Merlot Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled ribeye steak, slow-cooked venison stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic wine-growing village of Gumpoldskirchen in Austria's Thermenregion within Niederosterreich, Weingut Krug has a family winemaking heritage dating back to 1746. While the name Krug is globally synonymous with Champagne, in Austria it represents Gustav Krug's exceptional estate, renowned for mastering both indigenous whites and powerful, structured red wines. The Merlot Reserve thrives in the unique microclimate of the Thermenregion, where warm Pannonian winds and heavy loam, clay, and shell-limestone soils provide the perfect conditions for this Bordeaux variety to achieve optimal ripeness. Aged meticulously in French oak barriques, this Reserve bottling showcases a velvety texture, ripe dark forest fruits, subtle chocolate notes, and a refined structure that reflects the estate's commitment to quality.
🍾 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
Merlot
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%