KRUG Grande Cuvee NV 160-166th Edition
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KRUG 166th edition description:
This bottle spent at least 7 years in Krug’s cellars developing its particular expression and elegance, receiving its cork in winter 2016 – 2017.
Every year since the foundation of the House of Krug, a new Édition of Krug Grande Cuvée is created to offer the fullest expression of Champagne.
This bottle belongs to the 166ème Édition, a blend of 140 wines from 13 different years. The youngest dates back to 2010 and the oldest to 1996. Every glass poured from it is the fruit of around 19 years of careful craftsmanship.
Krug Grande Cuvée 166ème Édition was composed around the harvest of 2010. A year defined by its tumultuous climate, the grapes nonetheless showed great promise until the cool end to the growing season brought cause for concern. The careful attention given to the vines during this challenging period and Krug’s unique respect for the individual character of each plot proved crucial to ensuring a yield in good health and of ideal maturity. Unusually, the Chardonnay wines from the Côte de Blancs region did not reveal their habitual freshness, but the House’s non-conformist approach to Champagne creation led us to counterbalance this with the vivacity of the year’s Meunier wines, such as those from Sainte-Gemme and Courmas.
The Grapes
A selection of carefully chosen, relatively young reserve wines makes up 42% of the composition, most notable among them those from the year 2000 for their remarkable structure and those from Oger for their generous roundness. The 2006 wines from Verzy and Bouzy added the final touch to the blend, imparting to it the harmony so essential to the creation of every Édition of Krug Grande Cuvée.
The final composition of this bottle of Krug Grande Cuvée is 45% Pinot Noir, 39% Chardonnay and 16% Meunier.
Krug Grande Cuvée is born from the dream of one man, Joseph Krug, to offer the very best Champagne every single year, regardless of annual variations in climate. Each year, the House of Krug honours this dream with a new Édition of Krug Grande Cuvée: the fullest expression of Champagne.
