Buried treasure: the story of a century-old Champagne stash
22nd October, 2019
by
Patrick Schmitt
Inspecting a remnant from the cellar collapse. Picture credit: Edward Henderson
Then, almost 120 years later, on 15 January 2018, while Pol Roger was beginning the process of building a new packaging facility above the site of the collapsed cellars, the producer discovered a void, filled with broken glass.
Picture credit: Michael Boudot
Over the course of several days of careful digging, Pol Roger found 23 in-tact bottles.
Picture credit: Michael Boudot
Some of which were still full.