Billecart-Salmon Le Clos St Hilaire 2006: Prestige in a Flute

Aiko Tanaka — Best champagne I've ever had

9/10

The wine shop guy recommended this when I said I wanted something properly special for my wife's 50th. It's from a single vineyard apparently and you can really taste why it's different — there's a chalky mineral quality underneath all the richness that keeps you coming back for more. She loved it too so money well spent as far as I'm concerned.

Valentina Ricci — Incredible but hard to justify the price

7/10

Had a glass of this at a restaurant and it's genuinely beautiful champagne — lovely strawberry notes and a dry finish that goes on forever. But £450 a bottle? I've had champagnes at half that price that got me almost as excited. If someone else is buying though, say yes immediately.

Daniel Torres — Worth every penny for a special night

9/10

Bought this for our 20th anniversary and wow. The bubbles are impossibly fine and creamy, and there's this amazing brioche and hazelnut thing going on that just keeps going. At £450 it's obviously not an everyday bottle but for a once-in-a-lifetime occasion it absolutely delivered.