Grande Cuvee 156eme Edition
⏳ Drikkevindue
2017 - 2035
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Pan-seared turbot in a rich butter sauce, slow-roasted pheasant with wild chanterelles, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
The House of Krug was established in 1843 with a singular, revolutionary vision by Joseph Krug: to create the most generous expression of Champagne every single year, regardless of annual climate variations. The Grande Cuvée 156ème Édition is a historic recreation of this dream, crafted around the harvest of the year 2000. To achieve the signature Krug complexity, the chef de cave meticulously blended 135 individual wines from 11 different vintages, spanning from the fresh base of 2000 back to mature reserve wines from 1988. Composed of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier, every component was fermented in traditional seasoned oak casks to develop unparalleled texture and micro-oxygenation. After more than six years of aging on its lees in the cool chalk cellars of Reims, this edition emerged as a masterpiece of depth, tension, and multi-layered complexity, showcasing the legendary longevity of the Krug style.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Champagnehuset Krug blev grundlagt i Reims i 1843 af Joseph Krug og regnes i dag blandt verdens mest kompromisløse og respekterede prestige-champagneproducenter. Huset arbejder ud fra grundlæggerens visionære filosofi om hvert år at skabe det ypperste udtryk for Champagne, uanset årgangens luner og klimatiske udfordringer. Hver enkelt markparcel behandles derfor som en unik byggesten i den mesterlige sammenstikning. Krug vinificerer sine basisvine på traditionelle, små egetræsfade og trækker på et omfattende bibliotek af reservevine fra over ti forskellige årgange. Resultatet er et legendarisk sortiment, der er berømt for sin dybe rigdom, kompleksitet og enestående lagringspotentiale – anført af flagskibet Krug Grande Cuvée, de eftertragtede årgangschampagner og sjældne enkeltmarksmesterværker som Clos du Mesnil og Clos d'Ambonnay.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier