Not all champagnes sold in supermarkets are of good quality, but it is possible to find good and inexpensive champagne in supermarkets. The proof, with the best supermarket champagne to buy in 2024, a bottle of champagne at a low price that will not disappoint you according to UFC-Que Choisir.
The ultimate party alcohol, champagne is a wine more expensive to produce than white wine or red wine. This is explained in particular by the fact that it is made with Champagne grapes which are among the most expensive in the world, and that the alcohol obtained is subject to alcohol VAT at 20%. And that’s without taking into account the cost of marketing when it’s a champagne from major houses. This is why the consumer association UFC-Que Choisir took care to include in its blind champagne tasting test this year, commercial champagnes that can be purchased in grande surface to establish its new comparison of 2024 champagnes and elect the best bottle of champagne to buy in 2024. All this, without being influenced by the brand, the origin or even the price of the bottles, which can hide the worst champagne.
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After having had his selection of 36 different bottles of champagne tasted by a jury composed largely of wine and champagne professionals, which includes among its members oenologists, sommeliers and wine merchants who are experts in the art of distinguishing a good champagne from a less good bottle of bubbles, UFC-Que Choisir has revealed its best choices to help us do our shopping before Christmas. But among the best bottles of champagne to buy this year, there are ultimately few champagnes available in mass distribution. Fortunately, it is still possible to afford the Brut champagne from Piper-Heidsieck in supermarkets which appears in the ranking of best champagnes 2024.
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Cheap champagne: here is the best good and cheap champagne to buy in supermarkets in 2024, according to UFC-Que Choisir
The bottle of brut champagne from the Piper-Heidsieck champagne house is one of the few available in supermarkets to be considered one of the best to drink this year for the Christmas holidays. Please note, it is a brut champagne which comes from a blend. When poured into a champagne glass, it is a cuvée of this sparkling wine which displays a “lemon yellow color, quite bright” and which is distinguished on the nose by a “spring freshness of flowers and citrus fruits, before evoking very ripe red and white fruits”.
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When you drink it, its freshness “leaves a tangy, lemony and orangey finish”warns the UFC-What to choose following its tasting. Sold for around 33 euros per bottle, it's an affordable champagne that's easy to find in supermarkets and won't disappoint when it comes to toasting.
Best champagne 2024: here is the cheap and good champagne with the best value for money, according to the UFC-What to choose
If your quest for the best supermarket champagne is guided by the attractive price of the champagne wines that can be found there, know that the best champagne in the consumer association's comparison costs even less. Sold for 1 euro less, or around 32 euros per bottle, this is André Robert champagne cuvée Les Vignes de Montigny.
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This bottle of champagne obtains a score of 16/20 and stands out as the one with the best quality-price ratio this year, according to the consumer association.
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