Does champagne have a shelf life?

Champagne is a type of alcohol that many people like to drink nowadays. The main reason is that champagne has a pure and fragrant taste, and it is not easy to cause drunkenness, so this is also the reason why many people like to drink champagne. Champagne has a shelf life. It is usually kept in an environment of about 15 degrees and should be avoided from direct sunlight and inversion. It can generally be stored for about 3 years, and champagne with higher purity can be stored for decades. You can learn about how to store champagne.

How to preserve unfinished champagne is the biggest headache for many champagne lovers. In fact, the best way is to store champagne in a professional wine cabinet. If you don’t have a wine cabinet at home, you can put it flat in the cellar, garage, under the bed, closet, etc., but pay attention to the following points:

1. Temperature: Generally, the storage temperature of champagne should be slightly lower than or equal to 15°C. For some special champagnes, such as Dom Perignon, the temperature needs to be controlled at 12°C. The most important point is that the storage temperature needs to be constant.

2. Brightness: To prevent ultraviolet rays from causing the wine to mature prematurely, champagne must be stored in a dark environment.

3. Humidity: The place where champagne is stored should not be too dry to prevent the evaporation of water in the bottle and affect the taste.

4. Invert, keep constant temperature, do not shake, and avoid light

The shelf life of champagne

The shelf life of wine is usually 2-5 years, and the really good ones can last 10-20 years. Champagne has a shorter shelf life, and even older champagnes with a longer shelf life have a slightly oxidized taste. Sweet wine has a longer shelf life, but only for 5-7 years at most after it is released to the market. Fortified wines, on the other hand, have a long shelf life and tend to become more mellow as time goes by, but they always have a hint of oxidation.

How long can you keep an opened bottle of champagne?

Lazy way: Put the handle of a spoon into the mouth of a champagne bottle and put the wine in the refrigerator to cool. This way you can store any unfinished champagne for 2-3 days. When you take the wine out of the refrigerator again after 2 days, you will be surprised to find that although the bottle mouth is open, the bubbles in the champagne are still rich!