Champagne Jean de Foigny Brut Premier Cru NV

This is an award-winning champagne to add to the season's stocks and also one that offers real value for money.

… brilliant, spiced yellow apple bubbly …

With crunchy, curranty, red berry fruit, plus a fine, firm, scented leather finish, Glorioso needs big food to shine.

Just the job. Not for keeping, but pretty and very good value for early drinking. 16/20

... punches well above its weight, true to its Premier Cru quality status. Clean cut, dry and aromatic with granny smith apples, citrus flavours, a medium-long finish, and with the elegance and finesse...

Bringing joy to January and beyond is this elegant, chardonnay-led champagne from the Rheims co-op, best bought in bulk as a superior party pop. This floral, citrus and green pear-stashed fizz gets my...

... a good example of the greater finesse Premier Cru vineyards can bring and how extra dryness can make versions like this perfect as aperitif champagnes. While the classification system governing...

Apple-sweet aroma. Lightly toasty. Fresh, frothy. A slight tannic grip on the finish. A good price but I would rather pay a bit more for something more exciting � the dosage shows a little on the finish...

Light, fresh and delicately honeyed. Great for seeing in the new year.

Deliciously priced at only £110 for a box of six, this bubbly is cause for celebration in itself. Bone dry, and with notes of green apple and lemon, this brut really shines when sipped alongside...

… lemony, a finemousse, toasty notes and slightly flinty.

… has everything youneed from a Champagne to share with friends - a bready, biscuit and floralfragance with apples, pear and spice. It is refreshingly crisp and dry with anorchard fruit and lemon...

This bubbly has plenty of flavour for financial fork-out ratio. There is plenty of upfront flavour: shortbread-biscuity, wholemeal-toasty, baked-lemony and dried strawberry slices. The palate texture ...