Grande Cuvee 159eme Edition
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted pheasant or capon, and aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Krug Grande Cuvée 159ème Édition represents the 159th recreation of founder Joseph Krug's vision to craft the most generous expression of Champagne every single year, transcending the limitations of vintage weather. This specific edition is built around the historically challenging and exceptionally warm harvest of 2003, a year of extreme frosts followed by a scorching summer. To achieve the signature Krug complexity and balance despite the heat of 2003, the house blended 120 different wines from 10 distinct vintages, with the oldest reserve wines dating back to the legendary 1988 harvest. Fermented traditionally in small oak casks, this multi-vintage masterpiece offers an unparalleled depth of flavor, combining notes of dried citrus, toasted brioche, honeyed gingerbread, and roasted hazelnuts with a remarkably vibrant, mineral-driven finish.
🍾 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