Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne

Kenji Watanabe — Converted me from prosecco

9/10

The guy in Majestic talked me into trying this instead of my usual prosecco and wow, there's a massive difference. It's so much more complex — like baked apple and toast and then this citrusy freshness underneath. I get why people spend proper money on champagne now. Dangerous knowledge to have honestly.

Sophie Brennan — Good not great

7/10

Saw this on a restaurant menu and treated myself. It's perfectly nice champagne — bubbly, biscuity, clean finish with a bit of almond. But at 12.5% and this price point I wanted something that really knocked my socks off and it was more just... solid? Nothing wrong with it at all, just didn't set my world on fire.

Marcus Chen — Reliable every single time

8/10

I keep coming back to Yellow Label because it never lets you down. There's a lovely toasted almond thing going on in the finish that I really enjoy, and it's got enough body that you can actually sip it slowly rather than just knocking it back. Good with nibbles before dinner too.