Champagne Brut
Clos du Mesnil 2009

In 1971 Rémi and Henri Krug seized the opportunity to purchase six hectares of vines, divided into small plots scattered around Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and it was during a visit to the newly acquired land that they discovered a small walled vineyard called Clos du Mesnil, which still today represents the purest essence of the Krug philosophy. It is the expression of a single Chardonnay born from this one plot of 1.84 hectares, cultivated as a vineyard since the seventeenth century in the heart of one of the most iconic Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs.

This edition, Krug Clos du Mesnil 2009, described as a virtuoso soloist, tells the story of an exceptional year shaped by an ideal climate that combined cool nights with a perfect ripening of the bunches, harvested on 10 and 11 September. Vinification and fermentation take place in small oak casks, which through a slow micro-oxygenation build complexity and depth, before a long fourteen-year ageing on the lees capable of enhancing the stylistic precision and harmonious elegance that testify to the rare completeness of this Clos.

On the palate, Clos du Mesnil 2009 appears with a bright golden colour that introduces a refined and layered bouquet, where the floral and vegetal notes of honeysuckle interweave with citrus accents and orange blossom, enriched by hints of pastry, madeleine, brioche and gingerbread. The palate reveals a chiselled and luminous profile in which the citrus character of ripe lemon zest and orange leads the progression, followed by nuances of poached pear and an elegant bitterish touch that accompanies it towards a spiced finish of rare finesse. The structure remains taut and crystalline, supported by an exceptionally long persistence that confirms the remarkable capacity to evolve and the unmistakable identity of this Clos, produced in a limited run of just 9,900 numbered bottles as the twenty-first expression born from this historic plot. KRUG ID 124001