Sparkling wines for the festive season

Sparkling Christmas

25 Nov, 24

of Marcus Hofschuster in Tasting

Just in time for the end of the year, we present to you the best sparkling wines of the tasting season in various price ranges. Among them are some of the greatest champagnes, as well as top-quality German and Austrian sparkling wines, along with great tips for a small budget.

Sparkling wines for the festive season France

Bollinger — Champagne 2008 Champagne AOC Extra Brut "R.D." (Deg. 25.10.2023) Up to 400.00 €

Bollinger — Champagne 2013 Champagne AOC Brut "La Côte Aux Enfants" (Deg. 03/2022) Up to 1500.00 €

Krug — Champagne 1996 Champagne AOC Brut

Bollinger — Champagne 2014 Champagne AOC Brut "La Côte Aux Enfants" (Deg. 02/2024) Up to 1500.00 €

Tarlant — Champagne 2004 Champagne AOC Brut Nature Cuvée "Louis Tarlant" (Deg.: 01.02.2021) 125.00 €

Champagne Doyard — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs "Monts Ferrés" Up to 200.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Les Beurys Grand Cru Extra Brut (Deg.: 11/2023) Up to 150.00 €

Tarlant — Champagne 2010 Champagne AOC Brut Nature "BAM!" (Deg.: 10.02.2020) 147.50 €

Bollinger — Champagne 2015 Champagne AOC Brut "La Grande Année" (Deg. 05/2023) Up to 250.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "La Grande Ruelle" (Deg.: 02/2024) Up to 150.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Le Parc" (Deg.: 02/2024) Up to 150.00 €

Champagne Diebolt Vallois — Champagne 2010 Champagne AOC Cramant Brut "Fleur de Passion"

Eric Rodez — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Les Genettes" (Deg.: 09/2023) 125.00 €

Champagne Doyard — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs "Voie D'Oger" Up to 200.00 €

Egly-Ouriet — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut (Deg. 09/23) Up to 125.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Les Genettes" (Deg. 092023) 156.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Blanc de Noirs" (Deg.:07/2023) 76.50 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Les Crayéres" (Deg.: 02/2024) Up to 150.00 €

Champagne Deutz — Champagne 2012 Champagne AOC Ay "La Côte Glacière" Up to 150.00 €

Tarlant — Champagne 2006 Champagne AOC Brut Nature "le Vigne d'Or" (Deg.: 06.06.2022) 132.00 €

Bollinger — Champagne Champagne AOC Verzenay Brut "PN VZ19" (Deg. 01/2024) Up to 150.00 €

Bollinger — Champagne 2015 Champagne AOC Brut Rosé "La Grande Année" (Deg. 07/2023) Up to 300.00 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Blanc de Noirs" (Deg.:09/2023) 74.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Cramant" (Deg.: 19/02/2024)

Champagne Cédric Bouchard — Champagne 2012 Champagne AOC Brut "Roses de Jeanne - La Haute Lemblé" (Deg.: 4/2016)

Joseph Perrier — Champagne 2014 Champagne AOC Brut Nature La Côte à Bras - Parcelle AH83 (Deg 03/2023) 85.00 €

Champagne Suenen — Champagne Champagne AOC Oiry Grand Cru Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Up to 75.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Ambonnay Freedom"

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Blanc de Blancs" (Deg.: 01/2024) 74.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature "Chouilly" (Deg.: 19/02/2024)

J.L.Vergnon — Champagne 2011 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "MSNL" (Deg.: 29.09.2022) 75.00 €

Champagne Gosset — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Brut Grand Millésime (Deg.: 2023) 82.00 €

Champagne Serge Mathieu — Champagne 2012 Champagne AOC Chardonnay Brut "Select" Up to 65.00 €

Champagne Georges Remy — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs (Deg.:08/23)

Bollinger — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Rosé Up to 75.00 €

Champagne MARGUET Père & Fils — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Oger" (Deg.: 19/02/2024)

Champagner Lallier — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "Ouvrage" (Deg.:02-2023) Up to 125.00 €

Champagne Guiborat — Champagne 2019 Champagne AOC Mardeuil Dosage zero "Prohibition" (Deg.:09/2023) 52.00 €

Champagne Marie-Courtin — Champagne 2017 Champagne AOC Pinot Noir Extra Brut "Efflorescence" 66.00 €

Marie Copinet — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut Nature "Argilla Villonissa" 69.90 €

Eric Rodez — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Dosage zero 79.00 €

Philipponnat — Champagne 2016 Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut "1522" (Deg.: 10/2022)

Champagne Doyard — Champagne Champagne AOC Grand Cru Dosage zero Blanc de Blancs "Révolution" 75.00 €

Champagne Jean Josselin & Fils — Champagne 2020 Champagne AOC Extra Brut "Contexture" (Deg.: 07/2023) 47.50 €

Bollinger — Champagne Champagne AOC Brut "Special Cuvée" Up to 60.00 €

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne Champagne AOC Extra Brut Cuvée "Prestige" 54.80 €

