Grande Cuvee 166eme Edition
⏳ wine.drinking_window
While magnificent upon release, this exceptional Champagne will continue to develop beautifully over 10 to 20 years when stored in optimal cellar conditions.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, roasted turbot with a light butter sauce, or classic roast chicken with black truffles.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The Krug Grande Cuvée 166ème Édition is a masterpiece of blending, conceived around the harvest of 2010, a year marked by dramatic climatic shifts in Champagne. True to the visionary philosophy of founder Joseph Krug—who sought to create the most generous expression of Champagne every year regardless of vintage variations—this edition is a spectacular assembly of 140 wines from 13 different years, spanning from 1998 to 2010. The final blend is composed of 45% Pinot Noir, 39% Chardonnay, and 16% Meunier, combining the structure of Pinot Noir with the tension of Chardonnay and the fruitiness of Meunier. Individually fermented in small oak casks and aged for over seven years in the deep chalk cellars of Reims, this Champagne achieves a breathtaking complexity, marrying fresh citrus notes with rich gingerbread, toasted hazelnut, and honeyed undertones.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Founded in Reims in 1843 by Joseph Krug, the House of Krug has established itself as one of Champagne's most legendary and uncompromising names. Operating from its historic cellars at 5 Rue Coquebert, the house is celebrated for its traditional production methods, notably fermenting all its base wines in small oak casks and maintaining an unparalleled library of reserve wines to achieve extraordinary complexity. This meticulous approach yields deeply structured, age-worthy sparkling wines, ranging from the iconic multi-vintage Grande Cuvée to rare, single-vineyard masterpieces like Clos d'Ambonnay, a highly coveted Blanc de Noirs sourced from a tiny walled plot in the heart of Ambonnay.