Krug
Brut Champagne Blend
Champagne, France
This is really something. Gorgeous lemon and minerality. Lovely soft fruit. Resolved but with beautifully balanced acidity. This is in a great place right now with signs of secondary notes but dazzling refined tension. Exceptional
This is really something. Gorgeous lemon and minerality. Lovely soft fruit. Resolved but with beautifully balanced acidity. This is in a great place right now with signs of secondary notes but dazzling refined tension. Exceptional
Feb 27th, 2024Delicious. Some secondary notes, so freshness. Beautiful balance and length. Really great right now
Delicious. Some secondary notes, so freshness. Beautiful balance and length. Really great right now
Dec 31st, 2023Yeasty and soft on the nose. Subtle lemon and minerality. Beautifully balanced soft and intense. Lovely
Yeasty and soft on the nose. Subtle lemon and minerality. Beautifully balanced soft and intense. Lovely
Mar 26th, 2023
Another night, another insane Krug. Tessa’s palate has certainly been calibrated for this because the blind was instantly untangled by her - this is Krug… 02’ perhaps? Boom! Thanks for sharing this, Toni. Typical Krug opulence, yet so energetic. Just starting to mature, it combined ripeness, great structure, and phenolic grip, with deep mineral drive and acidity. Just hitting it’s stride, but I reckon it still has a long way to go. Love it!
Another night, another insane Krug. Tessa’s palate has certainly been calibrated for this because the blind was instantly untangled by her - this is Krug… 02’ perhaps? Boom! Thanks for sharing this, Toni. Typical Krug opulence, yet so energetic. Just starting to mature, it combined ripeness, great structure, and phenolic grip, with deep mineral drive and acidity. Just hitting it’s stride, but I reckon it still has a long way to go. Love it!
Nov 3rd, 2022Bright, lovely. Focussed. Very fine mousse and notes of lemon. Slate, white flowers. Really vigorous but subtle and finessed. Great stuff.
Bright, lovely. Focussed. Very fine mousse and notes of lemon. Slate, white flowers. Really vigorous but subtle and finessed. Great stuff.
Jan 1st, 2022Subtle on the nose- yellow flowers and limestone. It grows on the palate and has a great, defined mid palate. Really subtle yet intense. sophisticated and delicious. Wow.
Subtle on the nose- yellow flowers and limestone. It grows on the palate and has a great, defined mid palate. Really subtle yet intense. sophisticated and delicious. Wow.
Jul 2nd, 2021Wow. A seductive, gentle nose with beautiful balance. Limestone, saltiness, some lime and slate. On the palate just exquisite. A slight sweetness, fresh, complex and subtle with a touch of sandalwood on the finish. This is so complete and classy and in a very good place.
Wow. A seductive, gentle nose with beautiful balance. Limestone, saltiness, some lime and slate. On the palate just exquisite. A slight sweetness, fresh, complex and subtle with a touch of sandalwood on the finish. This is so complete and classy and in a very good place.
Jun 5th, 2021
Absolutely knockout nose. Ultra complex, vibrant and layered. Pastry cream, butterscotch, caramel apple, baking spices and citrus blossoms. Wonderfully persistent finish showing impeccable purity, lift and intensity. It’s a perfect Champagne.
Absolutely knockout nose. Ultra complex, vibrant and layered. Pastry cream, butterscotch, caramel apple, baking spices and citrus blossoms. Wonderfully persistent finish showing impeccable purity, lift and intensity. It’s a perfect Champagne.
Sep 15th, 2020
Now, this is a Champagne worthy of my last year in my current decade.
It’s not inexpensive but, there’s a reason for that.
From the moment I put my nose to the glass, I got a a sense of warm, inviting delicacy. There is; cream, soft ginger, fall green apples, mango, guava, slightly sour lemons, lime zest/candy, perfectly, ripe pineapple, white peach, green melons, lightly bruised pear, marmalade jam, as soft as white spice can be, grey volcanics, good chalkiness, vanillin, sea spray, lovely, melted caramel notes, yeast, bread dough to baguette crust, non funky cheese rind, toast, silvered almonds to nut skin with white & lilies, jasmine and spring flowers.
The palate enters like Tango dancers & cross-fades into ballet. Perfect richness, mousse & micro-oxygenation with gentle, absolute, perfect acidity. The minerality is fine, delicate & straight up in my wheelhouse. Cream, understated, melted butter, ginger, fall, Granny Smith apples, mango, guava, slightly sour lemons, lime zest/ peel/candy, perfectly, ripe pineapple, white peach, peach, tangerine, green melons, lightly bruised pear, some apple cider, marmalade jam, honeysuckle, herbaceousiness, a shade of mint, as soft as white spice can be, delicate, grey volcanics with limestone, good chalkiness, vanillin, sea spray, lovely, melted caramel notes, yeast, bread dough to baguette crust, non funky cheese rind, toast, silvered almonds to nut skin with, orange blossoms, white & lilies, jasmine and spring flowers. The long, amazing, well balanced finish is simply Mozart.
The 02 is a blend of 39% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay & 21% Pinot Meunier. This bottle spent at least 12 years in Krug's cellars, receiving its cork in autumn 2014.
Photos of; the House of Krug, their very tall & countless stainless steel tanks they hold still wine(s), fermenting or library bottles in their caves & Krug Clos du Mesnil Vineyard.
Now, this is a Champagne worthy of my last year in my current decade.
It’s not inexpensive but, there’s a reason for that.
From the moment I put my nose to the glass, I got a a sense of warm, inviting delicacy. There is; cream, soft ginger, fall green apples, mango, guava, slightly sour lemons, lime zest/candy, perfectly, ripe pineapple, white peach, green melons, lightly bruised pear, marmalade jam, as soft as white spice can be, grey volcanics, good chalkiness, vanillin, sea spray, lovely, melted caramel notes, yeast, bread dough to baguette crust, non funky cheese rind, toast, silvered almonds to nut skin with white & lilies, jasmine and spring flowers.
The palate enters like Tango dancers & cross-fades into ballet. Perfect richness, mousse & micro-oxygenation with gentle, absolute, perfect acidity. The minerality is fine, delicate & straight up in my wheelhouse. Cream, understated, melted butter, ginger, fall, Granny Smith apples, mango, guava, slightly sour lemons, lime zest/ peel/candy, perfectly, ripe pineapple, white peach, peach, tangerine, green melons, lightly bruised pear, some apple cider, marmalade jam, honeysuckle, herbaceousiness, a shade of mint, as soft as white spice can be, delicate, grey volcanics with limestone, good chalkiness, vanillin, sea spray, lovely, melted caramel notes, yeast, bread dough to baguette crust, non funky cheese rind, toast, silvered almonds to nut skin with, orange blossoms, white & lilies, jasmine and spring flowers. The long, amazing, well balanced finish is simply Mozart.
The 02 is a blend of 39% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay & 21% Pinot Meunier. This bottle spent at least 12 years in Krug's cellars, receiving its cork in autumn 2014.
Photos of; the House of Krug, their very tall & countless stainless steel tanks they hold still wine(s), fermenting or library bottles in their caves & Krug Clos du Mesnil Vineyard.
What a gorgeously supple wine. Sweet fruit at the front. A lovely toasty and bready yellow-flowered middle. Good acidity and a long finish. This is really good but young and still has a long way ahead. We opened 4 hours before drinking. One for the ages
What a gorgeously supple wine. Sweet fruit at the front. A lovely toasty and bready yellow-flowered middle. Good acidity and a long finish. This is really good but young and still has a long way ahead. We opened 4 hours before drinking. One for the ages
Jan 31st, 2020