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Lite mer information i alla fall. Tack! Nu vill jag se en bild på en flaska från 1924--1944, eller helst en komplett vertikal.In 1876 Louis Roederer was commissioned by Tsar Alexander II to create a special personal cuveé in clear glass crystal bottles that was named Cristal. But in 1917 the Russian Revolution brought the immediate loss of the company’s principal export market.
Camille Orly-Roederer, widow of the great-nephew of Louis, rebuilt the company after this blow, in particular by strengthening Roederer’s vineyard holdings at a time when other houses were selling, a move many later regretted.
In 1924, responding to demand for the legendary Cristal, she reintroduced it, bottled in the original design of crystal glass with no punt, creating the first prestige cuveé champagne.
Källa: The Oxford Companion to Wine, fifth edition: sidan 629.