LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL CHAMPAGNE - VINTAGE 1983, FRENCHOVERVIEW:A VINTAGE BOTTLE OF LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL CHAMPAGNE FROM THE 1983 VINTAGE, IMPORTED TO AUSTRALIA BY PESQ & COMPANY OF BOTANY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THIS PRESTIGIOUS PRESTIGE CUVÉE REPRESENTS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED CHAMPAGNE HOUSES AND THEIR FLAGSHIP NON-VINTAGE EXPRESSION. THE BOTTLE EXHIBITS THE CHARACTERISTIC CLEAR GLASS AND GOLD FOIL CAPSULE TYPICAL OF CRISTAL PRODUCTION FROM THIS ERA.SPECIFICATIONS:- PRODUCER: LOUIS ROEDERER, REIMS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE- CUVÉE: CRISTAL (PRESTIGE CUVÉE)- VINTAGE: 1983- BOTTLE FORMAT: 750 ML STANDARD CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE- IMPORTER: PESQ & COMPANY, 201 HALE STREET, BOTANY, N.S.W.- PRESERVATIVE: SULPHITE (220) ADDED, AS NOTED ON IMPORTER LABELCONDITION ASSESSMENT:THIS BOTTLE DISPLAYS SIGNIFICANT AGE-RELATED PATINA CONSISTENT WITH DECADES OF STORAGE. THE GLASS BODY REMAINS STRUCTURALLY SOUND WITH NO VISIBLE CRACKS, CHIPS, OR FRACTURES TO THE BODY OR PUNT. THE GOLD FOIL CAPSULE EXHIBITS SUBSTANTIAL OXIDATION AND TARNISHING, PRESENTING A DARKENED, HEAVILY PATINATED APPEARANCE. THE ORIGINAL PRINTED LABELS SHOW CONSIDERABLE FADING AND SURFACE WEAR. THE UPPER SHOULDER LABEL READING 'CRISTAL LOUIS ROEDERER' REMAINS LEGIBLE, AS DOES THE BASE MEDALLION BEARING THE VINTAGE YEAR 1983. THE IMPORTER LABEL IS SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT DESPITE AGE-RELATED DETERIORATION. MINOR LABEL LIFTING IS EVIDENT AT THE EDGES. THE OVERALL PRESENTATION REFLECTS AUTHENTIC AGE AND STORAGE HISTORY RATHER THAN RECENT HANDLING DAMAGE.PROVENANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE:LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CHAMPAGNES, ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 1876 FOR TSAR ALEXANDER II OF RUSSIA. THE 1983 VINTAGE REPRESENTS A PERIOD OF HIGH-QUALITY CHAMPAGNE PRODUCTION. THE AUSTRALIAN IMPORTER LABEL INDICATES THIS BOTTLE WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH PESQ & COMPANY, A SIGNIFICANT WINE MERCHANT OPERATING FROM BOTANY IN SYDNEY'S INNER SOUTH. THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESERVATIVE NOTATION REFLECTS AUSTRALIAN WINE IMPORT REGULATIONS OF THE PERIOD. THIS BOTTLE REPRESENTS A SNAPSHOT OF PREMIUM CHAMPAGNE DISTRIBUTION IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE EARLY 1980S. Item Size: Height: 40cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 2Kg Condition: Fair 997520+18
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