Chardonnay Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled veal chops
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the sun-drenched slopes of Gumpoldskirchen in Austria's Thermenregion within Niederösterreich, Weingut Krug has been crafting exceptional wines since 1746. While the region is legendary for its rare local varieties, the warm climate and limestone-heavy soils also provide an ideal terroir for Burgundian grapes. The Chardonnay Reserve is a showcase of this unique microclimate, where warm Pannonian winds ripen the grapes to perfection while cool nights preserve vital acidity. Fermented and matured in French oak barriques, this wine exhibits a rich, creamy texture balanced by a vibrant mineral core, weaving together notes of ripe pear, toasted hazelnuts, and delicate spice.
🍾 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
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14%