The champagne wreck caused a stir when a group of Polish divers found a hundred bottles of champagne there, as well as stoneware jugs with soda water and well-preserved porcelain.
The wreck was declared an ancient relic and an archaeological dive was conducted at the beginning of May. Magnus Petersson describes it as an incredible experience.
A taste test was conducted to check if saltwater had seeped into the bottles. In the bottle that was opened, the carbonation was gone and the liquid was slightly cloudy.
"It had an incredibly sweet fruit flavor since the Russian court specially ordered champagne with extra added sugar. But the most prominent was still a clear tone of old, trapped wind", he says in a press release from the County Administrative Board of Blekinge.
The 18-meter-long wreck, which lies two hours' boat ride off the coast of Blekinge, is believed to be a Dutch schooner that sank in a storm in 1861.
