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Top Rated Sparkling Wines & Champagne

See below for some of the best Sparklers and Champagnes that we have tasted, in order of their ratings. When we use the word Champagne, we only refer to sparkling wine from Champagne, France. This list also includes Sparkling Wines which can come from grapes from New Zealand, South Africa, or anywhere else around the world. Although Champagnes top the list, there are bubblies from other countries further down. See below for more specific lists, such as our Top 10 American Sparkling Wines and Top 10 Budget Champagnes.


Champagne Henriot
1976 Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
Reims, Champagne, France
18/20

$n/a

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Champagne Philipponnat
1998 Clos des Goisses Brut
Mareuil sur Ay, Champagne, France
17.5/20
$240

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Champagne Dom Pérignon
1996 Rosé
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20

$400

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Champagne Dom Pérignon
2000 Vintage Brut
Champagne, France
17/20

$120

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Champagne Henriot
1959 Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20

$n/a

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Champagne Henriot
1995 Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20
$130

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Champagne Krug
Grande Cuvée Brut
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20

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Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
Palmes d'Or Brut Vintage 1997
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20

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Champagne Perrier-Jouët
1999 Fleur de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

Côte de Blancs, Champagne, France
17/20

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Champagne Pommery
1998 Cuvée Louise Brut

Champagne, France
17/20

$185

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Champagne Taittinger
1996 Comtes de Champagne Rosé
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20

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Champagne Taittinger
1999 Comtes de Champagne Rosé
Reims, Champagne, France
17/20

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Champagne Charles Heidsieck
N.V. Rosé Réserve
Champagne, France
16.5/20

$75

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Champagne Delamotte
Rosé Brut
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne, France
16.5/20

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Champagne Deutz
1997 Brut Rosé
Reims, Champagne, France
16.5/20

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Champagne Henriot
1998 Henriot Brut Millésimé
Reims, Champagne, France
16.5/20

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Champagne Lanson
Noble Cuvée Brut Rosé
Champagne, France
16.5/20

$179

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Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
1999 Rare Millesime
Champagne, France
16.5/20

$250

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Champagne Pol Roger
1995 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
Champagne, France
16.5/20

$196

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Champagne Pol Roger
1999 Brut Blanc de Blancs
Champagne, France
16.5/20

$120

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Champagne Pol Roger
2000 Brut Rosé
Champagne, France
16.5/20

$114

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Champagne Pommery
N.V. Brut Rosé
R
eims, Champagne, France
16.5/20
$70

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Comte A. de Dampierre
1996 Family Reserve
Reims, Champagne, France
16.5/20

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Schramsberg
1998 J. Schram Rosé
California
16.5/20

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Champagne Deutz
1998 Vintage Brut
Champagne, France
16/20

$62

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Champagne Henriot
Rosé Brut
Reims, Champagne, France
16/20

$55

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Champagne Henriot
1990 Brut Millésimé
Reims, Champagne, France
16/20

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Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
1995 Vintage Cuvée Spéciale Millesime Brut
Epernay, Champagne, France
16/20

$57

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Champagne Veuve Clicquot
2002 Vintage Brut
Champagne, France
16/20

$75

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Champagne Bollinger
N.V. Brut Rosé
Champagne, France
15.5/20
$100

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Champagne Bruno Paillard
Première Cuvée Brut Rosé
Champagne, France
15.5/20
$90

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Champagne Charles Heidsieck
Brut Réserve
Reims, Champagne, France
15.5/20

$40

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Champagne Delamotte
Brut
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne, France
15.5/20

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Champagne G.H. Mumm
Brut Grand Cru
Reims, France
15.5/20

$55

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Champagne Gosset
Brut Excellence
Champagne, France
15.5/20

$44

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Champagne Laurent-Perrier
Brut Millésimé
Tours Sur Marne, France
15.5/20

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Champagne Pol Roger
Brut NV
Epernay, Champagne, France
15.5/20

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Champagne Ruinart
Brut Rosé
Champagne, France
15.5/20

$80

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Champagne Taittinger
2002 Brut Millésimé
Reims, France
15.5/20
$90

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Champagne Taittinger
Nocturne
Reims, Champagne, France
15.5/20

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Champagne Veuve Clicquot
Rosé
Champagne, France
15.5/20

$50

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Champagne Vranken
1999 Diamant Blanc Millésime
Champagne, France
15.5/20

