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The World’s Greatest Champagnes

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The following list features thirty-one Champagne producers whose vintage and prestige cuvées have been in top form lately. These Champagnes are among the world’s greatest and are definitely worth the search.

  • Krug: Clos du Mesnil, Vintage, NV Rosé, Grande Cuvée

  • Louis Roederer: All of its Champagnes, especially Cristal, Cristal Rosé

  • Philipponnat: Clos des Goisses

  • Moët & Chandon: Dom Pérignon

  • Salon: Blanc de Blancs

  • Bollinger: Grande Année, Blanc de Noirs Vieilles Vignes

  • Henriot: Cuveé des Enchanteleurs, Blanc de Blancs

  • Pol Roger: Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, Blanc de Blancs

  • Charles Heidsieck: Blanc des Millenaires, Vintage

  • Gosset: Célébris, Célébris Rosé, NV Grande Réserve

  • Jacquesson: All of its Champagnes

  • Taittinger: Comtes de Champagne, Comtes de Champagne Rosé

  • Ruinart: Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs

  • Billecart-Salmon: Vintage Blanc de Blancs, Clos St. Hilaire

  • Bruno Paillard: All of its Champagnes

  • Lanson: Noble Cuvée, Noble Cuvée Blanc de Blancs

  • Veuve Clicquot: Vintage, La Grande Dame

  • Deutz: All of its Champagnes

  • Perrier-Jouët: Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs; Rosé

  • Piper-Heidsieck: Champagne Rare

  • Georges Laval: Brut Nature; Brut Nature Rosé

  • Paul Bara: Vintage, Comtesse Marie de France

  • Laurent-Perrier: Grand Siècle

  • Pascal Doquet: Grand Cru Le Mesnil; Grand Cru Rosé

  • Drappier: Grand Sendrée; NV Brut Nature

  • Pommery: Cuvée Louise, Cuvée Louise Rosé

  • Ayala: La Perle d’Ayala Nature, Cuvée Rosé Nature

  • Alfred Gratien: Cuvée Paradis (NV)

  • LeClerc Briant: All of its Champagnes

  • Delamotte: Vintage Blanc de Blancs, NV Rosé

  • Cattier: Clos du Moulin (NV)

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Ed McCarthy is a wine writer, Certified Wine Educator, and wine consultant. McCarthy is considered a leading Champagne authority in the U.S. He is the Contributing Editor of Beverage Media.

Mary Ewing-Mulligan is the first woman in America to become a Master of Wine, and is currently one of 50 MWs in the U.S. and 380 in the world.

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