# Please recommend a really nice champagne **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167 "2024-05-05T20:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/1 "2024-05-05T20:53:08Z")
Please recommend a really nice champagne – or sparkling wine, since we don’t believe that the best necessarily comes from France. Mr. Middon and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary this summer, and want to mark the occasion with a special bottle of champagne. I’m looking for suggestions on what that might be. As a reference, we marked our 25th anniversary with a bottle of Dom Perignon. We enjoyed it a lot. For our 50th we’d like to go a step or two up. A few notes: 1. We like brut champagnes, so nothing sweet. 2. We don’t care for rosé wines. 3. We’re thinking we’d spend up to $400, but would probably go as high as $500 for something really special. So, what do you suggest? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/2 "2024-05-05T21:54:40Z")
Ruinart is my wife’s favorite champagne maker. We haven’t splashed out for the really expensive bottles, but we’ve bought in the €120-150 range, and it’s always terrific. Here’s one site with a sampling of their top offerings. > **[Buy Ruinart Champagne Online | Premier Champagne](https://www.premierchampagne.com/categories/champagne-houses/ruinart.html)** > > Buy Ruinart online at Premier Champagne. America's specialist champagne store. Number 1 for champagne and sparkling wine. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/3 "2024-05-05T22:50:54Z")
> [@anny\_m](#): > > So, what do you suggest? Lots of good choices in your price range. My favorite would this **# Pol Roger Winston Churchill Champagne, 2013** Not necessarily that vintage, but it comes in at $375 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/4 "2024-05-05T23:03:40Z")
[Here](https://www.klwines.com/Auction/Bidding/AuctionBidDetail.aspx?sku=1747204)’s an auction listing for a 1975 Piper Heidsieck “Cuvée Reservée Florens Louis” Brut Champagne, currently at $450. I tried to find one from 1974, but could not. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/5 "2024-05-06T14:02:53Z")
You should buy a really nice champagne! (You’re Welcome) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/6 "2024-05-11T07:36:04Z")
This one is $440 but has some of the best ratings I have seen. You can save a couple hundred for just slightly lower ratings. Might be worth roaming around that site to see what you can find. Note: I have not had this champagne and I cannot say for certain it is one the OP will like. Brut was mentioned but this is “extra” brut…whatever that means. - [Bollinger R.D. Extra Brut with Gift Box 2008](https://www.wine.com/product/bollinger-rd-extra-brut-with-gift-box-2008/1254280?ct=12565) ETA: This place has the same for $320. Shop around: [Bollinger Extra Brut Champagne R.D. 2008 - Woodland Hills Wine Company](https://whwc.com/bollinger-extra-brut-champagne-r-d-2008/) ETA2: This one for $290 has great ratings too (I have not had this one either). [Krug Grande Cuvee Brut (171st Edition)](https://www.wine.com/product/krug-grande-cuvee-brut-171st-edition/1300565) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/7 "2024-10-20T17:25:27Z")
It may be too late but this guy really likes Krug champagne. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ka1e5QO8tIU/maxresdefault.jpg "I GOT INTO the WORLD-FAMOUS Champagne House") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka1e5QO8tIU) ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/8 "2024-10-20T18:28:58Z")
I have always had good luck with Tattinger. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-really-nice-champagne/1001167/9 "2024-10-20T19:19:51Z")
I’ve been sober for a while, but I used to drink quite a bit of champagne - and my wife still does. In our opinion, once you get above a rather modest price point, the difference is all personal taste. I’d suggest you seek out a tasting, such as they periodically have at our local Binny’s, to see what you 2 like best. Otherwise, you might find your $400 bottle somewhat underwhelming.