Descrizione

Krug Grande Cuvée è la quintessenza dell'eccellente artigianalità di Krug: uno straordinario assemblaggio di 198 vini di 11 annate diverse, il più giovane del 2012 e il più vecchio del 1996. Ogni anno esce un'edizione di uno degli champagne più ricercati al mondo e uno dei più apprezzati dai maggiori critici mondiali.

Krug Grande Cuvée è nato dal sogno di un uomo, Joseph Krug, di offrire il miglior champagne ogni anno, indipendentemente dall'annata e dalle variazioni del clima. Un soggiorno di circa sette anni nelle cantine Krug conferisce a questo Krug Grande Cuvée 168ème Édition la sua unicità, espressione ed eleganza. Krug Grande Cuvée è il primo e unico champagne Prestige ricreato ogni anno, al di là della nozione di annata. La storia completa di ogni Édition è rivelata online attraverso il suo Krug iD, sei cifre sulla retro etichetta. 

 

Dettagli del prodotto

La cantina
Maison Krug
Tipo di vino
Champagne
Alcool
12.0% vol.
Varietà
52% Pinot noir, 35% Chardonnay, 13% Meunier
Origine
Champagne

Degustazione

Vista
Color dorado claro y fino, con burbujas vivaces que prometen grandes momentos de placer.
Profumo
Aromas de flore maduras, secas y cítricos, mazapán y pan de jengibre.
Bocca
Sabores de avellana, turrón, azúcar de cebada, gelatina y cítricos, almendras, brioche y miel.
Temperatura di servizio
Se recomienda servir entre 6 y 8 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2040 si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.
Abbinamento
Se puede tomar como aperitivo con jamón de Jabugo, con queso Comté maduro, o servido para acompañar ostras, camarones a la plancha, comida india o marroquí, así como con postres como tarta de zanahoria, tarta tatin y tarta de queso.

Vigna e preparazione

Descrizione
Viñedos en parcelas en Avize y Marmery para la Chardonnay y en el norte de la Montagne de Reims para el Pinot noir.
Clima
Continental. La cosecha de 2012 fue un hermoso año con un bajo rendimiento debido a una sucesión de eventos meteorológicos. Las heladas, la lluvia, las tormentas y el hielo golpean el viñedos de Champagne en invierno y primavera, seguido de la temporada de maduración más seca desde 1974, lo que se traduce en un 20% menos de uvas.
Vinificazione
Se elabora a partir del ensamblaje de unos 198 vinos de reserva de añadas diferentes y 11 parcelas distintas. Algunos esperan hasta dos décadas antes de ser seleccionados para el ensamblaje final. En total, los vinos de reserva de la amplia bodega de la casa representaron el 42% de la mezcla final, aportando la amplitud y redondez tan esenciales para cada edición.
Invecchiamento
Permanece 6 años en botella.

Recensioni degli esperti

The Wine Advocate:

Krug's NV Grande Cuvée 168ème Édition is a classic in the making, wafting from the glass with aromas of dried fruits, pear, toasted nuts, orange zest, honeycomb and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, generous but incisive, it's deep and elegantly fleshy, with a beautifully refined mousse and an enveloping core of fruit that's complemented by the characteristic Krug patina of nutty complexity imparted by barrel fermentation. Even if this is more open out of the gates than the 2011-based 167ème edition, the 168ème edition is also the more concentrated and intense of the two. It's based on the 2012 harvest, complemented by fully 42% reserve wines—a blend of 198 wines from 11 different vintages dating back to 1996.- William Kelley. 

James Suckling:

Quite rich aromas of cooked apples, peaches, pie crust and biscuit. Some dried pineapple. Full bodied with layers of fruit and a really lively backbone of acidity and energy. Really zippy and energetic at the end. A beauty. Based on the 2012 harvest, but 13 different years in the blend. Drink now.

Jeb Dunnuck:

A beautiful Champagne, yet one that needs bottle age, the NV Grand Cuvee 168ème Edition comes mostly from the 2012 vintage (a good vintage) and has gorgeous apple blossom and stone fruits intermixed with classic Krug toasted brioche, toasted almond, white flowers, and honeysuckle aromatics. Just gorgeous on the palate as well, it's concentrated and has a rich, backward texture, bright acidity, and great finish. It takes lots of air to show at its best today, but do your best to hide bottles for 3-4 years. You'll be rewarded and it will evolve gracefully for another two decades or more.

Decanter:

52% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 13% Pinot Meunier. A gentle gold with discreet yet persistent mousse and aromatics of spring meadows, lemon sherbet and barley sugar; the wine is pure and softly powerful, youthful energy finely poised, somewhat cautious after so many years in the chalky cellars. The reserve wines, Pinot Noir from Verzenay and Chardonnay from Avize especially, are subtle in support, vivacious despite their relative maturity, contributing to an ensemble which is hitherto dominated by red fruit, courtesy of the superb Pinot Noir, and a colourful tension. Behind that there are whispers of honey, quince and posset… and with so much more to come; but the finish, happily in these days of privation, takes one to wherever one may wish to go. - Somin Field MW.

La Revue du vin de France:

198 vins sur 11 millésimes, avec une base de 2012, constituent cette référence, tendue, vineuse et complexe à la fois.