Best champagne under $50

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Scott Kieser made this useful thread on this topic in December:

TN: a bunch of Total Wine winery direct Champagnes

I recently moved to an apartment building with a Total Wine at retail, and being the lazy and impulsive person that I am, I have given them a fair amount of business. Here are some perfunctory tasting notes on mostly unknown (at least to me) winery direct bottles. De Margerie Grand Cru NV: Very attractively styled with lots of rich, almost candied Pinot Noir fruit, and almost no acidity to speak of. I am going to give it the benefit of the doubt and say the half bottle I bought had been si…