A bargain bottle of supermarket bubbly has been declared a corker, beating posh labels that cost twice the price. Judges gave Morrisons’ £18 Adrien Chopin Brut 82 out of 100 and awarded it the Which?
Best Buy award. The “top class festive fizz” beat big names including Moet & Chandon, which is £36 a bottle, Lanson at £33 and Veuve Clicquot at £35.
Waitrose’s £19.99 Brut Champagne came second in the blind taste test of 18 brands, with a score of 79. Experts said it has “ripe red apples and apple blossom character”.
Sharing third place were Moet & Chandon for £36 and Sainsbury’s Landric Champagne costing £25 with 78 each. The panel included TV wine guru Oz Clarke and writer Charles Metcalfe, a judge of the International Wine Challenge.
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