Buried treasure: the story of a century-old Champagne stash

Now it was time to try the finds, which were brought up to Pol Roger’s disgorging room.

Damien Cambres inspected the first bottle.

Before Francis, who heads up the disgorging line, began the slow process of extracting the cork from the 120 year old bottle – which took around 20 minutes.

Thankfully, the wine was in good condition considering its age.