100 BEST CHAMPAGNES 2020
100 Best Champagnes for 2020 - Dom Pérignon is a winner again!
After winning a number of pole positions in previous years, Dom Pérignon won the jackpot again- The 2020 winner is Dom Pérignon 2008
FINE Champagne magazine, the only international publication devoted to champagne and tastingbook.com, the world’s largest wine information source, announce their list of the ‘100 Best Champagnes for 2020’.
After days of blind-tasting hundreds of champagnes, the final results were tabulated. Any champagne making it into the Top 100 in the rigorous tasting by our editorial board and guest specialists can warmly be recommended. Still, there can only be one winner. This year our choice is Dom Pérignon 2008.
Having started life as Moët & Chandon’s prestige cuvée, today Dom Pérignon enjoys an independent position as an icon of champagne. The first vintage of Dom Pérignon, 19521, was launched in 1926.
"Dom Pérignon liberates the 2008 vintage, freeing it from an over-literal interpretation of the canons of champagne." RICHARD GEOFFROY, former Dom Pérignon Chef de Cave.
2008 was dominated by grey, overcast skies – an exception in a decade characterized by bold, generous sunshine. Just when the harvest was getting underway, the weather conditions were finally perfect: blue skies and prolonged north-northeasterly winds. The grapes were riper than anyone dared hope, and had truly outstanding balance. The vines were in perfect health.
To the bracing acidity, concision and aromatic purity expected of the 2008 vintage, Dom Pérignon adds depth, density and complexity.
TOP 100 BEST CHAMPAGNES 2020
1 |
Dom Pérignon 2008 |
2 |
Louis Roederer Cristal 2008 |
2 |
Dom Pérignon P2 2002 |
4 |
Ruinart Dom Ruinart 2007 |
5 |
Dom Pérignon Rosé 2006 |
5 |
Maison Mumm Cuvée R. Lalou 2006 |
7 |
Moët & Chandon MCIII 001.14 NV |
7 |
Rare Champagne 2006 |
9 |
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Rosé 2010 |
9 |
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2007 |
11 |
Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2004 |
12 |
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008 |
13 |
Rare Champagne Rosé 2008 |
14 |
Pommery Cuvée Louise 2004 |
15 |
Henriot Rosé NV |
16 |
De Castelnau Extra Brut NV |
17 |
Armand de Brignac Blanc de Blancs NV |
18 |
Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV |
19 |
Alfred Gratien Vintage 2006 |
20 |
Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV |
21 |
Krug Grande Cuvée 167ème Edition |
22 |
Charles Heidsieck Vintage 2008 |
23 |
Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2012 |
24 |
Palmer & Co Vintage 2012 |
25 |
Krug Vintage 2004 |
26 |
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé 2007 |
27 |
Charles Heidsieck Rosé Réserve NV |
28 |
Duval-Leroy Femme 1996 |
29 |
Deutz Amour de Deutz 2009 |
30 |
Maison Mumm RSRV Blanc de Blancs |
31 |
Pol Roger Cuvée Winston Churchill 2008 |
32 |
Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV |
33 |
Piper-Heidsieck Vintage 2012 |
34 |
Pol Roger Rosé 2009 |
35 |
Krug Rosé NV |
36 |
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut NV |
37 |
Henriot Rosé Millésime 2012 |
38 |
Palmer & Co Rosé Réserve NV |
39 |
Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé NV |
40 |
Pierre Gimonnet Grands Terroirs de Chardonnay 2012 |
41 |
Nicolas Maillart Rosé NV |
42 |
Boizel Joyau de France 2007 |
43 |
Pommery Brut Apanage NV |
44 |
Armand de Brignac Rosé NV |
45 |
Fluteau Cuvée Symbiose 2009 |
46 |
Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV |
47 |
Taittinger Brut Réserve NV |
48 |
Collet Brut Art Deco Premier Cru NV |
49 |
Palmer & Co Extra Réserve NV |
50 |
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 2012 |
51 |
Pierre Mignon Harmonie de Blancs Millésime 2009 |
52 |
Armand de Brignac Demi-Sec NV |
53 |
Jean Vesselle Oeil de Perdrix NV |
54 |
Palmer & Co Blanc de Blancs NV |
55 |
Taittinger Vintage 2013 |
56 |
Bollinger Rosé NV |
57 |
Charles Mignon Cuvée Comte de Marne Rosé NV |
58 |
Lallier Grand Rosé Brut NV |
59 |
Piper-Heidsieck Brut NV |
60 |
Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel Blanc de Blancs NV |
61 |
Palmer & Co Brut Réserve NV |
62 |
Pierre Mignon Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru NV |
63 |
Palmer & Co Amazone de Palmer NV |
64 |
Bouché Cuvée Saphir NV |
65 |
Henriot Brut Souverain |
66 |
Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel NV |
67 |
Jacques Selosse Substance NV |
68 |
Collard-Picard Essentiel 2010 |
69 |
A. Robert Brut NV |
70 |
Joseph Perrier 2008 |
71 |
Barons de Rothschild Brut NV |
72 |
Edouard Brun Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Aÿ NV |
73 |
Duval-Leroy Rosé Prestige Premier Cru NV |
74 |
Boizel Ultime Extra Brut NV |
75 |
Fluteau Cuvée Prestige Millésime 2011 |
76 |
Forget-Chemin Spécial Club Rosé 2014 |
77 |
Agrapart Minéral Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra-Brut 2012 |
78 |
Collard-Picard Cuvée Sélection Extra Brut NV |
79 |
Taittinger Rosé Prestige NV |
80 |
Piper-Heidsieck Sublime NV |
81 |
J. de Telmont Blanc de Noirs 2013 |
82 |
Chapuy Chardonnay Grand Cru Brut Nature NV |
83 |
Cattier Premier Cru Rosé Brut |
84 |
Collard-Picard Dom Picard Blanc de Blancs NV |
85 |
Roland Champion Spécial Club 2012 |
86 |
G.H. Mumm Millésime 2012 |
87 |
Maison Mumm RSRV Cuvée 4.5 NV |
88 |
Forget-Chemin Spécial Club 2014 |
89 |
Aspasie Rosé NV |
90 |
Lemaire Extra Brut NV |
91 |
Bruno Paillard Dosage Zéro NV |
92 |
Duval-Leroy Extra Brut Prestige NV |
93 |
Louise Brison Millesime 2014 |
94 |
A. Robert Cuvée Sablon Brut NV |
95 |
Lemaire Rosé Réserve NV |
96 |
Armand de Brignac Brut Gold NV |
97 |
Henriot Cuvée Hemera 2005 |
98 |
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs 2006 |
99 |
Barons de Rothschild Rosé NV |
100 |
Aspasie Carte Blanche NV |