1989 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut

Community Tasting Notes (127) Avg Score: 94.3 points

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  5/4/2024 - Elvis1969 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Blodapelsin på nästan, lite rostad, nötter, mycket frukt, röda äpplen, kokos, bra struktur, fin längd och syra. Ett helt fantastiskt vin!

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  4/27/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  SangioFest, Volume III "It's my favourite spot" (Chicago, IL): Original release. Haven't had this in a long while, but my general recollection was that of the trilogy, the 1988 was the best. This showed a fair bit of maturity, where a lot of the cut seems to have disappeared to the sands of time. Initially, we thought that more air would help this become more expressive, but I don't think that really happened here -- it seemed to stay in stasis, or maybe even degraded a little with the few hours of air we gave it. For my palate, this is likely getting long in the tooth; drink up sooner than later.

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  3/29/2024 - StiGGe wrote: 85 Points

  I drank this bottle 2015 and back then it was on my top 10 best champagnes i ever tried.
  
  Today 9 years later...well the wine has small fine bubbles left, around 3 of 5 on a scale. The cork was very silent with very weak pop and power, maybe 1 of 5. The scent has a touch of nuts, gunpowder, a little citrus.
  
  Taste comes with a strong bitter lemon flavour, almost acidic, very sharp It feels the acid kills the complexity. Little semi sweet and very semi bitter.
  
  The acid is so strong it makes the inside of my mouth rough.
  
  I feel taste of maderization and oxidation. Kind of sherry. No real fruit and aromas left as the old good days in 2015. Sorry to say but prime time is over. I love Krug, but im not gonna lie, and i highly recommend to drink your bottles as soon as you can.
  
  I think its really time to open this bottle up now, dont wait!
  
  Still has one bottle left on Magnum,it will be interesting to open it up in future.
  
  Score:
  
  2015: 97-98 points.
  
  2024: 85 points.

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  1/28/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 97 Points

  Krug Lover Dinner with Olivier Krug (Daniel Dal Ban 1876 (Tafelspitz) Düsseldorf): not blind
  In very good condition. Lushful fruitieness and great acidity structure. At his peak. 97

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  7/28/2023 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Nose 94-95
  Palate 93

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