champagne

EagerLearner

How have you managed to keep it for that long... we must be terrible! x

Red_Cat

Non vintage champagne is probably best enjoyed within a year or two of purchase, but it is possible to store the bottles at a uniform temperature and find that it still tastes excellent when opened.

I personally have drank 10 yr old bottles of NV Lanson Black label and they have been superb. These were stored in my father's cellar and the temperature in there is pretty uniform the year round.

nuttyrockeress

I was always under the impression that it was dependant on how it was stored

If it is kept vertical it wouldn't last as long as horizontal - something to do with making it corked? I could of course be totally wrong?

But like others, i'd be happy to come to yours and trial a glass or two - just to be sure of course!!

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jasmine33

Just to let you all know that the champagne was great. The cork shot out and the champagne tasted just fab. My daughters got it a couple of years back for their eighteenth birthday but don't like champagne and so I tucked it away for our Silver Wedding.

dandy-candy

I have been clearing out the junk in the garage and discovered 2 bottles of champagne we had forgotten about! They were presents when my DD was born - 12 years ago now :S
The have been stored standing upright and my bro reckons that makes the cork shrink and they will be bad. I could try some but I really don't want to get sick or a stonking headache - what do you think? Would it be ok stored this way?
(p.s. We aren't really drinkers which is why it was left forgotton for so long! shocking!)

marmiterulesok

I think that there's only one way to find out-drink it!You'll be able to tell by the taste.

meritaten

Ideally wine should be stored laying flat so that the cork remains wet. But, if the bottle was well filled and the cork very tightly sealed (as good champagne usually is) then it might be perfectly drinkable! As others have said, the only way to find out is to pop that cork and drink it!

lizzyb1812

Are the bottles still full? If the corks have shrunk wouldn't some of the liquid have evaporated. I'd try it - perhaps just a teaspoon though

lovebargainshatewaste

I'll test it for you if you like

Purplekylie22

as soon as you open it you will be able to tell, if you get a Pop as you should then the cork is intact and the wine has been sealed so its probably fine. If theres no pop, I wouldn't drink it.