Cognac Maxim’s Reserve du Prince Eugene

This cognac has been bottled between 1890 and the early 1900s especially for the Maxims's Restaurant in Paris. I like this beautiful label! The bottle is in top condition - perfect filling level. The cognac must have been distilled in the 19th century or... Maybe earlier?

I found a text online concerning a dinner which took place in 1971 with the Shah of Persia and 600 guests (neither the Shah nor the guest list had ever been my favourite politicians). The dinner was part of an event celebrating 2500 years of Monarchy, and it had been one of the greatest celebrations ever! This celebrations costs where estimated about 100-300 million US-$ and this event was somehow the beginning of the end of the Shah.

If you read the menu, you can imagine that this cognac was the best available worldwide in 1971 - maybe the best cognac ever. I would not be surprised if it has been distilled in the 18th century. And I could imagine that the few bottles which later occured worldwide have been the ones which had not been opened.

Persepolis, Oct 14, 1971: "The meal was cooked and served by a staff of 180 drawn from Maxim's of Paris, the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, and the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, working under the supervision of M. Vaudable, the owner of Maxim's. The menu has already become a legend and one of some importance because it could be damaging politically to the Shah. It consisted of quails eggs stuffed with golden imperial caviar (Champagne an Chateau de Saran); mouse of crayfish tails (Haut Brion Blanc, 1964); Roast saddle of lamb with truffles (Chateau Lafite Rothschild, 1945); sorbet of Moet et Chandon, 1922; fifty peacocks with tail feathers restored, encompassed by roasted quail and served with nut and truffle salad (Musigny Conte de Vogue, 1945), fresh figs with cream in raspberries and port wine (Dom Perrignon, 1959, reserve vintage), coffee and cognac Prince Eugene."

You can read about this celebration at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_Persian_Empire.

0.7 ltr 2.500,00 EUR

incl. VAT 19%, excl. shipping costs; Price per Liter: 3.571,43 EUR