ins ), ▁to ▁rem edy ▁this ▁defect . ▁Thus ▁was ▁Crist al ▁born , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁notion ▁of ▁a ▁prem ium ▁cu v ée . ▁For ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁century , ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁pat ented ▁Crist al ▁bott le ▁has ▁remained ▁un changed . ▁After ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁mon archy ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Louis ▁Ro eder er ▁decided ▁to ▁continue ▁producing ▁Crist al ▁and ▁to ▁market ▁it ▁intern ation ally . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁a ▁great ▁success . ▁Today , ▁the ▁limited ▁production ▁of ▁Crist al ▁is ▁far ▁from ▁able ▁to ▁satisfy ▁the ▁increasing ▁world wide ▁demand . ▁ ▁Crist al ▁is ▁produced ▁uniqu ely ▁during ▁the ▁best ▁years , ▁when ▁the ▁Ch ard onn ay ▁( 4 0 %) ▁and ▁Pin ot ▁No ir ▁( 6 0 %) ▁g rap es ▁have ▁att ained ▁perfect ▁m atur ity . ▁Crist al ▁is ▁aged ▁for ▁ 6 ▁years ▁in ▁Louis ▁Ro eder er ’ s ▁cell ars ▁and ▁left ▁for ▁a ▁further ▁ 8 ▁months ▁after ▁dis g org ing ▁( d ég org ement ). ▁ ▁Crist al ▁Ros é ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁— al most ▁ 2 0 0 ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁Champ agne ▁House ▁of ▁Louis ▁Ro eder er ▁and ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Crist al — ▁Jean - Cla ude ▁Rou za ud ▁decided ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁Crist al ▁Ros é ▁C uv ée .