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  1. Champagne Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée
    Superb richness, elegance and balance in the La Cuvée bottling from renowned Laurent Perrier
    CountryFrance
    White blend
    £36.99 per bottle
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  2. Champagne Louis Dumont
    Champagne with citrus, summer berries and toasted brioche notes, all carried on a creamy mousse
    CountryFrance
    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £18.99 per bottle
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  3. Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut (in gift box)
    Bollinger, “one of the ‘greats of Champagne” (Hugh Johnson), renowned for its rich, toasty style
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    White blend
    £41.99 per bottle
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  4. Champagne Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut NV (in gift box)
    Superb Pinot-based Champagne with 30% reserve wine from the historic house of Piper-Heidsieck
    CountryFrance
    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £28.99 per bottle
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  5. Champagne Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut
    The world's most recognisable Champagne, 94-pt Veuve is also among the best. Rich, toasty, generous
    CountryFrance
    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £42.00 per bottle
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  6. Champagne Pol Roger Brut Réserve (in gift box)
    Magnificent, 92-point Grande Marque Champagne – gorgeously concentrated fruit and fine bubbles
    CountryFrance
    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £39.99 per bottle
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  7. Champagne Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut (in gift box)
    Made from gently pressed, perfectly ripe Pinot grapes – a multi-award-winning zesty, pink Champagne
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    Pinot Noir
    £59.99 per bottle
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  8. Champagne Bollinger Rosé Brut (in gift box)
    Awarding this pink Champagne 93 points, Wine Advocate described Bolly Brut Rosé as “just fabulous”
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    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £50.00 per bottle
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  9. Champagne Château de Bligny Grande Réserve
    91-point Champagne from an historical jewel in the heart of Côte des Bar. Rich and elegant
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    Pinot Noir-based blend
    from £24.99 per bottle
    when you mix 12+
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  10. Champagne Charles de Cazanove Brut
    A fine celebration Champagne. Great fruit finesse, brioche notes and gentle bubbles
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    White blend
    from £19.99 per bottle
    when you mix 12+
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  11. Champagne Nicolo & Paradis Brut
    Exciting new addition to our Champagne range – toasty richness, fruit and fine bubbles in this NV
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    Pinot Noir-based blend
    from £22.99 per bottle
    when you mix 12+
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  12. Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Brut  (in gift box)
    Legendary Cristal Champagne, scoring 98 points, from the excellent 2015 vintage, in a gold gift box
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    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £270.00 per bottle
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  13. Champagne Charles de Cazanove Brut (half bottle)
    A fine celebration Champagne in half bottle. Great fruit finesse, brioche notes and gentle bubbles
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    White blend
    from £12.99 per bottle
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    Champagne Laurent-Perrier Héritage
    Perfectly balanced, special cuvée Champagne from historic Grande Marque Laurent-Perrier
    CountryFrance
    Chardonnay-based blend
    £60.00 per bottle
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  15. Champagne Dom Pérignon
    The world’s most iconic Champagne. This 95-point 2015 vintage is glorious now, will age brilliantly
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    Chardonnay-based blend
    £195.00 per bottle
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  16. Champagne Telmont Réserve Brut
    Beautifully balanced, ripe, citrusy and mineral-fresh Réserve Brut from an ambitious Champagne house
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    Pinot Meunier-based blend
    £39.99 per bottle
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  17. Champagne Château de Bligny Grand Rosé Brut
    Deep tangerine pink hue, stream of creamy bubbles and tangy orange and berry fruit – dream Champagne
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    Rosé blend
    £29.99 per bottle
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  18. Champagne Charles de Cazanove Rosé
    A delicious pink fizz from a 200-year-old family Champagne house. Candied fruit, citrus and richness
    CountryFrance
    Rosé blend
    from £23.99 per bottle
    when you mix 12+
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  19. Champagne Charles de Cazanove Festive Season
    A fine Blanc de Noirs from one of the oldest Champagne houses, in a festively decorated bottle
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    White blend
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  20. Champagne Piper-Heidsieck Vintage
    From top Champagne house Piper Heidsieck, this is a fine, 93-point Vintage fizz, worth savouring
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    Chardonnay-based blend
    £52.99 per bottle
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    Champagne Deutz Brut Classic (in gift box)
    Brut Classic from one of Champagne’s most prestigious houses – elegance, finesse with toasty length
    CountryFrance
    Pinot Noir-based blend
    £49.99 per bottle
  22. Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
    £155.00 per bottle
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    Champagne Deutz Cuvée William Deutz
    With 96 points, this flagship cuvée from top Champagne house Deutz is fresh, intense, complex, long
    CountryFrance
    Pinot Noir-based blend
    from £125.00 per bottle
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  24. Champagne Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Iteration No. 26
    100-point, 26th iteration of Grand Siècle, Laurent-Perrier’s vision of Champagne perfection
    CountryFrance
    Chardonnay-based blend
    from £170.00 per bottle
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Champagne FAQs

What is Champagne?

The name ‘Champagne’ is not just a generic term for sparkling wine. Instead, it refers to a sparkling wine made with a specific method, exclusively in the Champagne region of France under strict rules and regulations. The name “Champagne” is protected by the French Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) designation, which means that products are made according to traditional methods and within a specific geographical region. Sparkling wine made outside this region cannot legally be labelled champagne. This unique distinction is rooted in history, quality, and a fierce commitment to preserving a legacy.

