100 BEST CHAMPAGNES 2023
The 100 Best Champagnes of 2024
Curated by Champagne Magazine & Tastingbook
For over a decade, the world’s only champagne-dedicated publication, FINE Champagne Magazine, has been the ultimate authority on ranking the 100 Best Champagnes of the Year. Now in its 14th edition, this prestigious list unveils the very finest champagnes available internationally, exclusively on Tastingbook.com.
Celebrating the Champagnes of Today
Unlike many rankings that focus on potential, the 100 Best Champagnes list highlights the wines at their best right now—champagnes that are ready to be uncorked and savored today. Each wine is scored based on its current accessibility and quality, encouraging champagne lovers to enjoy these treasures without hesitation while reserving those that will improve further with age.
Every champagne in the Top 100 is highly recommended for immediate enjoyment, though many promise to mature into even greater brilliance over time.
The Method Behind the Magic
This is no ordinary ranking. The 100 Best Champagnes list is not derived from a single tasting session but is the culmination of evaluations throughout the year. These insights culminated in the grand 2024 finals, held over seven meticulously blind-tasted sessions featuring 316 champagnes. From this selection, the 100 finest were chosen.
To provide a comprehensive view, the rankings also include Top 10 lists for specific champagne cuvée categories, offering something for every aficionado’s palate.
A Record-Breaking Year of Quality
The 2024 rankings boast an unprecedented average score of 91.8 points, the highest in the history of the 100 Best Champagnes. No wine below 90.5 points made the 100-list, showcasing the remarkable consistency and elevated quality of this year’s contenders.
Even more impressive, none of the wines were marred by faults such as cork taint or luminescence issues—a testament to the meticulous craftsmanship behind these champagnes.
The Winners’ Podium
The Top 3 Champagnes of 2024 are nothing short of extraordinary:
🥇 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé 2012 – Scoring an average of 98 points, this prestigious rosé champagne claimed the top spot with its flawless elegance.
🥈 Krug Vintage Champagne 2008 – A masterclass in complexity, narrowly taking second place.
🥉 Roederer Cristal Rosé 2014 – Already superb but with the potential to become a perfect 100-point champagne as it reaches its peak.
The Top 10 were dominated by prestige champagnes, setting the standard for excellence in 2024. Meanwhile, the title of Best Non-Vintage Champagne went to Moët & Chandon’s Collection Impérial No.1, a newcomer that dazzled the judges.
A Showcase of Exceptional Vintages
This year’s finalists represented a diverse range of vintages from 2006 to 2018, each with its own story to tell:
- 2014 stood out with approachable yet promising champagnes, ready to drink now but sure to deliver even greater pleasure in the coming years.
- 2012 continues to shine as a superstar vintage, epitomized by the extraordinary Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé 2012.
- 2013, led by icons like Dom Ruinart, is slowly unveiling its greatness but largely remains in its infancy.
- 2008 and 2006, two cherished vintages, still hold untapped potential, enticing collectors and enthusiasts alike.
Your Invitation to Discover the Best
Whether you're a seasoned collector, an aspiring connoisseur, or simply a lover of fine champagne, the 100 Best Champagnes of 2023 is your ultimate guide to the year’s most exquisite bottles. These rankings celebrate the craft, passion, and history behind the world’s most celebrated sparkling wines.
Raise a glass to champagne’s timeless allure and let the 100 Best Champagnes inspire your next toast!
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THE 100 BEST CHAMPAGNES 2023 by Champagne Magazine & Tastingbook
Since 2010 the editorial team of the world’s only champagne magazine – FINE Champagne – has organised The 100 Best Champagnes of the year ranking. This year the results of the thirteenth 100 Best Champagnes ranking are launched exclusively on Tastingbook.com.
The ranking is made for the champagnes that are available on international markets during this year. The most important criterion is the quality of the wine and its accessibility today. This is reflected also in the given points, which are given according to the current status of the champagnes, not their future potential. With this approach, we want to encourage people to open those champagnes that are most enjoyable today and keep the ones that benefit from the further ageing in their cellars.
All champagnes on the top 100 list are highly recommended to drink today although many of them have still a great potential for further ageing and will presumably receive higher scores when they reach their optimum in future.
Contrary to many other wine rankings, the list of 100 best champagnes is not based on a single tasting; instead we take into account all of the tastings where we have had chance to access these champagnes this year. However, the 100 Best Champagne 2023 finals were proceeded in five separate blind tasting sessions in the spring 2023. In these sessions, there were a shortlist of 221 champagnes from which the final ranking was formed. Apart from the 100 Best Champagnes list, we have complied the top 10 lists from the best champagnes in different champagne cuvée categories.
Results
The average score of 91 points was the highest ever in the history of the 100 Best Champagnes ranking top 100 list. No wines under 90 points made it to the top 100 list. Apart from the increasing quality, we were very pleased to encounter no tainted champagnes – nor from cork taint or lumination. The quality of the tasted champagnes were more solid and consistent than ever.
This year the podium was taken by the superb prestige champagnes – Dom Pérignon 2013 (98p) on top leaving Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2012 (97p) and Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2010 (96p) closely behind. The top 10 ranking was powered by the prestige champagnes with the exception of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection 2006. The best non-vintage champagne title went to Taittinger Folie de la Marquetterie (94p). Taittinger also gained credit in the tasting for its off-dry Nocturne Sec with the mastering the residual sugar balance and integration.
In terms of vintages, there were various vintages presented in the finals from 2002 to 2016. Overall, the vintage champagnes from 2013 convinced that the vintage yielded some really appealing ready to drink champagnes that will obviously deliver even more in next few years but are so delicious already now. The champagnes from the super vintage 2008, like Billecart-Salmon, are showing little by little their greatness but the most champagnes from this vintage are still nowhere near their peak yet. While 2008 is still leaving us with great promise, another cherished top vintage 2012 is starting to redeem it. Taittinger Comtes de Champagne is the best example of this. The third podium champagne, the super solid Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2010 is superb already, but has the biggest potential to stand out as the 100 point champagne in the future once it reaches its peak.
