Moet & Chandon Concorde first flight champagne
Mar 17, 2024, 1:09 pm
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Mar 17, 2024, 1:16 pm
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As for first reply, provenance /guarantee of storage conditions, is key, otherwise you are only buy the container basically
Unfortunately Champagne has most often been stored badly by individuals, stood up in a cabinet in a warm room
edit: there was an auction last September for a similar bottle plus another commemorative champagne bottle and the pair sold for Ł160 Auction result
personally I would think a value of Ł60-100 tops for your bottle (I have bought wine and champagne at auction for years, champagne single bottles from private sales have a drinkable % IME of 10-20% max so I bet accordingly)
Unfortunately Champagne has most often been stored badly by individuals, stood up in a cabinet in a warm room
edit: there was an auction last September for a similar bottle plus another commemorative champagne bottle and the pair sold for Ł160 Auction result
personally I would think a value of Ł60-100 tops for your bottle (I have bought wine and champagne at auction for years, champagne single bottles from private sales have a drinkable % IME of 10-20% max so I bet accordingly)
Last edited by marcopizzaiuolo; Mar 18, 2024 at 6:18 pm
Mar 18, 2024, 8:38 am
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Hello, drink it. Very few people know how delicious maderised champagne is. I for one would give any case of champagne (apart from really exceptional Krug) for a few bottles of maderised champagne. Bocuse was a great fan.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024, 2:23 pm
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Agree with others that the resale value is likely to be in nice meal out territory rather than substantial contribution to retirement fund territory.
So, drink it, flog it, or if you were feeling generous, donate it to one of the museums that house Concorde. Might be fitting to have a genuine bottle of bubbles sitting in the galley.
So, drink it, flog it, or if you were feeling generous, donate it to one of the museums that house Concorde. Might be fitting to have a genuine bottle of bubbles sitting in the galley.
Mar 18, 2024, 8:18 pm
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Mar 19, 2024, 1:37 am
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I had to look up “maderised”. I think I might have drunk a bottle of maderised fizz some years ago. It was an expensive cava bought in Spain and when opened was brown and sort of rounded in a sweet brown way, albeit still with bubbles. In my naivety I assumed it was the style of such cavas and drunk it, although vowed never to repeat the experience.
This was many years ago before cava gained the same prestige as its French cousin and was generally found only as a sweet wine and regarded as a woman’s drink!
I had a pie recently at Greggs in GLA; it was round with square edges and had a local name. (Heavy was not available at Greggs.)
This was many years ago before cava gained the same prestige as its French cousin and was generally found only as a sweet wine and regarded as a woman’s drink!
I had a pie recently at Greggs in GLA; it was round with square edges and had a local name. (Heavy was not available at Greggs.)