A buyer asks Park Lane a query #1 [about champagne aging] – Park Lane Champagne

Thanks for the question.

I feel the easy reply right here is that there isn’t a draw back from opening it.  In case you have been going to be additional cautious, then a reserve bottle of champagne in case of disaster could be a good suggestion!

There isn’t a definitive reply to the query as a result of there are such a lot of variables that impacts how champagne ages;  storage and temperature are essential.  Mild additionally performs a major position.  In easy phrases, cool and darkish and fixed temperature are ultimate;  heat and darkish and fixed are tolerable.  Mild is a giant no-no – and particularly in case your pink champagne is in a transparent glass bottle, versus a inexperienced one.

Non-vintage champagne is actually meant for ingesting when it’s shipped and ordinarily is in optimum situation for upto 18 months or so.  There are some individuals who like outdated(er) non-vintage champagne however that may usually be the place the post-disgorgement storage has been optimum.  As  non classic champagne ages, so the wine develops an growing (what I confer with as a) “cardboard” style.  In case your pink is in clear bottles, you would possibly discover that the color has moved from vibrant pink in direction of a duller auburn.  Both method, the mousse (bubbles) needs to be intact and it is best to contemplate together with your co-celebrators on NYE, that the champagne tasting is an experiment.

Good luck and I hope this helps.  Above all:  take pleasure in!

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Alastair