Champagne Krug Grande Cuvee Brut Edition 172

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 172ème Édition was created around the 2016 harvest, a year with such contrasting weather conditions that it became a caricature of the climatic pendulum. An extremely wet spring, with 70% more rainfall than normal between April and June, made work in the vineyards difficult and increased disease pressure. Mild weather followed from flowering, allowing the vineyards to recover, with a heat wave at the end of ripening. The marathon harvest took place from 9 September to 2 October and produced classic grapes in good health and wines with great expression and character, regardless of grape variety or origin.

To create this Edition of Krug Grande Cuvée, the cellar master wanted to accentuate the elegantly diverse aromatic expressions of the year with reserve wines from different plots from 10 other years, giving it a unique fullness of flavors and aromas that is impossible to express with the wines of a single year. The careful attention to the vines and Krug's unique respect for the individual character of each plot and its wine made possible the depth of expression of this Edition of Krug Grande Cuvée.

In total, 42% of the final blend was made up of reserve wines from the House’s extensive library, bringing the breadth and roundness so essential to every Édition of Krug Grande Cuvée. The final composition of this 72-Édition of Krug Grande Cuvée is 44% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay and 20% Meunier.

The Krug Grande Cuvee Brut Edition 172 has a light golden color and fine, lively bubbles,Aromas of blossoming flowers, ripe, dried and citrus fruits, as well as marzipan and gingerbread. Flavors of hazelnut, nougat, candy sugar, jelly and citrus fruits, almonds, brioche and honey.

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.

FACT: In the tab 'Attachments' you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to collect the wine you will often also receive a nice discount. You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Collection' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.