Champagne Krug Grande Cuvee Brut Edition 170

Behind every precious drop of Krug lies the dream of a visionary. A man who, long before anyone else, understood that the essence of Champagne is pleasure. More than 170 years ago, Joseph Krug broke with existing conventions and followed his own vision. He wanted to make the most refined, consistent Champagne. Year after year, regardless of the climatic unpredictability. This daring experiment by Joseph proved to be a victory over himself and he succeeded in making Champagne like never before. Like never before. To this day, the House of Krug breathes its enduring philosophy: Creating only prestige Champagnes since 1843. It is the only house that has made only Ultra-Premium Champagnes every year since 1843. An ideal gift. Makes celebrations and special occasions even more special. It takes more than twenty years to make Krug Grand Cuvée, a blend of more than 120 wines from at least ten different years. The richest Champagne in the world with exceptional finesse.

Krug Grande Cuvée is dominated by Pinot Noir. That is why this champagne is so full, rich and vinous. The finish is wonderfully long, as you would expect from a champagne of this calibre. Not a typical party champagne, but a wonderfully complex champagne where you tend to close your eyes with every sip to just taste and unravel the formula. In the glass, the wine is light gold with fine, lively bubbles that herald pleasure. In the nose aromas of flowers in bloom, ripe and dried fruit, marzipan, gingerbread and citrus fruits. In the mouth, this wine is extremely complex with flavours of hazelnut, nougat, barley sugar, gelatinized fruit, citrus fruits, almonds, brioche and honey. This version is Edition 170.

FACT:
The Grande Cuvée has no fixed recipe and can be different every year. That also makes it no ordinary non-vintage champagne. In the pursuit of more transparency, Krug has had its own app developed and they provide more information than most other houses about their champagne. By scanning the Krug ID on the back of the Krug Grande Cuvée champagne with your smartphone (or manually entering it on the website of the house) you will find all kinds of facts about the champagne you have in your hands. For example, you will find the date of the disgorgement and how many wines the champagne is composed of.