Where is Champagne?

Located about 90 miles east of Paris, the Champagne wine region is renowned for its chalky soils and cool climate.

With cold winters, occasional spring frost and mild summers, the climate is perfect for the grapes that create Champagne’s signature blend. But that doesn't mean it's all the same... The layers of chalk and limestone, marl, clay, sand, silt, and flint in the soil give the different vineyards of Champagne unique personalities.

What grapes are used in Champagne?

Three principal grapes go into making Champagne:

  • Chardonnay: The only white grape among the trio, Chardonnay lends Champagne its finesse, elegance, and bright acidity.
  • Pinot Noir: This red grape offers body, structure, and depth, offering red fruit aromas.
  • Pinot Meunier: Often the unsung hero, this grape provides freshness, vibrancy, and floral notes. These grapes, either individually or when blended, influence the Champagne’s taste, texture, and aroma.

How is Champagne made?

Champagne isn’t just about location; it’s about method. Champagne is made using a unique process involving a secondary fermentation in the bottle.

To label their wine Champagne, winemakers must use the ‘traditional method’, or ‘méthode champenoise’.

It begins by harvesting the grapes, with most varieties using a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The harvesting typically happens slightly earlier in the season than for other types of wine, when the grapes have more acidity and less sugar.

As with other wines, Champagne begins with a primary fermentation process, producing a still wine. Winemakers then mix the different varieties to create their signature Champagne blend.

To create those iconic bubbles, sugar and yeast are added to the blend before it is bottled. This begins the secondary fermentation process, producing carbon dioxide. The bottles are then aged on their lees (a fancy word for the dead yeast cells), which adds to the sparkling wine’s flavour and complexity.

After the ageing process is completed, the dead yeast cells are removed through an impressive process known as riddling.

Finally, a mixture of wine and sugar is added to the Champagne to adjust the level of sweetness. This will create either a brut (dry), demi-sec (semi-sweet) or doux (sweetest) wine. This mixture differs per Champagne house and is a closely guarded secret. Once this is done, the bottle is then re-corked, sealed, and wrapped in its wire caging.

What styles of Champagne are there?

As with other wine varieties, there are different styles of Champagne. The most common are:

  •  Non-Vintage (NV): A blend of wines from multiple years, ensuring a consistent house style.
  • Blanc de Blancs: meaning ’white from whites’, is produced using only Chardonnay grapes. Known for its delicate and elegant profile, with citrus and white blossom flavours.
  • Blanc de Noirs: meaning ’white from blacks’, is produced using only the red grapes Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. With a fuller body and more complex structure than Blanc de Blancs, this style of Champagne overflows with rich flavours of strawberry and raspberry.
  • Rosé Champagne: crafted using either the saignée method (or ‘bleeding method’) or by adding a small amount of Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier to the blend. This sparkling wine has a crisp acidity and is bursting with red berry flavours.

Champagne also comes in various sweetness levels: Brut Nature (naturally extremely dry), Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Sec, Sec, Demi-Sec, and Doux (the sweetest).

What does Champagne taste like?

Each style of Champagne offers a unique flavour experience, with winemakers also putting their spin on this iconic sparkling wine.

The taste of Champagne is heavily influenced by Chardonnay, most commonly the primary grape used in the Champagne blend alongside Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. This means plenty of refreshing citrus and lightly spiced flavours.

Since Blanc de Blancs is made exclusively using Chardonnay grapes rather than a blend, this Champagne style is full of characteristic zingy citrus and green fruit flavours like apple and pear. Additional notes include sweet toast, vanilla, and almond.

Blanc de Noirs Champagne is characterised by richer, more complex flavours of sweet red fruits like strawberry and raspberry, apple, fig, sweet spices and brioche.

Rosé Champagne sits somewhere between Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noirs in flavour but is much sweeter, with plenty of rich red fruit flavours like strawberry, cherry and raspberry, but also a refreshing lift of citrus and hints of honey and melon.

What foods pair well with Champagne?

Champagne isn’t just an aperitif or celebratory drink. In fact we know restaurant sommeliers who suggest, “if in doubt pair it with champagne!”. Classic food pairings include:

  • Oysters: simply iconic – , the salinity of oysters and the crisp acidity of Champagne. Divine.
  • Caviar: another classic pairing, the umami of caviar beautifully complements the bubbles in the wine.
  • Soft cheeses: Brie and Camembert, with their creamy textures, are elevated by the acidity of Champagne.
  • Poultry and seafood: dishes such as prawn cocktails or duck salads find their match in the wine’s complexity.
  • Fried food: Champagne’s signature bubbles and high acidity make it an excellent friend to dishes with salty, fatty flavours – think fish and chips, mac ‘n’ cheese, and even buttery popcorn.

Discover more food and wine pairing tips. 

How to serve Champagne

Fine Champagne deserves the perfect pour. Always serve it chilled, ideally between 8°C to 10°C – a few hours in the fridge or an hour on ice should do the trick.

Despite the fashion for coupe glasses, we think the best glasses to serve Champagne and sparkling wines in are flutes – tall and slender, with narrow rims and long stems. The long stem helps keep the sparkling wine cool and away from your warm hands, and the narrow rim traps the bubbles and maximises that delightfully fizzy texture. It also helps push those deliciously delicate and light aromas and flavours upwards.

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