Shall i buy some cristal champagne

Yucca · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:27

Hi all,

Been offered some cristal champagne 2002 for £120 a bottle and its definatly the real stuff, comes in a box.

I dont know anything about champagne so i was hoping some champagne drinkers on the forums will tell me if its a good deal? :confused:

KaHn · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:28

No its horrible, too sweet.

Go for a nice Krug or if you want to pay a price good ol' Dom.

KaHn

jamief · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:30

If you had enough money, you wouldn't be asking.

Put the money to better use.

mangobreeder · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:31

jamief said:
If you had enough money, you wouldn't be asking.

Put the money to better use.

+ 1

Morba · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:31

jamief said:
If you had enough money, you wouldn't be asking.

Put the money to better use.

so if you had money you wouldnt care whether its a good deal or not?

Gilly · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:32

Cristal mings. Drank by people trying to show off their cash.

[DOD]Asprilla · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:33

You can get a Bollinger 99 Grande Annee for around £60, which i think is a better bottle.

Are you buying this for any special reason, or just because you can?

If you've got £120 quid to burn then why not get a full case of wine or a load of beers?

caff · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:37

Yep Vintage Bollinger is nicer.

scorza · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:38

Yucca said:
Been offered some cristal champagne 2002 for £120 a bottle and its definatly the real stuff, comes in a box.

What does fake Cristal come in? :confused:

Yucca · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:41

I dont want to buy it to drink as i dont drink champagne. I thought i might be able to sell it for a profit, or keep hold of it for a year or two and sell it.

Gota be worth £200?

[DOD]Asprilla · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:42

Yucca said:
I dont want to buy it to drink as i dont drink champagne. I thought i might be able to sell it for a profit, or keep hold of it for a year or two and sell it.

Gota be worth £200?

Who would you sell it to?

Anyone who is serious about drinking it would want to be sure that it's been stored correctly.

Beansprout · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:44

You won't really sell it for a profit unless you can keep it in ideal conditions and have proof, yada yada....wouldn't bother

Gilly · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:45

Yucca said:
I dont want to buy it to drink as i dont drink champagne. I thought i might be able to sell it for a profit, or keep hold of it for a year or two and sell it.

Gota be worth £200?

You're gonna spend £120 on a bottle of champagne to sell it in two years for £80 profit?

If you could do that with a thousand bottles it would be worthwhile. 1 bottle is a bit daft.

platypus · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:46

Perier Jouët is nice.

caff said:
Yep Vintage Bollinger is nicer.

Kinda depends on the year.

gareth.e · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:47

yah it's really not going to be worth it...

NickK · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:49

[DOD]Asprilla;12852472 said:
You can get a Bollinger 99 Grande Annee for around £60, which i think is a better bottle.

Are you buying this for any special reason, or just because you can?

If you've got £120 quid to burn then why not get a full case of wine or a load of beers?

There's also RD too if you prefer it extra dry. I've had the 1996 before and I have a bottle downstairs too.

I made a point of drinking a bottle of Cheval Blanc 2003 at the weekend. Very quashable!

Champagne is normally bottled to drink now after being disgorged..

[DOD]Asprilla · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:55

NickK said:
There's also RD too if you prefer it extra dry. I've had the 1996 before and I have a bottle downstairs too.

Lucky man, the 96 was lovely, but I've not had any for a while.

Currently have 16 bottles of bog standard bolly in the garage - 'left-overs' from a works party.

platypus · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:56

My girlfriends brother works for Perier Jouët. We get some nice cast-offs.

[DOD]Asprilla · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:58

platypus said:
My girlfriends brother works for Perier Jouët. We get some nice cast-offs.

Nice perks!

I've had a few via the wife, but she's managed to get a trade account opened for us with Bibendum - their sales are great.

shauncr91 · 7 Nov 2008 at 14:59

Not worth it for the sake of £80 if you ask me. Either buy it for a special occasion, or if your a Champagne conasieur. Otherwise just save the money because it's going to be more hassle trying to sell the bottle for £200 than it's worth for £80.