$
140

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J Vineyards & Winery
1998 Vintage Brut Late Disgorged
Russian River Valley, CA
15.5/20

$115

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Ambeloui
Alex 2004
Coastal Region, South Africa
15/20

$23

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Champagne Besserat de Bellefon
Cuvée des Moines Blanc de Blancs
Champagne, France
15/20

$65

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Champagne Duval-Leroy
Brut
Vertus, Champagne, France
15/20

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Champagne Henri Giraud
Esprit de Giraud Rosé
Champagne, France
15/20

$60


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Champagne Henri Giraud
Code Noir
Champagne, France
15/20

$95

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Champagne Laurent-Perrier
Cuvée Rosé Brut
Tours Sur-Marne, France
15/20

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Champagne Taittinger
Prestige Rosé Brut
Reims, France
15/20

$60

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Champagne Taittinger
N.V. Prélude Grands Crus
Champagne, France
15/20

$90

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Champagne Taittinger
Taittinger Cuvée Prestige Rosé NV
Champagne, France
15/20

$50

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Champagne Vilmart & Cie
1998 Cuvée Création Brut
Champagne, France
15/20

$105

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J Wine Company
1987 Vintage Brut
Russian River Valley, CA
15/20

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Schramsberg
Blanc de Noirs
California
15/20

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Champagne Besserat de Bellefon
Cuvée des Moines Brut Rosé
Champagne, France
14.5/20

$50

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Champagne Charles de Cazanove
Le Rosé
Reims, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Duval-Leroy
Rosé de Saignée
Vertus, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Henriot
Brut Souverain
Champagne, France
14.5/20

$40

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Champagne Moët & Chandon
1996 Millésime Rosé

Epernay, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Moutardier
N.V. Carte d'Or Brut
Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Mumm
Grand Cru

Reims, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
Brut

Epernay, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
Brut Vintage 1998

Reims, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Pommery
Brut Apanage
Champagne, France
14.5/20

$50

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Champagne Pommery
POP

Reims, Champagne, France
14.5/20

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Champagne Taittinger
Brut La Française
Reims, France
14.5/20

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Mumm Napa
2000 DVX
Napa Valley, CA
14.5/20
$55

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Robert Hunter
1997 Brut de Noirs "Extended Tirage"

Sonoma County, CA
14.5/20

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Scharffenberger Cellars
N.V. Brut
Mendocino County, CA
14.5/20

$19

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Champagne Cattier
N.V. Brut Antique
Brut Champagne
Champagne, France
14/20

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Champagne Charles de Cazanove
Le Premier Cru
Reims, Champagne, France
14/20
$58

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Champagne Pierre Morlet
Rosé Grande Réserve
Avenay-Val-D'or, Champagne, France
14/20
$45

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Champagne de Venoge
Cordon Bleu Brut Sélect
Épernay, Champagne, France
14/20
$49

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Iron Horse
2005 Wedding Cuvée
Green Valley of Russian River Valley, CA
14/20
$38

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Kluge Estate Winery & Vineyard
Kluge SP 2002
Albermarle County, Virginia
14/20

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Champagne Mumm
Joyesse
Reims, France
13.5/20

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Iron Horse Vineyards
1995 Vrais Amis Sparkling Wine
Sonoma County, CA
13.5/20

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Mumm Napa
Brut Prestige
Napa Valley, CA
13.5/20

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Oriel
365
Valdobbiadene, Italy
13.5/20

$20

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Segura Viudas
Aria Sparkling Pinot Noir
Spain
13.5/20

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Villiera
Tradition Brut
South Africa
13.5/20

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Westport Rivers
2003 Brut Cuvee RJR
Massachusetts
13.5/20

$30

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Domaine Carneros
2002 Brut Cuvée Sparkling Wine
Napa Valley, CA
13/20

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Laetitia Vineyard and Winery
1997 Brut Rosé
Brut Rosé Sparkling Wine
Arroyo Grande Valley, CA
13/20

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Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
Cuvée Sublime
Reims, Champagne, France
13/20

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Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
Rosé Sauvage
Reims, Champagne, France
13/20

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Martini & Rossi
Prosecco
Veneto, Italy
12.5/20

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Mionetto
Il Prosecco
Italy
12.5/20

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(Updated: 02/05/10 ET)

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