Scuba divers had found 168 intact champagne bottles from a ship wreck from the bottom of Baltic Sea in Finland in 2010. These bottles are the oldest bottles of this beverage in the history of mankind.
Tasters have said that this bubbly is still drinkable. When they tasted it, they found it to be smoky sweet and had a hint of tobacco and some leathery flavors in it, according to Science Recorder.
It has also been revealed that the champagne also had the presence of iron and copper, in small amounts. The researchers say that it is highly possible that copper was integrated in to the wine on account of copper sulfate which was used as a fungus killer in the grape wines in that era.
Also, the iron present in the wine could have come there due to the nails which held the wooden barrels together, which used to store wine.
This wine is 170 years old and had been lying on the sea bed, 165 feet deep in a cargo vessel, according to Nature News. In spite of such conditions, the corks of the champagne bottle seem to be perfect shape.
The scientists explain that this is due to the reason that there was liquid inside as well as outside the bottle. This equalized the pressure on the cork and the bottle, helping it to restore its shape and condition.
Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin has a very high content of sugar present in it, as compared to the current day champagnes. It contains 15 percent sugar, in contrast to the three percent sugar which is present in today's modern champagne, which makes it similar to dessert wine.