Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Goat cheese salad, grilled asparagus, pan-seared white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic wine-growing village of Gumpoldskirchen in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Weingut Krug has a winemaking heritage dating back to 1746. While the estate is widely celebrated for its traditional Thermenregion specialties like Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, they also craft an elegant, expressive Sauvignon Blanc. The region's unique terroir—characterized by heavy loam and limestone soils combined with warm, dry winds from the Pannonian Plain—imparts a distinctive mineral character and vibrant acidity to the wine. Fermented and aged primarily in stainless steel to preserve its fresh, aromatic profile, this Sauvignon Blanc showcases bright citrus, green apple, and subtle herbaceous notes, reflecting the meticulous craftsmanship of the Krug family.
🍾 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
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5-13.5%