Old champagne

[Nical]

When clearing out my late father-in-law's house, we came across a 1981 bottle (magnum) of Fortnum and Mason's champagne - I think he got it in a hamper many years ago. I assumed this would be undrinkable - but when I watched CSI Miami last night, part of the storyline involved people buying and drinking champagne from 1957! Does anyone know if our bottle is likely to be good,bad or indifferent?

[scotman]

depends on how it has been stored.

[johnk]

Should be OK but there's only one way to find out.

[Nical]

Thanks - didn't want to open the bottle on a special occasion and then discover it was rancid, didin't want to open it on an ordinary day and then discover it was really good.

[bushbaby_de]

get it valued and potentially make some money off it?