LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL CHAMPAGNE - VINTAGE BOTTLE WITH AUSTRALIAN IMPORTER LABELOVERVIEW:A VINTAGE BOTTLE OF LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL CHAMPAGNE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CHAMPAGNE HOUSES, BEARING AN AUSTRALIAN IMPORTER LABEL FROM FESQ & COMPANY, BOTANY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THIS BOTTLE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF AUSTRALIAN WINE IMPORT HISTORY, WITH THE BOTANY ADDRESS INDICATING MID-20TH CENTURY DISTRIBUTION THROUGH SYDNEY.SPECIFICATIONS:- MAKER: LOUIS ROEDERER, REIMS, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE- DESIGNATION: CRISTAL (PRESTIGE CUVÉE)- IMPORTER: FESQ & COMPANY, 201 HALE STREET, BOTANY, N.S.W.- PRESERVATIVE NOTATION: 22U ADDED (INDICATING AUSTRALIAN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OF THE PERIOD)- CLOSURE: ORIGINAL CORK WITH HEAVILY OXIDISED COPPER FOIL CAPSULECONDITION:THE BOTTLE EXHIBITS SIGNIFICANT AGE-RELATED PATINA CONSISTENT WITH DECADES OF STORAGE. THE GLASS SURFACE SHOWS HEAVY OXIDATION AND DISCOLOURATION THROUGHOUT. THE ORIGINAL LABEL, WHILST HEAVILY FADED AND DETERIORATED, REMAINS LARGELY LEGIBLE AND DOCUMENTS THE AUSTRALIAN IMPORT PROVENANCE. THE COPPER FOIL CAPSULE IS HEAVILY CORRODED WITH DARK OXIDATION PATINA. THE GLASS ITSELF APPEARS STRUCTURALLY SOUND WITH NO VISIBLE CRACKS OR CHIPS, THOUGH THE SURFACE CONDITION REFLECTS EXTENDED AGE AND STORAGE HISTORY. THE CORK CLOSURE IS PRESENT BUT SEALED; ITS CONDITION CANNOT BE ASSESSED WITHOUT OPENING.PROVENANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE:THIS BOTTLE REPRESENTS A TANGIBLE RECORD OF MID-20TH CENTURY WINE DISTRIBUTION IN AUSTRALIA. THE FESQ & COMPANY IMPORTER LABEL FROM BOTANY, SYDNEY, DOCUMENTS A SPECIFIC RETAIL CHANNEL FOR FRENCH CHAMPAGNE DURING A PERIOD WHEN SUCH IMPORTS WERE LESS COMMON THAN TODAY. THE ADDITION OF PRESERVATIVE NOTATION REFLECTS AUSTRALIAN REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE ERA. THE CRISTAL DESIGNATION CONFIRMS THIS WAS A PREMIUM OFFERING, AS CRISTAL REMAINS LOUIS ROEDERER'S FLAGSHIP PRESTIGE CUVÉE, HISTORICALLY RESERVED FOR THE MOST DISCERNING COLLECTORS. Item Size: Height: 40cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 2Kg Condition: Fair 997520+19
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