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1000 Krug, Grande Cuvee 169eme Edition
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Why We're Buying
For a complete expression of Champagne, look no further than Krug Grande Cuvée 169ème Édition. It goes beyond the concept of a single vintage, with a blend that marries 146 wines across more than a decade. The result is a rich, full, and artfully crafted non-vintage Champagne that is impossible to replicate with a single harvest. The final cuvée features 43 pinot noir, 35 chardonnay, and 22 meunier, with 40 of the blend coming from reserve wine. The combination yields a refined texture with beads of tangy acid and ultra-polished tannins. Aromas of buttered toast, dried fruits, hazelnuts, chalk, and orange preserves fill the air while the finish drives home with supreme length and balance. As wine critic Jancis Robinson wrote, “A real wake-up call!...The palate is still a bit of shock.” The Final Sip: Krug Grande Cuvée 169ème Édition captures the heart and soul of Champagne while adding more texture, richness, and flair than the 168ème Édition.
Critics Scores
James Suckling
This is a layered Champagne with very fine tannins and super beautiful texture and length. Full-bodied with intensity and length. Powerful, austere and tight. Really long and made for the cellar. Vivid.
Wine Enthusiast
Pinot richness dominates this Champagne. It gives the dense texture as well as the ripe white fruits that show signs of toastiness as they mature. This full-bodied Champagne is ready to drink.
Decanter
Soft burnished gold, with a fine and persistent bead. The nose is suitably encyclopaedic, Mirabelle plum, fig and lemon pith and then hints of almond and brioche, the older reserve wines keen to contribute too. Beneath it all steely foundations, an edifice for posterity, not immediately flamboyant but magisterial in its grip and liminal potential. Deft acidity over untroubled waters, with orange groves and a spice market espied from the prow. All is set fair for this voyage. Impressive length.
Wine Spectator
A vivid Champagne, with a chiseled frame of acidity and a chalky underpinning cloaked in a fine mousse that caresses the palate with its gossamer-like texture. Lovely aromas of coffee liqueur, anise and verbena accent the layered flavors of tangerine, Macadamia nut, brioche and ripe plum, a profile that expands on the long, mouthwatering finish. There's power and expressive character to this, with a delicacy to its fine integration and length.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Based on the 2013 vintage and complemented by some 40 reserve wines dating back to 2000, Krug's newly released NV Grande Cuvée 169ème Édition is showing very nicely, unfurling in the glass with notes of citrus oil, buttered toast, dried apricot, warm biscuits and marmalade. Medium to full-bodied, deep and incisive, it's a tauter, more chiseled rendition of Grande Cuvée by comparison with the richer, more textural and more demonstrative 168ème Édition (based on the 2012 vintage) that preceded it; but its bright spine of acidity is nicely cloaked in fruit. Concluding with a long and sapid finish, this is a very classically balanced Champagne that will reward bottle age. (WK) 96+