NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 158eme

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  5/7/2024 - zimmy07 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  showed a bit more maturity than I would thought. some honey, butterscotch, and apple. Not as singular and linear as many Krugs I have had, this was rounder and had some volume. Still a great wine with precision and balance. From the 2002 Base, strong showing

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  11/18/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 94 Points

  Krug Tasting (Memories Bad Ragaz): Krug tasting hosted by a merchant and collector. Main takeaways: 1/ Clos du Mesnil and the 1996 back vintage were show-stoppers, 2/ 164 was in a different league of the Grande Cuvée line-up, 3/ a general feature and maybe signature for Krug for me was the fine integration of autolytic notes into a balance of fruit and mineral notes. The textures tend to be soft with just a splash of cream and structures built around acidity. 4/ Clos du Mesnil towers over the vintage and GCs in terms of precision, complexity and elegance.
  
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  This was an add-on bottle outside of the formal tasting, hence only brief notes: Quince and pear fruit, more salty type of minerality and a layer of marzipan. Fresh palate, adding citric complexity, but came across a bit one-dimensional compared to the outstanding nose.

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  3/30/2022 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points

  not blind
  Base 2002, phantastic GC, still fresh and energetic, not tired, not reached his peak. Some nuts, honey and a lot of orange peel. Balanced, typical Krug. 96-97

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  11/7/2020 - Kim Gerner wrote: 95 Points

  Krug vertical and horisontal tasting and lunch with Margareth Henriquez (Geranium): 3. wine in the 2002 flight. Base is 2002. Clearly the darkest and the most tertiary of the 3. Toffee and nutty notes. I believe it is mature and drinks perfect right now. My personal number 2 of this tasting lunch after Clos de Mesnil 2006.

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  11/7/2020 - beatles wrote: 93 Points

  Mature. Coffee, spice here, fine sweetness, caramel, toast.
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