We’ve always loved Crémant de Bourgogne as a Champagne alternative. Made from the same grape varieties as Champagne, produced in a region loaded with winemaking expertise, and priced for frequent drinking—what’s not to love?

As clean and sharp as rosé Champagnes that cost three times as much, sporting an incredible 95-point score from the Decanter World Wine Awards, we simply cannot point to another méthode champenoise sparkler that delivers this much quality for the price.

We at Wine Access HQ are not just the only ones raving about this bubbly. Our last offer generated dozens of four- and five-star member-reviews, resulting in a stunning 4.3 average—a number that tied some of our most popular Champagnes, like Brugnon and Laherte. When you take your first sip, you’ll know exactly where all the excitement is coming from.

Showing a ruby-straw hue and platinum reflections through its finely bubbled mousse, this sparkler is striking right out of the gate. Aromas of juicy white strawberry, red cranberry, citrus peel, and white flower burst from the glass. Crisp and clean on entry, there’s a raciness to the palate that‘s balanced by elegant floral, brioche, and hibiscus notes that leave little for Champagne die-hards to miss.

Perhaps that’s because Henri Champliau’s Crémant de Bourgogne is made exactly like Champagne—just in an area south of Champagne.

From a family-owned producer in Burgundy’s Côte Chalonnaise region, Henri Champliau is named for founder Alexandre Graffard’s grandfather. Graffard started his label in 2016 after discovering that the vineyards his grandfather had purchased around Mercurey produced grapes with acid levels closer to Champagne than to their still-wine cousins in Burgundy. Naturally, he decided to make traditional-method sparkling wine, and has been turning heads with his crémant ever since.

Graffard is obsessive about quality: Even though all the estate’s grapes are hand-harvested in order to ensure that the quality of his Brut always far exceeds its price, he still rejects almost two-thirds of them.

For his Crémant de Bourgogne, he oversees the meticulous vinification of multiple lots of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Gamay, all of which are gently pressed, fermented in bottle, and undergo 15 months of aging sur lie—painstaking processes that are identical to those undertaken in Champagne. Pinot Noir was his grandfather’s favorite grape, so there is always an especially high percentage (75%) of it in his Brut Rosé, paying homage to the original Henri Champliau.

With its dazzling purity and shocking affordability, this 95-point Crémant de Bourgogne Rosé is an absolute must for any Champagne lover.