drinkability of aged champagne

[Kcwhippet]

Welcome to the WineBoard, GD. Well, first off, there's no vintage date because the White Star is made in a house style, which means they try to make it taste the same every year. In order to do that they use wines from several vintages to make the final blend, therefore no vintage date.

As to 1) and 2), chances are the wines just may be drinkable, but don't do that again. Drink those suckers within about two years from when they're made. Those "house style" bubblies are made to show their best about 6 months to a year after their made. After that theyy start to get "tired".

Incidentally, there's a number along the edge of the front label and that tells you the year the bubbly was bottled (among other things). For Moet & Chandon (White Star's maker) the number will start with NM which stands for Negociants Manipulants.