Private Cuvee Extra Sec
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pheasant, aged Comté cheese, classic sole meunière
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Private Cuvée' represents a legendary chapter in the history of the House of Krug, serving as the direct predecessor to the modern Grande Cuvée. Historically crafted as the house's signature multi-vintage blend, the 'Private Cuvée Extra Sec' was highly favored in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries, particularly by British high society who prized its sophisticated balance. Fermented in traditional small oak casks—a practice Krug has famously never abandoned—and blended from a vast library of reserve wines, this Champagne offered a slightly rounder profile due to the 'Extra Sec' dosage of the era, balanced by Krug's trademark high acidity, deep structure, and oxidative complexity. It remains a holy grail for wine historians and collectors of mature Champagne.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12%