The magazine 60 Millions de consommateurs unveils in its December issue the ranking of the best champagnes to consume (in moderation) for the holidays.
Champagne is the king of tables during the end of the year celebrations, vintage, classic brut, blanc de blancs, difficult to navigate as there is so much choice on the market.
Don’t panic: the media 60 Millions de consommateurs has unveiled its ranking of the best bottles available for purchase. To do this, he mainly focused on brut champagnes, “which represent 90% of sales in mass distribution“underlines Version Fémina. With the help of a jury of professionals, 60 Million consumers was able to draw up a list of the best choices.
The magazine then separated the brut champagnes into three different categories: the classics, regardless of year, the vintages, which bring together the grapes from the same harvest year and theblacks whites and blanc de blancs. “These are blends of grape varieties (for example pinot noir and pinot meunier)“, precise Version Femina.
And the best champagne is …
As for classic brut champagnes, the one with the best value for money can be found at Carrefour. This is the Charles de Courance which obtains a score of 15/20 and sells for 20 euros. Not far behind, with a score of 14.5 / 20, the second is called Paul Menand, Cœur de cuvée and is available at Lidl for 17 euros.
For the vintages, in first place we find the house De Castellane of the year 2012, which obtains the score of 15.5 / 20. The 2015 Nicolas Feuillatte champagnes slipped to second place on the podium with 14.5 / 20.
In the Blanc de Noirs champagnes family, Devaux wins the competition (13.5 / 20) and sells for 26 euros. For the blanc de blancs, Le Mesnil won the palm with a score of 13/20. The bottle sells for 25 euros.