Hi, I found a bottle of Dom Perignon Vintage 1973 in the home bar. Apparently, it was a gift from an uncle to my mom, and she didn’t even remember it existed. Is it still drinkable? Do you think it’s worth anything? I honestly have no idea. Thanks for your recommendations. Greetings from Mexico.
by Wide_Veterinarian_11
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How was it stored? Home bar, as in just a cabinet? If so, then wouldn’t say its worth anything. But you can try it. Might be surprised.
It’s worth exactly 0 pesos.
Put it in your fridge for an hour or two, get some fried chicken, and open it for dinner. If it tastes good then drink it! If it sucks then pour it down the drain.
I’d keep a few beers handy just in case. This bottle is probably long expired. It won’t hurt you though so best of luck!
Unless it was stored horizontally in a consistently cool environment this is likely toast. Cant hurt to pop it and find out! Some people argue that bubbles dont require horizontal storage due to being under pressure but i think thats just nonsense.
Any dried fruit nearby? In case it’s just blah dried apricots etc compensate.
I would recommend as said before fridge and open it.
No pinches mames
Ullage looks pretty reasonable for a wine of any kind that is that old. I can’t imagine many people would want to roll the dice on buying it, though. As the others have said—drink very soon, and have backup beverages on hand in case it’s toast. (Or in case you simply don’t like the taste and texture of old Champagne—it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.) Don’t be surprised if it’s nearly flat, by the way—it’s had a long time for the carbon dioxide in the bottle’s headspace to leach out via the cork.
I accidentally found some dom p I’d been gifted years ago, when we were moving house.
I had friends over, we opened it up and it tasted like shit. So we drank the other beverages I had on hand because I knew the champagne would be a crapshoot. It doesn’t keep easily or well
Hi
No, and no.
It’s gone
The cork is gonna be shrinky-dink. That is a bad fill for a bottle.
Don’t even know if it’ll even make an interesting vinegar.
Unfortunately, this is the fate of many old bottles of Dom. It’s very likely bad (but not dangerous).
It doesn’t look it was stored in a proper temperature horizontally. I can see the juice a bit lower than usual. I don’t think it’s worth anything.
I tried that in 1993 in a French restaurant gifted by the chef/ stunning wine.
Now it is worthless
I tasted a DP 73 a few months ago. Yes, worth drinking imo.
It had probably been correctly stored, the label was neat, the liquid level was higher than on your pic. Very little bubbles, more than I expected. Freshness was completely gone, not my best very old Champagne, but a pleasant experience anyway.
You might find a collector to purchase the bottle, but it’s likely not gonna taste great lol
Im my country cost this bottle dtill 380$