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- Your Cognac Bottle? May 6, 2011 in Your Cognac Bottle? 2
A reader found a Martell Medaillon VSOP Cognac in the basement of a house in Athens during the renovation. Bottle is unopened. There is a Greek tax label at the cork.
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-the name off importer “Sellar A.E.”
- some numbers under the name of importer “13/1968 ( i guess is the
date of import, or date of production )
-the address and the phone number of the importer
Martell Medaillon VSOP Cognac
-and the serial number MB No 042511
Everything written in old Greek ( Katharevousa ) Unfortunately he front and the back label is missing.
There is gold medallion attached to the ribbon, “Martell V.S.O.P. Cognac ” is written on it.
If you have any comments, please go for it.
2 Responses
Well, if I were you, I would not open it. The liquid level seems too low witch means evaporation. Evaporation means, very often, oxydation and finally loss of quality plus, sometimes,corky taste,
You might be very disapointed with your tasting and as far as financial value is concerned, no collector will pay a cent for an open bottle.
This is a rather interesting bottle, the contents of which probably started life in the barrel between 1920-1930. Martel were making quite good cognac during this period and it is probably between 10-20 years old. It is not hugely valuable but would probably be worth around a hundred pounds. for further information please contact Brandyclassics.