Champagne Laurent Lequart — Champagne 2018 Champagne AOC Extra Brut (Deg.:10/2023) 69.80 €

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Sparkling wines for the festive season Germany

Battenfeld-Spanier — Rheinhessen 2010 VDP.Sekt.Prestige Extra Brut Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs (Deg.: 05/2024) 94 WP excellent 75.00 €

Gut Hermannsberg — Nahe 2017 Schlossböckelheim Kupfergrube Riesling VDP.Sekt.Prestige Extra Brut (Deg.: 04/2024)

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2019 Auerbach Fürstenlager Pinot Blanc 80.00 €

Battenfeld-Spanier — Rheinhessen 2015 VDP.Sekt.Prestige Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs (Deg.: 05/2024) 92 WP excellent 45.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2017 Hattenheim Hassel Riesling VDP.Sekt.Prestige Brut Nature VDP.Grosse Lage 92 WP excellent 70.00 €

Weingut Rings — 2019 Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs "Calcaire" (Deg. 06/23) 91 WP excellent Up to 35.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2019 Auerbach Höllberg Pinot Noir 80.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2019 Auerbach Höllberg Pinot Blanc 80.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2017 VDP.Sekt.Prestige Brut Nature "ultra" 91 WP excellent 39.00 €

Weingut Giegerich — 2020 Extra Brut "Grande Cuvée No. 1" (Deg.: 12/2023) 90 WP excellent

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2018 Auerbach Fürstenlager Pinot Noir 80.00 €

Weingut Deutzerhof — Ahr 2020 Heimersheim Chardonnay VDP.Sekt Dosage zero 90 WP excellent 24.00 €

Sektmanufaktur Schloss VAUX AG — 2018 Brut "l`artiste" (Deg.: 09.07.2024) 90 WP excellent 35.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — 2019 Hattenheim Schützenhaus Riesling VDP.Sekt.Prestige Brut Nature VDP.Erste Lage 90 WP excellent 42.00 €

Weingut May — Franconia/Franken 2018 Retzstadt Langenberg Silvaner Brut Nature (Deg. Oktober 2023) 90 WP excellent 33.00 €

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl GmbH — Brut Blanc de Blancs "Prestige" 34.00 €

Weingut Graf von Schönborn — Franconia/Franken 2018 Brut Nature "Pinot Cuvée" 17.50 €

Weingut Schloss Vollrads — 2018 Schloss Vollrads Schlossberg VDP.Sekt Brut Nature 89 WP very good 48.00 €

Karthäuserhof — Mosel VDP.Sekt Brut 89 WP very good 34.00 €

Frank John-Das Hirschhorner Weinkontor — 2019 Riesling Brut "36" (Deg.:09/23) 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Kranz — VDP.Sekt.Prestige Brut Nature "Blanc de Noirs" 89 WP very good 24.50 €

Weingut Fritz Haag - Dusemonder Hof — Mosel 2018 Riesling Brut "FRITZ HAAG" 89 WP very good 22.50 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2019 Dosage zero "Grande Cuvée" (Deg.: 06/25) 39.00 €

Battenfeld-Spanier — Rheinhessen 2017 VDP.Sekt.Prestige Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs (Deg.: 05/2024) 89 WP very good 28.50 €

Sektmanufaktur Schloss VAUX AG — 2019 Brut "l`artiste" Rosé (Deg.: 08.07.2024) 89 WP very good 35.00 €

Weingut Rainer Schnaitmann — 2021 VDP.Sekt Brut Nature "evoé!" rosé 89 WP very good 22.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2020 Pinot Blanc Brut Nature "Prestige" (Deg.: 06/2025) 29.00 €

Weingut Fritz Allendorf — 2018 Winkel Hasensprung Riesling VDP.Sekt Brut Nature 89 WP very good 37.50 €

Weingut Hemmes — Rheinhessen 2018 Brut Nature Cuvée "Chamund" 89 WP very good 22.00 €

Wein- und Sektgut Barth — Riesling VDP.Sekt Extra Brut 89 WP very good 18.00 €

lichti & astroh GbR — 2020 Brut Nature Rosé 89 WP very good 20.00 €

Weingut Greiner — Baden 2020 Zero Dosage 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Oliver Zeter — 2019 Chenin Blanc Brut Blanc de Blancs (Deg.:06/2023) 89 WP very good 27.00 €

Griesel & Compagnie — Hessische Bergstrasse 2021 Brut Blanc de Noirs (Deg.: 03/24) 19.00 €

Weingut Hubertus M. Apel — Mosel Elbling Brut Nature Reserve (Deg.: 03/24) 89 WP very good 26.50 €

Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn — 2019 Brut Nature "Blanc de Blancs" 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Franz Keller — Baden 2018 Brut "Pinot Rosé" (Deg. 05/2022) 89 WP very good

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Sparkling wines for the festive season Austria

