Everyday luxury: The supermarket Champagnes worth pouring

Supermarket own-label wines feature frequently in Decanter’s recommendations and reviews, because they provide notable consistency and value for money.

Champagne is always sought after, whether it's to celebrate birthdays, festivities, engagements and weddings, a baby, success at work or a new house.

As a result, supermarkets have long invested in finding the best balance of value and quality, often working with established houses to develop own-label bottles that remain affordable.

While these supermarket own-label Champagnes don't touch the best Champagne, there are still some gems to be found on the shelves.

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Champagne styles: A quick refresher

There are a number of factors which influence the style of Champagne, including grapes, vintage, colour and sweetness.

The majority of supermarket own-label Champagne brands are available as an affordable non-vintage and a more premium vintage, which typically offers more character and quality.

Brut is by far the most common sweetness level, which permits up to 12g/l of residual sugar, allowing for round, full Champagnes which don't taste too sharp.

If you see ‘Blanc de Blancs’ on the label, you can expect offer the pure, citrussy character of Chardonnay on its own, whereas ‘Blanc de Noirs’ provides the richer, red-fruited character of Pinot Noir, sometimes blended with (and, rarely, replaced by) Pinot Meunier.

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