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Tasting Notes

Tasting notes
FINE+RARE, Jan 2016

Lemony, warm golden straw colour. Flecks of lime green. Spirals of fine bubbles. Very pure and delicate on the nose, melted butter, brioche, slight toasty note but subtle. Caramelised baked apple. Pastry. Touch of smoke. Amazing intensity, rich, but pure, restrained, understated. Freshly roasted pinenuts, touch of salinity. Vibrant, nervy minerality. Classy, elegant, not overdone like the 03, everything in perfect harmony and working together. Beautifully weighted, mouth-coating, soft, delicate. Hint of vanilla caramel on the finish. This is a special wine in its infancy, loaded with potential. Has absolutely everything in abundance. Fascinating. Stunning Champagne. One of the most exciting releases of the decade. Drink: Now-2040+

Critic Scores

Critic scores
97
97/100

Average Score

98
98/100

Decanter

19
19/20

Jancis Robinson MW

More reviews and scores

97 points
The Wine Advocate
Score 97/100 · The Wine Advocate, Mar 2020

Krug's 2002 Brut has an intense citrus color and opens with a generous, intense yet fine and precise bouquet that indicates great depth and elegance. Red fruit flavors on the nose lead to a generously rich yet pure, highly refined and elegant palate, with lots of ripe cherry fruits and delicious yeasty flavors. This is a highly complex and tensioned but beautifully balanced 2002 with a charming dosage that gives perfect roundness. The finish, however, is clear, fresh and well-structured, if not taut, and very mineral.

98 points
Decanter
Score 98/100 · Decanter

The Krug 2002 vintage Champagne is a mix of bright Welsh gold and pale green lights and has a perfect flow of tiny bubbles. What aromatics – spring flowers from well-sited Pinot Meunier, and exoticism in the Chardonnay. The beating heart of the wine is powerful, poised and very complex Pinot Noir, still biding its time to majestically unfold. Magnificent. (Jan 2016) www.decanter.com Drink 2018-2050

19 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 19/20 · Jancis Robinson MW

A blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 39% Chardonnay, 21% Pinot Meunier from a warm, dry, generous, homogenous year, with 11 years' ageing on the lees. This was tasted immediately after Krug 2003 and was so much more discreet and savoury than the 2003 on the nose. It is chock-full of acidity and life, is really muscular and much more intellectual. For the moment the 2002 is less obviously fruity than the 2003 - clearly a champagne for long ageing - like many other 2002s - but much more backward than any I can think of immediately. There is nothing in excess; a great example of the Krug art of assemblage. Very solid and concentrated but not heavy at all. The finish is notably dry. This may be an intellectual wine but it's certainly not hard work! For Julie Cavil of the Krug blending team, this wine is 'a racehorse'. 'You were still riding regularly then', winemaker Eric Lebel reminds her with a smile. For them '2002 is about the generosity of Nature. We had to work hard to limit the yield a bit. There was lots of richness in the base wines; each sample had great generosity'. I look forward very much to following the development of this exceptional wine. (Jan 2016) www.jancisrobinson.com Drink 2016-2030

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Krug is a remarkable Champagne House which only makes prestige cuvées. The wines – with their distinctive rich, complex, oxidative style – are some of the region’s best.

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Wine

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Champagne and sparkling wine