Name: Krug Champagne Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition
Brand: Krug
SKU: KRG171B0
Price: 300 EUR
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Disgorgement date: 09/2022
Appellation: Champagne
Dosage: Brut
Cuvée: Assemblage
Grapes: Pinot Noir 45%, Chardonnay 37%, Meunier 18%
Winery Area: Multi-Area
Category Winery: Maisons
Size: Bottle 0,75 L
Alcohol: 12,5% Vol.
Product code: KRG171B0

Champagne Krug

Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition

The Champagne Krug Grande Cuvée represents the highest expression of the Krug philosophy, founded on craftsmanship and know-how: a blend of 120 wines from over ten different vintages. Its extraordinary finesse is due to resting for at least six years in the cellars. It takes over twenty years to make a bottle of Krug Grande Cuvée: the first Cuvée de Prestige recreated every year, and which goes beyond the concept of vintage.

This bottle left the Krug cellars and received its cork in the autumn of 2022. It is the last stage, after more than 7 years of aging in the cellars to gain refinement and elegance.

This bottle, Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition, is an extraodinary assemblage of 131 wines from 12 different vintages, the oldest of which is from the vintage 2000 and the youngest from 2015. To complete the wines, the Maison made use of its wide range of vin de réserve, making a careful selection among them that make up 42% of the final assembly. Krug Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition was composed around the harvest of 2015, a year marked by unprecedented heat and drought that prevailed from the end of May to mid-August, slowing grape development. Fortunately, rains and reasonable temperatures in the second half of August allowed the berries to grow in optimal conditions.The harvest took place under the rain between August 31 and September 21, with great heterogeneity from plot to plot.

KRUG ID 322034

Krug

Maison Krug was founded in 1843 from the vision of Joseph Krug, a man guided by an uncompromising philosophy and by the conviction that the true essence of Champagne is pleasure itself. His dream was to offer the very best Champagne possible every year, regardless of climate variations, giving rise to the first Édition of Krug Grande Cuvée. In 1848 he committed his vision to a dark cherry notebook, beginning a tradition of transmission that has reached Olivier Krug, the sixth generation now at the helm of the Maison, and is interpreted by Cellar Master Julie Cavil.

The Maison is still based in Reims today, but its historic sites span the whole of Champagne, from the historic Family House, with its old cellars, to the iconic Clos that represent it. In 2024, after seven years of work, the new Joseph winery was inaugurated, built at the Clos d'Ambonnay. It is an entirely eco-designed facility, HQE certified with an "exceptional" rating, that brings together all winemaking activities in a single space, blending discreetly into the landscape. Here, tradition and contemporary energy coexist in perfect balance.

Krug's philosophy revolves around individuality, where each plot is harvested, pressed and vinified separately, without hierarchy, to capture the distinctive character of each terroir. Every year the Tasting Committee appraises around four hundred wines before the art of blending. The Maison is home to two walled Clos: the Clos du Mesnil, 1.84 hectares in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, known for the purity of its Chardonnay, and the Clos d'Ambonnay, 0.68 hectares, prized for the depth of its Pinot Noir. Two terroirs that well represent Krug's approach, where every plot gives life to a wine of unique character.

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