Krug | Grande Cuve 166th Edition (Magnum) – NV

Introduction

Sparkling Wine: Krug | Grande Cuve 166th Edition (Magnum) – NV

Vibrant bubbles with layers of elegant florals, delicate lemon, and orange peel with creamy almond and honeyed brioche.

Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace!

Featured in

• ROLLING STONE
• MEN’S JOURNAL
• US WEEKLY

NOTICE: Many other small liquor store sites may end up cancelling your order due to the high demand, unavailability or inaccurate inventory counts. We have partnerships consisting of a large network of licensed retailers from within the United States, Europe and across the world ensuring orders are fulfilled.

Producer: Krug

Ratings: WA | 96 JS | 95

Vintage: NV

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Champagne Blend

Country/Region: France, Champagne

Vibrant bubbles with layers of elegant florals, delicate lemon, and orange peel with creamy almond and honeyed brioche. This exquisite expression combines a blend of 140 different wines from 13 different vintages spanning 1998-2010, with wine from Krug’s extensive library making up a total of 42% of the final blend.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The bright golden-yellow colored NV Grande Cuve 166me dition shows notes of dark cherries with black chocolate and floral (ammonia) flavors on the pure, fresh and elegant yet intense and still yeasty brioche nose with its ripe apple aromas and refreshingly bright (lemon juice) overtones.

• James Suckling: This mouthwatering Champagne feels like a swathe of raw silk on the palate, where flavors of sun-dried white cherry, toast and Meyer lemon peel are accented by expressive saffron, ground coffee and mandarin orange peel aromas.

Producer Information

Krug is one of Champagne’s most prestigious houses and its wines are among the most collectible and expensive in Champagne. The house was founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug, a native of the Mosel region in Germany, who had moved to France and spent some time working for Jacquesson, the leading Champagne house of the time. Krug’s philosophy was that every Champagne should be the best possible expression, and eschewed the common idea of a hierarchy of Champagne. Instead, he began to craft a premium wine from a reserve of wines vinified separately by the growers themselves, a wine that would eventually become the Grande Cuve. This wine sits alongside the likes of Dom Prignon and Cristal at the top of the Champagne tree, and is a blend of 120 different wines from 10 or more vintages from the so-called Krug Library (a repository of still wines held prior to blending and refermenting in bottle). It is aged for six years, and is noted for its complex brioche and spice characters. Today, the wines are still vinified by individual plot, and are stored in the Krug Library. Every year, the chef de cave heads a tasting committee which decides on the final blend. This library holds reserve wines anywhere from the current vintage to those 50 years old and are produced from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, which are all grown at Krug and used throughout the collection. Krug also makes several other Champagnes, including a ros non-vintage and a Krug vintage, which is only produced in the best years. On top of this, there are two rare and highly collectible wines from small, walled plots considered among the best in Champagne: the Krug Clos du Mesnil and Krug Clos d’Ambonnay, produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir respectively.