NV Krug Grande Cuvee (2 each 2004 2005 2006 release)

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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 95/100 · Drink 1988-2028, William Kelley, Wine Advocate, Apr 2020

Bearing the inaugural Grande Cuvée label, which was used from 1978 to 1982, this bottle of Krug's NV Brut Grande Cuvée (1978-1982) offers up a deep bouquet of honeycomb, spices, dried citrus peal, toasted bread, lemon oil and walnuts. Full-bodied, layered and textural, it's built around an incisive spine of acidity, with fine depth at the core and a long, mineral finish. This is a little firmer and more structural than the more pillowy, charming mid-1980s Grande Cuvée that I tasted alongside it.

Critic scores

Critic scores
94
94/100

Richard Juhlin

17
17/20

Jancis Robinson MW

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18 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 18/20 · Drink 2018-2032, Jancis Robinson MW, Dec 2019

ID 111004 bottled in the winter of 2010/11. Blend of 121 wines from 2004 back to 1990. Meaty nose with great drive and complexity. Bone-dry finish. (JR)

17.5 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 17.5/20 · Drink 2015-2025, Jancis Robinson MW, Jan 2015

This was disgorged before the new ID codes were introduced in 2012, and no lot number I can find on the bottle. Very nervy, complex and assertive on the nose with more obvious acidity than the Egly Ouriet Brut Tradition Grand Cru disgorged in May 2012 tasted alongside. Tight and yeasty – it almost suggests it should be decanted before being served! Very tense. (JR)

94 points
Josh Raynolds
Score 94/100 · Josh Raynolds, Jan 2015

(roughly 45% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Meunier; I.D. 421044; LLLMXE): Light gold. Nectarine, poached pear, toasted nuts, anise and buttered toast on the complex, mineral-tinged nose. Deeply concentrated but energetic and precise as well, offering sappy orchard and pit fruit flavors along with notes of brioche and marzipan. A bitter citrus pith note adds definition to the impressively long, smoky finish. Shows more power and heft than I've experienced from this bottling in recent years.

About the producer

Krug - producer
Krug

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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Product details

Country / Region
Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

12.5%

Product sub-type

Brut

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