Brut (NV)
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Aged Parmesan cheese, roasted poultry with wild mushrooms, grilled lobster with butter sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
Krug's non-vintage Brut, celebrated globally as the Grande Cuvée, is the ultimate expression of the house philosophy established by Joseph Krug in 1843. Joseph envisioned a Champagne of undisputed generosity that could be re-created every year, transcending the annual variations of climate. To achieve this, Krug masterfully blends over 120 individual wines sourced from up to a dozen different vintages, some of which may have aged in their library cellars for fifteen years. Every single base wine is fermented in small, seasoned oak casks, a traditional technique that imparts a subtle micro-oxygenation, contributing to the wine's legendary structure, creamy texture, and longevity. The result is a majestic sparkling wine that marries the vibrant freshness of a young vintage with the deep, nutty, and brioche-driven complexity of mature reserve wines.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug in Reims, the House of Krug is one of the most revered and uncompromising prestige Champagne producers in the world. Driven by its founder's pioneering philosophy to craft the absolute fullest expression of Champagne each year regardless of climatic variations, the house treats each vineyard plot as an individual element in its masterful blending process. Krug vinifies its base wines in traditional small oak barrels and relies on an extensive library of reserve wines spanning more than a dozen distinct vintages. The resulting portfolio is legendary for its richness, complexity, and extraordinary aging potential, highlighted by the flagship Krug Grande Cuvée, prestigious vintage bottlings, and rare single-vineyard masterpieces such as Clos du Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%