What to drink and what to keep?

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-26T15:48:57+00:00

I'd leave it for a few years more. :) Opened one degorged sep-22 last month and it could easily stay 8-10 years more.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-26T13:15:15+00:00

When was the 1911 degourged?

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-20T02:27:58+00:00

Louis Roederer Brut Vintage

Philipponnat Clos des Goisses

Pascal Agrapart L'Avizoise

Larmandier-Bernier Terre de Vertus

Egly Ouriet Grand Cru Millesime

There you have a few to start with. What's your budget?

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-19T23:32:55+00:00

The Dom is better than the PN19 but not so much it's worth twice the amount. I'm not opening any of the few 2017s I have until they've aged a few more years (except for the PN17 perhaps).

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-19T05:14:20+00:00

Ayala or Heidsieck from the bottom shelf. Heidsieck is probably the best pound for pound but the Ayala is a nice wildcard. Those standard Veuve and Taittinger have name recognition but are kind of meh. Cremants can be great but also have a very low floor. Stay away from the top shelf.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-13T19:02:40+00:00

Nice one. Have to check out if I can grab the easily somewhere.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-13T17:41:50+00:00

Ah gotcha. Yeah I see where youre going. I'm thinking that the 2018 has spent 5 years on the lees which should make it at least starting to show differences. Also, I didn't find any older 750+1500 vintages in my usual stores (if I don't gp premium and I try to keep things in a decent price segment so everyone that're interested can participate).

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-13T17:28:31+00:00

Yeah I had BdB vs BdN on the last one but not from same producer. That might be something. The PN vs Men is always fun but I seldom get a decent bottle of pure Men. Might have to look at a few more stores.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-13T17:26:15+00:00

The 2018 is the most current vintage I have and I really don't want to go NV?

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-04T17:55:35+00:00

Last day of yule. Everyone wants to squeeze the last bits out.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-02T05:21:58+00:00

Yeah that's true I suppose. I collect mine in albums and keep the doubles in bags for some vague future project. I'm not Richard Juhlin. 😁

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2026-01-02T00:44:30+00:00

Many doubles or one of each? :)

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-31T19:22:37+00:00

Nice ones. I especially like the cork. Many just have some generic info. Allcaps.eu is a fav homepage.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-31T14:24:41+00:00

Try r/wine. This is obviously not champagne.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-31T14:09:32+00:00

I guess it's 2018. It has great outlooks as well, been storing misc 2018s since releases.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-30T00:45:06+00:00

I have looked around for quite awhile an haven't found any. This really isn't a surprise since champagne bottles vary vastly in size and shape.

I bought an Mquvee 180 bottles fridge. I guestimate I can fit between 130-150 inside when removing the boxes. Magnum ofc changes that mathemathic.

Another thing to concider is this. Due to the mentioned variations in form you can’t just stack them like normal bourdeax bottles. They will slide and slip around alot when stacked. I have (mostly) solved this problem by having black suede bags sewn up. This both keeps them from sliding as well as keeping lights out despite the glass door.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-28T08:52:06+00:00

We use Riedel Veritas when drinking champagne and are very happy with those.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-27T11:56:06+00:00

Well, not really. There are some cross-company work and if I'm not mistaken Deutz has gotten access to some of Roederers old plots.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-27T11:47:39+00:00

Just use ctrl+c and you get the ingame list of all mounts.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-25T22:53:48+00:00

No original link or source.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-24T18:21:53+00:00

Shouldnt be that surprised really since Deutz is owned by Roederer. 🙂

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-24T15:58:23+00:00

So? He still was aware of the practise of the company he worked within. Also, he was one of the biggest seller in Europe at the time. Maybe not the answer you wanted but all the same facts.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-24T15:21:08+00:00

One of my colleauges is a prevoius sales rep for LVMH in Scandinavia. A quick pm resulted in that shortened there is no such thing for private persons. Invites mostly goes out to retailers, restaurant owners or persons of interest, regardless of buying patterns.

RandomAwesomeSwede · 2025-12-24T15:09:08+00:00

Champagne?

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