Best champagne for Christmas revealed as three supermarkets beat Moet and Chandon

Tesco Finest Premier Cru Brut Champagne was crowned the wide winner, portion Aldi besides won praise from the sheet for its Veuve Monsigny Premier Cru Brut Champagne

Tesco, Aldi and Waitrose champagne person each beaten a luxury marque successful the latest Which? Christmas sensation test.

Tesco Finest Premier Cru Brut Champagne, which costs £25, was crowned the wide victor with a people of 82% and a Which? Best Buy accolade. This champagne impressed the judges with its "inviting nutty aroma and fresh, fruity flavours".

Aldi besides won praise from the sheet for its Veuve Monsigny Premier Cru Brut Champagne, which is somewhat cheaper astatine £22. The judges said this fizz had an "aroma of crunchy greenish apples with a proposition of pecans, spice and butterscotch". Aldi scored 80% and besides won a Best Buy endorsement.

Waitrose’s Brut NV Champagne was besides awarded a Best Buy endorsement and astatine £25, the bubbly received a people of 80% for its "pleasing peach, pear and pome flavours, and a superb seed and wintertime spice taste". All these supermarket champagnes bushed Moët & Chandon which is astir doubly the terms astatine £44 and scored 77% successful the Which? sensation test.

For a cheaper alternate to champagne, Which? besides tested sparkling wines. The cheapest of these, Lidl’s Prosecco Superiore Valdobbiadene, scored 80%. At £7.49 a bottle, this Great Value enactment was described arsenic "an fantabulous alternate to champagne, and cleanable for Christmas parties".

The user champion asked a sheet of 4 autarkic vino experts to blind-taste a enactment of non-vintage champagnes to uncover the champion bubbly. Natalie Hitchins, Which? Home Products and Services Editor, said: “Millions of radical similar to toast the festive play with immoderate fizz, and our sheet recovered affordable and delicious options that were dramatically cheaper than alternatives from the big-name champagne houses.

“Our sensation tests amusement that you don’t person to walk implicit the likelihood for a supermarket champagne oregon sparkling vino that delivers connected prime and worth for money, making it the cleanable Christmas tipple.”

It comes aft Which? besides revealed the champion and worst mince pies for Christmas. Waitrose No.1 Brown Butter Mince Pies with Cognac came retired connected apical for their "lovely pastry, an enticing aroma and generous nut, spice and citrus filling, with a subtle boozy warmth". These outgo £4 for six, oregon 67p per pie, and were awarded the Which? Best Buy recommendation.

Aldi Specially Selected Mince Pies besides impressed the judges with their "great buttery taste, snowflake plan and tasty filling packed with effect and spices". These were 1 of the cheapest connected test, astatine £2.29 for six oregon 38p per pie, and besides earned Which? Great Value endorsement.