How long will a bottle of champagne stay fresh?!
How long will a bottle of champagne stay fresh?
How long can I ceep it if it is unopened and kept at standard room temperature. I have it stored on its side, in a wine rack.
Answers:
Champagne doesn't have the shelf life as other wines...like bordeaux...it depends on the producer and the vintage.
And remember..the phrase...room temp...was really meant for room temp in ol england and france...and those rooms were cellars...keep the bottle vertical and keep as cool as possible...perfect is between 50 and 60F.
I have seen some vintages...like from Krug, stay for 10 to 15 years!
If it is of the mass sold type than I wouldn't keep it over a few years!
um, it's like wine isn't it? you can keep wine for decades, it'll just get better
As long as it is in my hands...bottoms up!
In ideal cellar conditions (around 50F), some fine Champagnes will keep for twenty or thirty years or more. However, it is not as long lived as Burgundy or Bordeaux.
If you do not have the luxury of a cellar, however, the best place to store it is somewhere in the dark that has a constant temperature, as cool as possible. Then your timescale for keeping is very limited. The Champenois say that you should not keep Champagne for longer that it was cellared originally, so that means from two years for a non-vintage, and from three years for a vintage. You may be lucky and not suffer from deterioration if you keep your Champagne outside a cellar for longer periods, but frankly, the better houses' Champagnes are well aged when you buy them, so why not drink up straight away?
These wines were made to drink within a few years of purchase.
It's best not to keep it more than 6 months as it will start to lose its sparkle...
if it is unopened ,you can keep it for a century and enjoy it. yes you have store it in a temperature of 50 to 65 degree chilled.The bottle should be keeped little tiled ,so that the cork does not dry .