Clicquot Service
Storing Tips

Opening

Temperature

Glass

Opening the Bottle

Champagne is a sparkling wine under pressure. Bottles should be handled with care.

Do not saber the bottles.

Here are the recommended steps:

Step 1: Ensure the bottle is at the ideal serving temperature.

Step 2: If the bottle is damp, wipe it with a cloth.

Step 3: On a stable surface, remove the part of the foil that covers the wire cage and the cork.

Step 4: Loosen the wire cage while holding the cap with your thumb.

Step 5: Tilt the bottle at a 45° angle, avoiding pointing it towards yourself or a guest. Step 6: While firmly holding the cork with one hand with your thumb on the cap, rotate the base of the bottle to gently extract the cork without letting it escape.

Temperature Service

· Non-Vintage: 8 to 10°C

· Vintage: 10 to 12°C

Do not place your bottle in the freezer to chill it down. Rather use a bucket with ice and water, plunge your bottle and wait for about 30 minutes.

Type of Glass

· Medium-sized

· Round shape & narrow at the top

· Air can come in contact to Champagne and gather the flavours to the top of the glass (like white wine glasses).

Specific precautions for bottles from the Jeroboam 3L format:

Ensure that these bottles have spent at least the last 24 hours before opening in an upright position.

Large bottles will be easier to handle when placed directly on a flat, stable surface.

While firmly holding the cork with one hand with your thumb on the cap, grasp the neck of the bottle with the other hand to perform a slow and controlled rotation of the bottle until you feel the cork detach from the inner side of the bottle neck.

While firmly holding the cork, control its exit in line with the bottle to prevent any sudden expulsion or breakage of the upper part of the cork.

Champagne
Storing

Cool and constant Temperature

50 TO 59°F 10 TO 15°C

AVOID RAPID CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE

High temperatures speed up the ageing process and damage the quality of the wine. Cold temperatures slow down the development of the wine and prevent it from taking on more complexity.

Darkness

DO NOT EXPOSE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES TO LIGHT

Light can damage the wine.

Champagne is a wine, which is particularly sensitive to strong light. It can be old and stale before time or unpleasant flavours can develop if kept for quite a period under natural sunshine or artificial light. Transparent glass bottles must be especially well protected

Humidity

ABOVE 70%

Preserves the qualities of the cork (flexibility, density). Very low humidity and high temperatures can dry out the cork and cause rapid transformation in the wine.

Pressurised bottle

AVOID SHOCKS

Handle with care.

There are 6 bars of pressure inside the bottle, i.e. three times the pressure in a car tyre.

Duration

CHAMPAGNE DEVELOPS IN ITS BOTTLE

Champagne evolves over time. In addition to storage conditions, which have a direct impact on the quality of the wine and how it develops, the blends (vintage) it contains, as well as the size of the bottle also determine how the champagne develops as time goes by. The cellaring time for vintage champagnes is longer. They may be opened between 7 and 10 years after purchase, or even later than that. All the bottles of champagne that we sell have been aged in our cellars and they can be opened as soon as they are purchased. Keeping bottles longer may bring about changes in taste (more pronounced), colour (darker) and effervescence (less).