Great Champagne Birthday Gift Ideas

Would you like a very special Champagne gift for Christmas (maybe a birthday or equal celebratory event) that will delight the receiver? Something that is unique, rare, hard to find and very special? Have you thought about vintage Champagne?

Most Champagne that is sold is of non vintage (NV) standard meaning that it is made up of many different blends of many different years, nothing exclusive though nonetheless, a bottle of NV Champagne will be a delight to receive for many.

Buy Rare Vintage Champagnes from your Birth Year / Wedding Year at Champagne Collectors

What is a rarer and more unique commodity in Champagne is vintages which means that the blend inside the bottle comes from just one single harvest of one single year and this only takes place a few times every decade. These vintage Champagnes will be usually more expensive, hold better flavour quality and importantly will also age far better. You will know if a bottle of Champagne is a vintage by looking at the label, if it carries a year then it is vintage, if it does not state a year then it is not.

Depending on which year you were born, you might find that a vintage Champagne was released. Also, depending on your age, the availability and price of this vintage Champagne will greatly vary. This year, 2023, saw the 1973 vintage becoming slightly more in demand as many people celebrated their important big ‘5’ ‘0’ birthday – a 1973 vintage Champagne in great condition will likely cost between £200 – £300 a bottle depending on producer name.

Were you born on a vintage Champagne year?

2012 – 2008 – 2004 -2002 – 2000 – 1999 – 1998 – 1997 – 1996 – 1995 – 1990 – 1989 – 1988 – 1985 – 1982 – 1979 – 1976 – 1973 – 1971 – 1964 – 1961 – 1959 – 1953 – 1949

The above list gives you an idea of the vintage years that were most likely released by most Champagne houses, there will always be years in between that were less popular though nonetheless some Champagne houses released a vintage regardless.

 

The best place to discover special vintage Champagne is through the Champagne Collectors website which stocks only hard to find vintages from pre 2004.

“We get many enquiries from people looking to buy a gift for someone and they are looking for a bottle of Champagne for their partner/friend/family/work colleague’s birthday or a special present for a special occasion. A gift of Champagne will delight many faces, but offering a rare bottle of Champagne made in that person’s birth year really shows you went further in choosing something very special! Each wine comes in a special wooden presentation box and all can be consumed and enjoyed.” Christopher Walkey – Founder ChampagneCollectors.com

As vintage Champagne becomes older then the very different aromas and flavours they will express. Younger (recent years) vintages will show characters like fruits / citrus / floral and the older the vintage gets the more influence replacing these characters will edge towards toast / honey / mushroom / tobacco etc.