Champagne Krug
Black Vintage 2000

KRUG Black Vintage 2000 | Cellared at Krug Until 2020 | ID114009

This edition of Krug Vintage 2000 is part of the Black Vintage collection, a rare limited edition issued by the Maison Krug in the year 2020.

All the Vintages made by the Maison Krug contain the peculiar expression of a vintage and its character. A Vintage Krug is a blend of the most expressive wines made in the same year and enriched by more than ten years of rest in the Maison's cellars. Each Vinatge is different and represents the melody of that year sublimated by Krug.

Krug Vintage 2000 is a rich, precise, complex and generous Champagne. The Maison Krug wanted to create a millesimé for the last year of the millennium, reflecting that unusual and climatically chaotic season. This Vintage 2000, known as the "Storm of Flavours", brings together the complexity and generosity of a very challenging year. Krug Vintage 2000 is one of the most intense, expressive and romantic vintage wines ever created by the Maison.

The basic structure of this blend is very close to that of a great classic of the Maison Krug, born from the encounter of grapes from the variegated and well-known vineyards of Ambonnay, Bouzy and Aÿ, and the sublime Pinot Noir from the southern slope of the Montagne de Reims. Yet, the blending would have been incomplete without the addition of Meunier grapes from Saint Gemme and Villevanard, which are always present in the Maison's Champagnes.

The final creation offers a balance between Pinot Noir (42%) and Chardonnay (43%), with a final touch of Meunier (15%).

Champagne Krug

The Krug Maison interprets the extraordinary adventure of Joseph Krug, a determined man, without compromises, who understood that Champagne essence is the delight itself. He wanted to offer his Clients the best of the Champagne delight, every year, regardless of the climate change. Joseph Krug founded the first and unique Maison able to offer a high quality Champagne. In 1843, when his son was still too young to manage the Maison de Champagne, Joseph Krug wrote down his principles and passed them on to the Maison in a cherry-red leaflet. That leaflet is not only of historic importance for the Maison, but also a a man's last will embracing his family and the Champagne region as well. The Maison Krug's philosophy is about grapes selection from single parcels, expressing their own features and soil characteristics; no hierarchy is needed and all vines are taken into consideration, sometimes even parcels as small as a garden. The Maison is looking for stron characters and a contrast between grapes coming from different lots. Krug is the only Maison de Champagne welcoming and representing all vines in excellent wines.