5 key points to remember when choosing the perfect champagne for Valentine's Day
Love is celebrated all year round, but February 14th is the perfect occasion to share a romantic moment over a bottle of champagne. It's also the perfect time to celebrate your own love or that of your loved ones.
To whet the appetite, choose a brut or Blanc de Blancs champagne. A vintage or Blanc de Noirs champagne can also be chosen to accompany a meal.
Desserts go perfectly with a sweet or demi-sec champagne. You can also choose a rosé champagne to accompany a red fruit dessert.
Each moment has its own format: half-bottle for a tête-à-tête, standard bottle for six flutes, Magnum or Jeroboam to impress and share with several people. Boxes with flutes or limited editions add a touch of prestige and refinement.
Some cuvées are ideal for Valentine's Day, whether limited collections, emblematic cuvées or gourmet champagnes. The choice of cuvée combines emotion, gastronomy and elegance to transform the evening into a memorable moment.
Which champagne to accompany your romantic evening?
Whether you'd like to enjoy your champagne as an aperitif or serve it to enhance your dessert, there's sure to be the perfect champagne to match your desires, depending on the food and wine pairings available.
Which champagne to serve as an aperitif?
To toast the aperitif, we recommend a light, fresh champagne to get the meal and evening off to a smooth start.
For example, you could choose :
a fine, balanced, classic Brut champagne ;
or a Blanc de Blancs champagne for greater refinement.
Looking for a touch of prestige? You can also opt for a Champagne Millésimé, Premier Cru or Grand Cru. Depending on their style, some are particularly elegant as aperitifs, while others, more vinous and structured, are more expressive at the table, like a Blanc de Noirs.
Which Champagne to enjoy with dessert?
Dessert is often the highlight of a romantic dinner. Champagne should therefore be more indulgent.
Sweet Champagne (over 50 grams of sugar per liter) is a safe bet for most desserts.
For a more balanced, slightly less sweet alternative, demi-sec champagne (between 32 and 50 grams of sugar per liter) offers a more subtle sweetness.
Valentine's Day is also the perfect time to succumb to a rosé champagne. Its delicate color, red fruit notes and natural elegance make it the ultimate romantic icon.
With a red fruit dessert, a Rosé or Blanc de Noirs Champagne will bring structure and intensity.
For desserts with yellow fruit or citrus, opt for a more rounded, fruity Meunier-dominant champagne.
Which bottle size to offer for Valentine's Day?
Beyond the type of champagne, the bottle format also plays a key role in the experience and emotion of the moment.
A champagne and flute box to mark the occasion
To make February 14th a memorable date, the champagne box with flutes is a gift both refined and symbolic. It combines the expertise of a great house with glasses designed to enhance the tasting experience.
Mumm, Laurent Perrier, Taittinger and Pol Roger: many of the world's leading champagne houses offer superb gift sets to celebrate special occasions. For an even more distinctive signature, the Champagne house of Perrier-Jouët sets itself apart with unique artistic creations, such as its Blanc de Blancs limited edition Marcin Rusak or its Belle Epoque 2015 limited edition boxed set Fernando Laposse.
Champagne buckets, bowls and champagne flutes: find out more about our complete range of accessories for serving champagne in style.
The half-bottle, for moderate consumption
For Valentine's Day, are you looking for an intimate moment for two, in moderation? The half-bottle format (37.5 cl) allows you to serve three to four flutes and enjoy a moment for two with a prestigious champagne.
Champagne Deutz, Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Duval-Leroy, Demoiselle... many of the great houses offer this format to enjoy their finest champagne cuvées in a different way. Find all our half-bottles on Envie de Champagne.
The standard bottle, the chic classic
To accompany your Valentine's Day evening, the 75 cl champagne bottle is the standard format, serving 6 to 8 flutes.
For an exclusive Valentine's Day experience, turn to our champagne boxesFor an exclusive Valentine's Day experience, turn to our champagne boxes, with beautiful cases or limited editions, such as Nicolas Feuillatte x Mika or Moët & Chandon x Pharrell Williams.
