In Search For The Ideal Champagne: Start Tasting
All around the world people are drinking the luxurious alcoholic beverage of champagne. Choosing a favorite can be a difficult process, as there are so many fantastic options on the market today. This article will look at some of the best selling and popular champagnes, so take your pick!
True champagne originates from the Champagne region in the north-east of France. It has been around for several centuries, and they currently export over 200 million bottles of champagne around the world every year.
The first most popular champagne we shall look at is Perrier Jouet NV Grand Brut Champagne. This champagne is a fresh, lively and delicate champagne, with very subtle yet complex flavors. It is a popular all-purpose champagne, and is great at all occasions and served with any dishes, although is particularly great with seafood and fish dishes. It retails at around $36.99 so is a great choice for those on a budget.
Nicolas Feuillatte NV Bruter 1er Cru Champagne is another very popular champagne, and also offers great value for money at just $39.99 per bottle. The champagne consists of a mix of 20% chardonnay, 40% pinot noir, and 40% pinot meunier grapes. It is a light and delicate champagne and has floral and nutty flavors and aromas including apple, pear, almond, and hazelnuts.
For those with a little more cash to splash, one of the most popular champagnes is the Charles Heidsieck 1985 Brut Champagne. It has a very mellow and sumptuous flavor and is absolute heaven to drink. It is a warm and rich champagne with notes of coffee, hazelnut, citrus and brioche. The champagne has a lovely finish and a complex yet firm structure. It is pricey at $125 per bottle, but if you appreciate great champagne it is worth every cent.
Probably one of the most luxurious and most popular champagnes in the world, Louis Roederer NV Brut Premier is synonymous with wealth and sophistication. The Louis Roederer estate has been considered as one of the best champagne houses in the world since it was first created in 1776. The NV Brut Premier is their best selling champagne and is a mixture of many of their best vintage wines. It is also very well priced at just $39.99, so this high quality and most popular champagne is accessible by almost anybody.
Credited with being the champagne house that created the first ever modern day champagne, Veuve Clicquot is one of the top champagne houses in the world, and it certainly does not disappoint. In particular, the Veuve Clicquot NV Brut Yellow Label Champagne is one of the most popular champagnes sold in the world today. Although they have a range of much more exquisite champagnes, this one is the most popular champagne as it is well-priced but also of a very high quality and great taste. It has a very crisp and full flavor, and is a dry champagne that is a blend of two thirds pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes that give it it’s body and richness, and one third chardonnay grapes to give it it’s elegant touch. It retails at $44.99 so is a perfect mid-range champagne.
Arguably one of the best known champagne houses in the world, and statistically the largest and most successful, Moet et Chandon have a whole range of wines ranging drastically in price - right up into the thousands. The Moet et Chandon NV Rose Imperial is an increasingly popular choice, and is a very fun, fruity and lively pink champagne. It is created in the traditional brut fashion (the most popular form of champagne, which only has a little sugar). It is created from a mixture of the three wine varieties - chardonnay, pinot noir, and pinot meunier; although the emphasis is on the pinot noir which gives it it’s pink color. It is a lovely fruity champagne and the pink color of the wine and the label itself is very appealing - particularly to women! Moet et Chandon NV Rose Imperial retails at $54.99.
We could not end this article without looking at two of the most popular and well-known champagnes on the market today - Cristal and Dom Perignon.
Cristal is produced by Champagne Louis Roederer. It is one of the most expensive and sought after champagnes in the world, and is the most luxurious champagne from the Louis Roederer champagne house. It is created from 55% pinot noir and 45% chardonnay.
Dom Perignon is equally as exquisite and sought after. It is created by the most prestigious champagne house in the world - Moet et Chandon. It is the prestige champagne, and also the most expensive. There are various varieties of Dom Perignon, with the flavors varying slightly between vintages. Each year they only pick the best grapes to be used in their Dom Perignon champagnes, ensuring that you are only purchasing the best of the best. Prices start at around $150 per bottle.