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The best champagne for your festive celebration in 2025, expert-approved
But which one beat Moet?
Tested by Callum BlackFood and Drink Testing Manager
Ensure a glass of chilled champagne is always on standby during the busy festive season with our expert-approved guide to the best bubbles. Because you deserve it.
Don’t want to spend big? No problem. Our Good Housekeeping Institute panel have found the best supermarket champagnes, and they start from just £22.99 a bottle!
But who beat Moet to the crown this year?
Best champagne 2025
Best supermarket champagne & best vintage champagne
ASDA Extra Special Louis Bernard Champagne Vintage 2012 Brut
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How we test champagne
To find the best champagne, our panel of WSET-trained experts and consumers tried 35 bottles under £60, selecting the best buys from the leading supermarkets and brands. They were looking for a well-balanced, easy-drinking fizz, packed with smooth bubbles and a lasting finish.
So, if you’re looking to stock up, or treat that special someone, these are the very best champagne deals for 2025.
Score: 87/100
Celebrate with our top-rated champagne of the season, an elegant, aromatic fizz from Pommery. The memorable wine is perfectly balanced, with notes of citrus peel, apricot, and biscuit. With its smart box, it’s also perfect for gifting.
ASDA Extra Special Louis Bernard Champagne Vintage 2012 Brut
Score: 84/100
ASDA took the crown for the best supermarket champagne thanks to this vintage release. Aged for five years, it has a rich, fruity palate with creamy brioche and a hint of coconut. At this price, we’ll be very surprised if it doesn't sell out.
Score: 81/100
Another superb vintage champagne, this time from Marks & Spencer’s Delacourt range. Made with 100% chardonnay grapes, testers described it as “delicious” and “buttery” – likening it to freshly baked brioche – with a complex nutty, citrus profile.
Score: 79/100
A classic blend of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, our testers enjoyed the distinctive minerality in this crowd-pleasing fizz. Light, fresh and citrussy, there’s plenty of grapefruit and lemon in each sip, making it a top choice for seafood.
Score: 78/100
When you consider that Co-op's champagne is made by Piper Heidseick (which sells its own fizz for around £45), you’ll appreciate that this bottle more than justifies its price tag. With hints of petals, apple, toasted brioche and refreshing lemon drops, it's sure to get any evening off to a great start.
Score: 78/100
Moët & Chandon is a master at creating a consistently good cuvée. It’s not hugely complex but it’s a reliable sparkler, with juicy lemon, peach and a whiff of summer flowers.
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Score: 78/100
Lanson has been the official champagne of Wimbledon since 1977 and is all about bright, light, refreshing citrus with notes of freshly baked bread. It’s incredibly easy drinking, and an excellent accompaniment to party food.
Score: 77/100
An enjoyable combination of zippy lemon, green apple and honeysuckle, Morrisons’ light and refreshing fizz is an upbeat drop that avoids being too cloying. The long-lasting bubbles and super dry finish make this a good pairing for shellfish canapés.
Score: 77/100
Part of the Bollinger family (a house known for rich, oak‑aged wines), Ayala specialises in chardonnay‑led champagne, offering a dry, crisp alternative. Our testers loved its light, floral character and juicy lemon acidity. A refined bottle to return to throughout the party season.
Score: 77/100
Made with grapes taken from the prestigious “Premier Cru” region of Champagne, this fizz is a well‑judged balance of juicy apricot, apple and lemon, with a hint of buttered toast. Testers found it very enjoyable, with fine, persistent bubbles.
Score: 77/100
Taittinger’s traditional champagne is a wine with real elegance. You can expect notes of almonds, honeyed apricot, and lemon, with excellent minerality from the high chardonnay content and robust bubbles. Indulgent, yet easy drinking, it’s perfect for Christmas Day.
Score: 76/100
A glass of this vibrant fizz would go very nicely with a special occasion dinner, combining bright floral aromatics, creamy bubbles and velvety smooth finish. It’s an elegant little number, with an uplifting freshness in every sip.