Magnum or Jeroboam, for a grander effect
Want to impress your other half or share the evening with friends and family?
The Magnum (1.5-liter) and Jeroboam (3-liter) formats offer a spectacular experience, both visually and in terms of taste, while guaranteeing excellent preservation of the champagne.
Valentine's Day for all lovers
Valentine's Day isn't just about the beginning of a relationship, or the first stirrings of emotion. Above all, it celebrates the bond, the complicity and the pleasure of being together.
Whether you've been married for a few months or several years, February 14th can be a special time for two, a chance to slow down and reconnect. An elegant dinner, a fine bottle of champagne, a moment away from everyday life: sometimes it doesn't take much to rekindle what's essential.
How to celebrate Valentine's Day alone?
Being single on February 14th is no reason to ignore this date if it's important to you. Valentine's Day can also be a celebration of love in the broadest sense of the word: love for friends, family... or for yourself.
A dinner with loved ones, a convivial evening or a moment to yourself, accompanied by carefully chosen champagne: Valentine's Day is above all an invitation to indulge yourself, without compromise. It's also a question of mindset: tell yourself that you're not celebrating Valentine's Day alone, you're celebrating the love you share or the love you have for each other, because you're first and foremost your "own" person.
Our top 5 gift bottles for Valentine's Day
Not sure which champagne to choose for Valentine's Day? Discover our selection of champagnes to make your evening unforgettable, whether as a gift or for yourself.
Nicolas Feuillatte x Mika silk-screen printed edition
The Nicolas Feuillatte x Mika boxed setThis limited-edition, silkscreen-printed gift set will appeal to champagne lovers, collectors and Mika fans alike. It features Nicolas Feuillatte's signature Brut Réserve Exclusive cuvée. Airy, fresh and dynamic, this champagne is a blend of 20% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir and 40% Meunier. Its delicate nose, marked by aromas of pear and apricot, makes it an ideal companion both as an aperitif and at the table, especially with fish dishes.
The Perrier Jouët Marcin Rusak limited edition box set
The House of Perrier Jouët awakens all our senses with this this Blanc de Blancs box with two superb flutes, imagined by Polish artist-designer Marcin Rusak. Made exclusively from Chardonnay and with a low dosage of 8 g/l, this champagne seduces with its freshness, liveliness and energy. The bouquet reveals elegant notes of elderberry, acacia and citrus, underlined by a beautiful minerality, the signature of a Blanc de Blancs of great finesse.
Canopée La Grande Année 2015 boxed set
A perfect blend of excellence and refinement, the La Grande Année 2015 Champagne Bollinger boxed set is one of our favorites. This prestige cuvée, composed of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, is vinified in small barrels to develop an aromatic palette of great complexity. This first-rate brut gastronomique champagne is an elegant accompaniment to the finest meals, and also reveals remarkable ageing potential. It comes in a sublime gift box.
Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé gift set
The Cuvée Rosé set from the Laurent-Perrier champagne house is a benchmark in rosé champagnes. Produced using the saignée technique, this 100% Pinot Noir champagne comes from a selection of a dozen crus, and is aged for at least five years. Gourmet and generous, it reveals intense aromas of fresh fruit and sublimates exotic cuisine as well as marinated raw fish and desserts.
Ruinart brut rosé champagne with second-skin case
The famous Ruinart brut rosé with second-skin case comes in a highly innovative 100% recyclable case. It reveals a complex and intense aromatic bouquet, made from a blend of 45% Chardonnay, the emblematic grape variety of the Ruinart House, and 55% Pinot Noir. The blend is completed by 20-25% reserve wines from the last two years, bringing depth, balance and consistency to this exceptional cuvée.
Whether celebrated with friends or family, Valentine's Day is above all an invitation to take time. Time to share, to savour and to create memories that count. Choosing the right champagne means extending this intention: a cuvée adapted to the moment, the menu and the emotion you wish to offer, all to be consumed in moderation, of course.
