New Year’s Eve calls for a bottle that feels as special as the moment itself. Whether you are toasting at midnight with a few close friends or hosting a full-scale celebration, Champagne remains the gold standard for marking the start of a new year. In 2025, the options at the top end of the Champagne world are more exciting than ever: iconic maisons, limited collaborations, and finely aged prestige cuvées that turn a simple pop of the cork into a truly memorable experience.
This guide highlights some of the best Champagnes to open on New Year’s Eve 2025, organized to help you find the right bottle for your style of celebration. All of these selections are cellar-worthy, beautifully packaged, and perfectly suited for gifting or sharing. We will also explore five New Year’s Eve–ready Champagne cocktails and five food pairing ideas so you can build a complete menu around your chosen bottle.
Every bottle featured is available from Blackwell’s Wines & Spirits, making it easy to plan your New Year’s Eve purchases in one place.
How to Choose the Right Champagne for Your New Year’s Eve
When selecting Champagne for New Year’s Eve, consider three key questions:
- Who are you pouring for? Smaller, more wine-focused gatherings are ideal for complex, age-worthy cuvées. Larger parties may call for bottles that are generous and expressive right away.
- How are you serving it? Will you pour it simply chilled in flutes or white wine glasses, or incorporate Champagne into a feature cocktail for the evening?
- What is on the menu? Seafood, caviar, sushi, roast poultry, and cheeses all interact differently with the acidity, weight, and texture of Champagne.
The bottles below are all serious wines, but each brings a slightly different personality to the glass. From floral art collaborations to powerful Pinot Noir–driven blends, there is a Champagne here to match almost any New Year’s Eve mood.
Top Prestige Champagnes for New Year’s Eve 2025
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Vintage Brut Champagne
Perrier-Jouët Vintage Belle Epoque Brut Champagne is one of the most recognizable prestige cuvées in the world, thanks to its iconic anemone-adorned bottle and graceful, floral-driven style. In the glass, Belle Epoque typically shows lifted white flowers, citrus zest, stone fruit, and a refined chalky minerality that speaks to great terroir. The mousse is fine and persistent, creating a silky texture that feels effortlessly luxurious.
This is a superb New Year’s Eve choice when presentation matters as much as what is in the bottle. It is ideal for intimate dinners, romantic celebrations, or as the centerpiece of a curated Champagne flight. Belle Epoque is particularly well-suited to lighter dishes, such as crudo, sashimi, lobster, or delicate cheeses, where its finesse and aromatic complexity can really shine.
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Brut Champagne
For those who associate New Year’s Eve with bold branding and serious wine quality, Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Brut Champagne offers the best of both worlds. This is the house’s prestige cuvée, created as a tribute to Madame Clicquot, with a style that leans heavily on Pinot Noir for structure, depth, and longevity.
Expect ripe orchard fruit, citrus peel, brioche, and hints of toasted nuts, framed by a firm acid backbone and long, persistent finish. On New Year’s Eve, La Grande Dame functions beautifully as the “main event” bottle for a midnight toast or as the anchor of a multi-course dinner. It can handle richer dishes such as roasted poultry, truffle risotto, or creamy seafood pastas without losing its precision.
Dom Pérignon 2015 Murakami Limited Edition Brut Champagne
Dom Pérignon 2015 Murakami Limited Edition Brut Champagne brings together one of Champagne’s most iconic names with the vivid, playful aesthetic of artist Takashi Murakami. The 2015 vintage offers layered aromas of citrus, stone fruit, brioche, and subtle spice, built on a core of laser-like acidity and creamy texture.
This bottle is perfect for collectors and design-conscious hosts who want a Champagne that looks as striking on the table as it tastes in the glass. It is tailor-made for smaller, discerning groups who will appreciate its nuance and ageability. Dom Pérignon 2015 Murakami pairs well with refined dishes such as caviar, scallop carpaccio, butter-poached lobster, or fine sushi.
Taittinger Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne
Chardonnay lovers should look to Taittinger Blanc de Blancs Brut Comtes de Champagne, one of the benchmark blanc de blancs Champagnes on the market. Sourced from top Grand Cru vineyards, Comtes is all about finesse: notes of lemon curd, green apple, white flowers, chalk, and delicate pastry, all carried by ultra-fine bubbles.
This is a superb choice for an aperitif-driven New Year’s Eve, or any evening where the emphasis is on elegance. Comtes works beautifully with oysters, sashimi, simple grilled fish, and creamy goat cheeses. If your New Year’s celebration leans toward the refined and minimalist, this is an outstanding bottle to build the night around.
Bollinger PN TX20 Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
Bollinger PN TX20 Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne is crafted as a celebration of Bollinger’s mastery of Pinot Noir. This cuvée showcases a specific Pinot Noir terroir, offering a richer, more vinous profile than many classic blends: red and yellow fruits, toasted brioche, hazelnut, and a touch of spice.
On New Year’s Eve, PN TX20 is a fantastic option for red wine drinkers who want something with real substance in the glass but still crave the festive sparkle of Champagne. It pairs wonderfully with charcuterie, roast chicken, mushroom dishes, and aged cheeses. If your celebration includes a robust menu, PN TX20 will hold its own at every course.
Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut Champagne lives up to its name as a limited, meticulously blended prestige cuvée. The wine typically shows a generous, complex bouquet of tropical fruit, citrus, spices, and toasted notes, underpinned by a refined, mineral-driven structure that allows it to age gracefully.
