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[Jay Z](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/) produces some pretty expensive champagne.

Armand de Brignac, the champagne brand owned by the [Grammy winner](https://time.com/4682700/jay-z-frank-ocean-radio-interview/), unveiled a new bottle this week, Blanc de Noirs Assemblage Two, [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-03/jay-z-s-new-champagne-costs-850-a-bottle-armand-de-brignac-a2) reports. It's also known more simply as A2. The champagne will hit the market with a price tag of $850, meaning Americans would have to work 33 hours to buy one bottle. That's based on the average hourly wage for Americans on private nonfarm payrolls, which was $26.09 an hour as of February, according to [the Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm).

Customers with the cash to spare will have to move quickly: A2 is on sale starting April 18 but only 2,333 bottles will be sold.

The company's CEO told Bloomberg that while [Jay Z](https://time.com/4698361/beyonce-jay-z-carter-restaurant/) didn't have much direct influence on the brand, "he always has a few bottles on hand for a celebration"

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