Does champagne go off

Answer 1

Most wines, including champagne, do NOT improve with age. Wines are typically meant to be drank within a year of two of bottling. However, some Chamagnes will improve with age. Prestige cuvees having a long aging potential (as long as 30 years). If you want to save a wine for a long time before drinking, you must carefully select the champagne.

Answer 2

You bet your sweet keester it does. I'm about to pop a 1971 Dom Perignon and I'm reciting all my prayers from my painful memories of catholic school upbringing right now. Can I get a Hail Mary and 2 Our Fathers from the congregation please?
yes it can go bad

Answer 3

There is no expiration date for wines and champagnes.

Answer 4

Ordinary wine can turn into vinegar under the wrong conditions, although if you drink it it won't harm you. I see no reason why this wouldn't hold true for champagne or sparkling wine.

Answer 5

Sparkling wine doesn't improve with age but, if stored in a cool dark place, it will not go bad

Answer 6

In ideal cellar conditions (around 50F), some Champagnes will last for twenty or thirty years or more. It can certainly go bad though, especially after it has been opened.

Answer 7

Unopened champagne should not go bad and it should be refrigerated.

Answer 8

it will become "corked" but it takes years

Answer 9

Yes, Champagne can go off.