Was 1970 a good year in Champagne?
Champagne 1970 scores 87 out of 100. Sound quality across a huge crop, and most of the major houses chose to declare.
Abundant sunshine and rain produced the largest harvest on record at the time.
What drinkers rate it
88.0 out of 100 from 2 ratings, the most recent in 2024.
Should you buy the 1970?
The recorded drinking window closed in 2022. Bottles can still show well when they have been stored properly, but you are buying a mature wine and should treat provenance as the deciding factor rather than the price.
Whatever you pay, ask the seller when the bottle was last moved and how it has been kept. Storage history changes what a mature bottle is worth far more than a few pounds on the shelf price.