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Cheers - I’m not an expert and have very honest about its not being stored in whatever the optimal condition would be - French 18th century wine cellar with a constant temperature, humidity and low light levels perhaps. Some say it will be fine to drink, some even that it may well be delicious and an equal number suggest a fair chance it won’t be particularly tasty. Re the label, again no expert but I have some 5-10yr bottles of wine in the shed with similarly tarnished and mouldy labels from which the wine is perfectly delicious. It’ll piqué someone’s interest no doubt, whether to drink, collect, display or use as paint stripper
Pasty_Spumante
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Would it be pleasurable to quaff? No, it will be flat and musty at best. Champagne should be drunk within a few years of bottling, it is not meant to be laid down. I have opened quite a few bottles that were around 20 years old and they were very unpleasant. A sniff was generally enough before pouring them down the sink. The condition of the bottle in the pictures does not bode well. I would expect the contents to be mouldy. Still, someone might want it for the year on the label. Good luck finding a buyer.