Really! Honestly! Go no farther than Marc Chauvet for your Champagne. If you don't want to spend £31.50, then try Blanquette de Limoux, but please don't resort to cheap Champagne! Brut Tradition is the house classic.

Based on fruit, freshness and constant taste. The blend is one third each Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. 70% of the blend is 2020 crop and 30% of previous years reserve wine. Dosage is 12gms. Disgorged after 3 years sur lattes. It’s aim is fruit and freshness, it reveals aromas of citrus, honey and butter brioche. Classic, round, balanced and harmonious wine with fruit and citrus notes.

Previous years' accolades;

Top 12 Fizzes for Christmas Daily Telegraph -"Warm in style, nicely biscuity, with personality but one that will please a variety of tastes. Very box office."

A previous cuvee was also in Oz Clarke's 250 Best Wines of 2011: "a fascinating wine," and recommended by Victoria Moore in The Daily Telegraph November 2010: "delicious."

Only the road to Reims separates the property from the Church of Rilly la Montagne dating from the 12th century where can be found a strange plate engraved in stone. The inscription in old French reveals that a winemaker of Rilly la Montagne is buried there since 1529...Name: Nicolas Chauvet! A Chauvet family ancestor, not far from his descendants...Five centuries later, Clotilde and Nicolas Chauvet perpetuate the family wine-growing tradition following their parents Claudette and Marc Chauvet, and their grand-parents Andrée and René Chauvet. Brother and sister working together, they have kept the Champagne Marc Chauvet brand created by their father. They farm 6 hectares of vineyards located in Rilly la Montagne within the department of the Marne and 7 hectares in Mont Saint Père in the Aisne. Mostly exposed south, the vines are planted in a very deep layer of chalk soil covered by a thin layer of arable soil. This chalk sub-soil ensures good drainage whilst maintaining sufficient hydration for the vines year-round. The chalk also has a great ability to stock solar heat which is then given back in a regular and constant fashion ensuring effective grape maturity. This is the magic ingredient of a septentrional vine growing region having an ideal composition for the 3 main grape varieties: Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay.

Really, just drink it whenever and with whatever you want!