Champagne Perrier Jouet vendu Belle Epoque ROSE 75cl - 2013

Champagne increased in popularity with the Russian nobility from 1855 onwards. An especially popular brand was Louis Roederers, who shipped a third of his production to Russia.

Cristal was first created forAlexander II of Russia, and is viewed by many as the firstprestige cuvée.^{[1]As the political situation in Russia at the time of his rule was unstable, the Tsar feared assassination. Thus when he visited Paris in 1867 for theExposition Universelle, the Tsar ordered that champagne bottles for the lavish dinner he hosted for the German KaiserWilhelm Iand ChancellorOtto von Bismarck(later termed theThree Emperors Dinner) be made clear, so that he could see the bubbles and also to prevent an explosive being hidden beneath them, as could happen with a typical dark green indented bottle.[2]Louis Roederer commissioned a Flemish glassmaker to create a clearlead glassChampagne bottle with a flat bottom. The Champagne has since become known as "Cristal"}