Score: 76/100
Aldi consistently delivers excellent wine at incredible prices. This bottle performed well with our panel, and displays notes of lemon curd, decadent brioche and a touch of coconut. You may want to stock up, as we can see this disappearing all too quickly...
Score: 75/100
Our testers were drawn in by the fresh citrus and sweet honeysuckle on the nose, discovering a super crisp, dry palate. Notes of white grapefruit, pear and melon make this a refreshing choice for important toasts. Cheers!
Score: 75/100
It’s Edina and Patsy’s champers of choice, and our testers agreed this bottle of Bollinger was Absolutely Fabulous. Fruity and floral with super frothy fizz, it’s a decadent drop with lots of juicy stone fruit, vanilla and buttered toast.
Score: 75/100
Lidl’s house champagne can’t be beaten on price, making it perfect for parties. The approachable fizz displays vine fruit, lemon sherbet, apricot, and a nutty biscuit note, and proved popular with our testers.
Score: 74/100
Made by champagne house Maison Bonnet for Waitrose (which also happens to produce Fortnum & Mason’s champagne), this fantastic value fizz is deliciously aromatic. Testers enjoyed the combination of peach, blossom and lemon, and thought it would be the perfect match for smoked salmon blinis.
These also passed...
- Fleury Carte Champagne Blanc de Noirs, £46.50; Score: 72/100
- Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne, £48; Score: 72/100
- Drappier Carte d’Or Brut Champagne, £47.75; Score: 72/100
- Billecart Salmon Brut Reserve, £64.95; Score: 72/100
Champagne explained
The world of champagne can be confusing, with a minefield of descriptions and terminology — so here’s a quick summary.
Champagne — a French sparkling wine, from the Champagne region of France.
Non vintage (NV) vs vintage (V) champagne — Non vintage champagne is most common and means that the champagne consists of a blend of wines made from grapes harvested in various years. Best consumed within three to five years of bottling, the idea is to create a consistent “house style” that tastes the same, year on year.
Vintage champagne, however, is only made in years where the champagne house feels the wine will be unique and exceptional. These champagnes can be aged for 10+ years after bottling, with some of the finest examples ageing for decades.
Blanc de blancs vs blanc de noirs — Champagne can only be produced from three grape varieties: chardonnay (a white grape), pinot noir (a black grape) and pinot meunier (also a black grape).
Blanc de blancs means the champagne has been made purely from chardonnay, while blanc de noirs refers to styles created with either pinot noir or pinot meunier grapes (or both).
Generally, blanc de blancs champagne tends to be lighter, floral and citrus-filled in style, while blanc de noirs are richer and more full-bodied (you may find you pick up delicate red fruit characteristics).
Rosé champagne — Made using a blend of pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay, rosé champagne can range in colour from pale blush to salmon pink. You should expect fresh summer fruits such as strawberries, raspberries and cherries, effervescent bubbles and sometimes a touch of brioche.
Stacey looks after all food and drink reviews — from coffee pods and veg boxes, to natural wine and tequila. Stacey is also founder of Crummbs, where she’s written nearly 2,000 restaurant and hotel reviews since 2013. Prior to this, Stacey wrote hundreds of in-depth buying guides for the Independent, i newspaper and BBC Good Food, as well as reviewing restaurants and interviewing celebrities in her column at Balance Magazine. Stacey has also appeared in BAFTA-nominated BBC documentary Blood, Sweat & Takeaways, where she investigated South East Asia's food production industry, appearing on both Newsnight and BBC World Service to share her findings. Regularly checking out the latest restaurants, bars and product launches, Stacey also loves experimenting with recipes at home, and is a WSET-certified wine and spirits expert, with over 10 years of experience in the business. You can follow Stacey on Instagram @crummbs_uk
Callum is our Food and Drink Testing Manager and has been part of the world of professional catering for 10 years, from cheffing to food manufacturing. While working in manufacturing he specialised in bespoke product and menu development for several start-ups and well-known brands such as Wrap It Up! and HOP Vietnamese. He holds the WSET Level 2 in wine, a Level 3 in spirits and has a particular interest in agave spirits.
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