Disappointing

[hotwine]

After hosting the extended family for Christmas dinner, we celebrated the New Year as a couple, and limited our Champagne comsumption to two half-bottles of Veuve Clicquot NV Yellow Label. Had purchased these for the 2000 celebration a year ago, so they were left-overs. Big mistake! The one we had New Year's Eve was dead, with few bubbles and a taste resembling mediocre lemonade. The one we had last night was livelier, but still lacking in depth of flavor and with a very short finish. We've had these little halfies before, and they were better than this. Don't know if the poor cellar is to blame, or if they were in this state when purchased, but I won't buy any more in the forseeable future.
(Full bottles in the cellar are still holding well.)