Krug grande cuvee is created of joseph krug lining to make it best champagne each year, whatever climate variations. Ago 1843 have house of krug followed this vision. Krug select dè necessary wines first in spring after harvest past, the laws decide, what there bowl retained as reserves.
It 164. Edition of krug grande cuvee is based on 2008 past, the laws consists of 127 wines seedli eleven vintages, where it oldest is seedli 1990 past, the laws it youngest seedli 2008. Vintage year 2008 have produced wines with tight structure, clean fruit past, the laws strong acid, which gives one great storage potential. On because of this vintage strong personality is quantity of reservevine in 164. Edition higher than usually.
Krug id: each bottle have one krug id on back of label, as gives opportunity lining to discover history about just it bottle by one smartphone app or krugs homepage.
Technical information:
- Vineyards: mainly premier & grand cru - grape varieties: 48% pinot noir, 35% chardonnay, 17% meunier
- Baseårgang: 2008
- Reservevin: 38%
- Storage: 7 year on precipitate - released: january 2016
- Dosering: 6 g l - alcohol: 12%
- Beverage: now to 2030
Smagsnote: outstanding freshness with notes of toasted bread, hazelnut, nougat past, the laws geléfrugt. Rich past, the laws tart taste of lemon past, the laws grapefruit enhanced of fine past, the laws elegant bubbles. Taste have force of fruit, brioche, apples, vanilla past, the laws spices with one long aftertaste.
