Grande Cuvee 157eme Edition
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops with truffle butter, roasted turbot with chanterelle mushrooms, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Krug Grande Cuvée 157ème Édition represents the 157th recreation of Joseph Krug's founding dream to offer the absolute richest expression of Champagne every single year. Crafted around the challenging 2001 harvest, this edition showcases the triumph of blending over vintage adversity. It weaves together Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier from the base year with a significant proportion of mature reserve wines from Krug's extensive library. Every component was fermented in seasoned oak casks, imparting the structure, micro-oxygenation, and longevity for which the house is legendary. After spending over seven years aging on its lees in the Reims cellars, the 157ème Édition emerged as a masterpiece of toasted brioche, dried citrus, honeyed ginger, and deep mineral complexity.
🍾 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, Pinot Meunier