Is it safe to drink 5 year old COOK’s BRUT - California Champagne - Sparkling WINE?

[dakvince]

Hi
I have 5 year old unopened bottle of COOK’s BRUT - California Champagne - Sparkling WINE. Is it safe to drink 5 year old Champagne (Sparkling WINE). It is sitting in my refrigerator for long, but several time it gone through ice cold to room temperate transformation. Is it safe to drink it? OR is it aged and become more valuable and fine wine? I vaguely remember Champagne or Sparkling WINE should be consumed soon and not allow it to age. AM I right? I know many will say why drink it? I am looking for more scientific reasons and educational information.

Thanks

[paul67337]

it's probably OK. if it tastes funny, don't drink any more of it.

[geo_]

Sparkling wine does not age. When you get it, drink it immediately or hold onto it for ten years it will taste the same.

Also, it will not go bad, and definately not dangerous.

Wine is said to go bad, but really it depends on the taste of the individual. But with wine, the flavour can change drastically over the years.

[winefp2000]

Cooks California sparkling wine is a non-vintage, inexpensive wine, and many people enjoy it, especially at its price point. It should be safe to drink even if five or more years old, as long as the cork is wet when you open it. The refrigerator to room temp to fridge won't harm it, but if it sat in a hot attic or trunk of a car for any period of time, it could taste bad, like sparkling bad vinegar. You'll know as soon as you open it whether it's drinkable.

Regarding aging and more valuable. Sorry, not gonna happen. It was made to be drunk "young"

I've got a bottle of Mateus wine I bought when I got out of the Navy in 1972, and I expect it would be vinegar by now, and the cork dried out, but it's a keepsake memento more than anything else. I've also a signed Pat Paulson sauvignon blank that's not been cellared, and I doubt it would be drinkable, but again, it's a keepsake.