Weingut Ebner-Ebenauer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Zero Dosage Cuvée "Courage" (Deg.: 21.08.2023) 82.00 €

Weingut Bründlmayer Langenlois — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Sekt g.U. Reserve Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs (Deg.06.02.2024) 90 WP excellent 39.00 €

Schlossweingut Graf Hardegg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Sekt g.U. Grosse Reserve Brut 89 WP very good 22.30 €

Weingut Soellner — 2023 Extra Brut "pétillant de la vigne" 88 WP very good

Weingut Fred Loimer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich Sekt g.U. Reserve Extra Brut (Deg.: März 2024) 24.00 €

Schlossweingut Graf Hardegg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Sekt g.U. Grosse Reserve Brut rosé 88 WP very good 22.30 €

Hammer Wein Rust - Mag. Markus Hammer — Burgenland 2021 "ZERO" 88 WP very good 18.00 €

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Sparkling wines for the festive season Italy

Giannitessari Soc. Agricola — Veneto 2017 Lessini Durello DOC Riserva Extra Brut "60" 91 WP excellent Up to 30.00 €

Ca' del Bosco — Lombardy 2019 Franciacorta DOCG Extra Brut "Vintage Collection" (Deg.: Estate 2021) 91 WP excellent

Ca' del Bosco — Lombardy 2019 Franciacorta DOCG Brut "Vintage Collection - Satèn" (Deg.: Autunno 2023) 91 WP excellent

Kellerei Sankt Pauls — 2018 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Pas Dosé "Praeclarus" (Deg.:05/24) 89 WP very good 29.00 €

Ca' del Bosco — Lombardy Franciacorta DOCG Extra Brut Cuvée "Prestige Edizione 46" (Deg.:Autunno 2023) 89 WP very good

Terre di Cerealto — Veneto V.S.Q. Extra Brut "Laisé"

Giannitessari Soc. Agricola — Veneto Monti Lessini Durello DOC Brut 88 WP very good

Col Sandago — Veneto 2021 Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene DOCG Superiore Brut Nature "Antico" 88 WP very good Up to 16.00 €

Col Sandago — Veneto 2022 Brut "Wildbacher" Rosé 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

Col Sandago — Veneto 2022 Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene DOCG Superiore Extra Brut "Costa dei Falchi" 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

Col Sandago — Veneto Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene DOCG Superiore Brut "Vigna del Cuc" 88 WP very good Up to 16.00 €

St. Quirinus — 2019 Brut Rosé "Q" 27.90 €

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Sparkling wines for the festive season Other Countries

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex 2014 Brut "Tillington Single Vineyard" Up to 150.00 €

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex 2013 Brut "1086 by Nyetimber" Up to 200.00 €

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex 2013 Brut "1086 Rosé by Nyetimber" Up to 250.00 €

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex 2016 Brut Blanc de Blancs Up to 75.00 €

Recaredo — 2018 Brut Nature "Serral del Vell®" (Deg.:16.05.24) 43.00 €

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex Brut Rosé Up to 60.00 €

Recaredo — 2019 Brut Nature "Terrers®" (Deg.:08.01.24) 27.50 €

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex demi sec Cuvée "Chérie" Up to 50.00 €

Nyetimber Vineyard — West Sussex Brut Classic Cuvée Up to 50.00 €

Hummel Pincészet - Weingut Hummel — Südliches Transdanubien 2020 Villány-Siklós Brut Nature Rosé "Pryxx" (Deg.: 04-09-2023) 88 WP very good 23.90 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva Brut Nature "Lìa by Nivarius" 88 WP very good 35.00 €

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Sparkling wines for the festive season Perl Wines

Pojer & Sandri — Trentino 2022 "Zero Infinito Cremisi" Rosato 88 WP very good 21.20 €

Pojer & Sandri — Trentino 2022 "Zero Infinito" 88 WP very good 21.20 €

Casa Benna — Romagna 2022 Gutturnio DOC "Il garrito" 87 WP very good Up to 9.00 €

VALDONICA — Tuscany 2021 Toscana IGT Rosato "Coco" 86 WP very good Up to 25.00 €

Weingut Staffelter Hof — Mosel 2022 "Party Panda" 86 WP very good 19.00 €

Casa Benna — Romagna 2022 Colli Piacentini DOC Bonarda "orma di Irma" 86 WP very good Up to 9.50 €

Azienda Agricola Gaggioli Maria Letizia — Romagna 2022 Colli Bolognesi DOC Barbera Frizzante 86 WP very good 8.50 €

Winzerhof Strebel — Franconia/Franken 2023 Secco Rosé "Strebizz" 85 WP very good 7.50 €

Weinbau Weber — Burgenland 2022 Mittelburgenland trocken Rosé Frizzante 85 WP very good 8.50 €

Weingut Egon Schäffer GbR — Franconia/Franken trocken "eine flasche schäffer blubber" 85 WP very good 8.50 €

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