: gigster
Agreed. Perhaps a hint of clover. Wispy yet sassy.
Yes, the 1863 is better.
Have you tried the 1881? I hear it’s to die for, not overbearing but delivering a presence that no other vintage has yet been able to attain.
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posted on
03/20/2009 11:09:34 AM PDT
by
alarm rider
("We laugh at honor, and are shocked to find traitors in our midst" C.S. Lewis)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
The world's oldest champagne, bottled before Victoria became Queen, is still drinkable, with notes of "truffles and caramel", according to the experts. An "addictive" bottle of 1825 Perrier-Jouet was opened at a ceremony attended by 12 of the world's top wine tasters. What a load. These guys sound like audiophiles.
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posted on
03/20/2009 11:29:01 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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