A CLICHE, SURE, but it's true: one of life's greatest joys is sharing some of the finer things in life with friends and family. Heading downstairs to choose bottles that you lovingly purchased years before and aged to perfection for just this sort of opportunity is a rare pleasure – not least because you know the pleasure it's about to impart. But, that said, we're also all for letting someone else do the hard work. So we went in search of the trophy wines.
Champagne Piper-Heidsieck 1982 Hors-Série
After four decades