Rare is an excellent choice for New Year’s Eve when you want something distinctive, age-worthy, and conversation-worthy. Serve it as the centerpiece bottle at a dinner party or alongside elevated canapés. It can handle everything from lobster rolls to truffled popcorn with style.
Pol Roger 2015 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill Brut Champagne
For a truly classic, old-world experience, consider Pol Roger 2015 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill Brut Champagne. Created in homage to one of the house’s most famous devotees, this cuvée is structured, powerful, and built for aging. Rich fruit, toasty autolytic notes, and a long, authoritative finish make it one of the grandest statements you can make in Champagne.
On New Year’s Eve, Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill is the bottle you open when you want to mark a milestone: a new chapter, a big life change, or a once-in-a-decade celebration. It pairs wonderfully with richer dishes such as roast capon, foie gras, game birds, and aged Comté.
Five Champagne Cocktails for New Year’s Eve
While these Champagnes are all beautiful on their own, some hosts like to feature at least one signature cocktail on New Year’s Eve. If you choose to mix with prestige cuvées, keep the recipes simple and ingredient quality high. For large parties, you may prefer to pour the top bottles straight and use more accessible Champagne or quality sparkling wine for cocktails—however, the recipes below can be adapted either way.
1. Classic Champagne Cocktail
Best with: Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque or Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame for a luxurious take.
- 1 sugar cube
- 2–3 dashes Angostura bitters
- 4–5 oz chilled Champagne
- Lemon twist, for garnish
Place the sugar cube in a flute, dash with bitters, then top slowly with chilled Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
2. French 75
Best with: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne for an ultra-refined version.
- 1 oz London Dry gin
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 3 oz Champagne
- Lemon peel, for garnish
Shake gin, lemon, and simple syrup with ice. Strain into a flute or coupe and top with Champagne. Garnish with lemon peel.
3. Midnight Kir Royale
Best with: Piper-Heidsieck Rare or Dom Pérignon 2015 for a rich, dark-fruited twist.
- 1/2 oz crème de cassis
- 4–5 oz chilled Champagne
- Fresh blackberry or raspberry, for garnish
Pour cassis into a flute and top with chilled Champagne. Garnish with a berry for a festive look.
4. Citrus Champagne Spritz
Best with: Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque for a bright, floral-driven spritz.
- 1 oz quality orange liqueur
- 2 oz fresh orange juice
- 3 oz Champagne
- Orange slice, for garnish
Build orange liqueur and juice over ice in a wine glass, top with Champagne, and garnish with an orange slice.
5. Champagne and Cognac Royale
Best with: Bollinger PN TX20 or Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill for a serious, spirit-forward option.
- 1/2 oz fine Cognac
- 1/4 oz simple syrup (optional, to taste)
- 4 oz Champagne
- Orange zest, for garnish
Pour Cognac (and simple syrup if desired) into a flute, then top with chilled Champagne. Express an orange zest over the top and drop it in.
Five New Year’s Eve Food Pairing Ideas
Thoughtful food pairings can elevate both the Champagne and the dish. Here are five ideas that work beautifully with the bottles featured above.
1. Oysters and Blanc de Blancs
Freshly shucked oysters with a squeeze of lemon are a natural match for Taittinger Comtes de Champagne. The bright acidity and chalky minerality cut through the salinity of the oysters and highlight Comtes’ crystalline texture.
2. Lobster Rolls and Piper-Heidsieck Rare
Buttery lobster rolls or butter-poached lobster are excellent with Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut. The Champagne’s richness and layered fruit work beautifully with sweet lobster meat and toasted brioche buns.
3. Caviar, Blinis, and Dom Pérignon
Classic caviar service on blinis with crème fraîche is a sublime pairing with Dom Pérignon 2015 Murakami Limited Edition. The salt and texture of the caviar accentuate the wine’s nuances and length.
4. Roast Chicken and Bollinger PN TX20
A simple roast chicken with herbs, garlic, and root vegetables is elevated by Bollinger PN TX20 Blanc de Noirs. The Pinot Noir structure and depth handle roasted flavors, while the bubbles keep the palate refreshed.
5. Aged Cheeses and Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill
A board of aged cheeses—such as Comté, aged Cheddar, and nutty Alpine styles—pairs beautifully with Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2015. The Champagne’s power, complexity, and length stand up to concentrated, savory flavors.
Planning Your New Year’s Eve 2025 Champagne Lineup
For many hosts, the perfect New Year’s Eve involves more than one bottle. Consider building a progression over the course of the evening:
- Early evening aperitif: Start with something bright and refined such as Taittinger Comtes de Champagne or Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque.
- With dinner: Pour a richer Champagne like Bollinger PN TX20 or Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut alongside roasted or creamy dishes.
- Midnight toast: Save an iconic bottle such as Dom Pérignon 2015 Murakami, Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame, or Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill for the countdown.
By planning your Champagne lineup in advance, you can match each bottle to the right moment and ensure that nothing feels rushed. New Year’s Eve is one of the best excuses all year to open bottles you have been saving or to try a prestige cuvée for the first time.
Toast to 2026 with Confidence
However you choose to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2025, the right Champagne can transform the night from special to unforgettable. Whether you are drawn to the floral elegance of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque, the power of Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill, or the artistic flair of Dom Pérignon Murakami, each bottle featured here has the pedigree, precision, and personality to welcome the new year in style.
Explore the full Champagne selection at Blackwell’s, plan your menu, and get your orders in early to ensure everything arrives in time. When midnight approaches and the glasses are filled, you will be ready to toast 2026 with confidence, elegance, and truly exceptional Champagne.
