Appearance: Amber, some deposits, some mousse with good persistence. Nose: Madeirized, dried fruit, fudge, some yellow fruit and citrus fruit (oranges), nutty (walnuts), rum-soaked raisins, slightly more smokey after some time in the glass. Palate: Yellow fruit, oranges, some dried fruit, discrete madeirized notes, more sweetish than the other Grande Cuvée, just a hint of bitterness, high acidity, fresh and minerally finish. Summary: Complex notes, but a little over the hill. Not for further cellaring. The oldest label design for Grande Cuvée (“yellow”), from the period 1978-1983.
Appearance: Bright yellow, good mousse Nose: Noticeably smoket, vanilla, fudge, yellow apple, peach, an impression of cream, discrete oak barrel notes. Slightly developed, elegant. Palate: Citrus, good concentration of fruit, very fresh acidity, very good length with grapefruit and mineral. Summary: Some development, still young, 92+ p. Magnum of the current label design (“beige”) but without ID code, from 2004-2011, this bottle probably from early in that period.
Appearance: Gyllengul. Nose: Ripe yellow fruit, strong orange notes, zest, slightly flowery, some hints of smoke, and some dried fruit and nuttiness. Palate: Fresh and fruity attack, orange, grapefruit and other citrus fruits, an impression of sweet fruit, good acidity (but not as high as the other wines). Fruity and citrus-fresh aftertaste. Summary: Nice maturity but not really old, although it’s probably reached its peak. Not as creamy and smokey as the two Grande Cuvées in the same tasting.
Appearance: Light golden yellow. Nose: Ripe citrus, slightly nutty (walnuts), hints of fuge, some flowers, hints of honey and smoke. Very discrete herbal notes and some vanilla develop after a while. Very elegant. Palate: Great concentration, citrus fruits (grapefruit), young impression, very mineral, high acidity, discretely spiced, very good length with impressions of grapefruit and freshness in the aftertaste. Summary: Still young on the palate, 95+ p.
Appearance: Golden yellow Nose: Powerful nose of ripe yellow fruit, oranges, some fudge, some dried fruit and raisins, smoke and impressions of sweet fruit, rather noticeable nuttiness, a hint of oak barrel notes. Palate: Very good concentration, fruity, oranges, peach, red apple, good acidity (about the same level as the 1985), some mineral, foody style. Fresh finish and fruity aftertaste with a hint of bitterness. Summary: Fully mature, but not really old. Reminds me slightly of a good Bollinger.
Appearance: Golden yellow, but slightly lighter in colour than 1985 and 1989. Doft: Ripe yellow fruit, winter apples, oranges, a hint of honey, some smoke, slightly nutty, some bread, discrete oak barrel notes. Palate: Powerful, quite concentrated, rather high acidity (definitely higher than 1989 and 1985), rather mineral, citrus, red apple, some peach. Rather fruity aftertaste with mineral and grapefruit. Summary: Rather mature, can definitely take more cellaring. Improved in the glass. 94+ p.
Appearance: Bright yellow, slightly golden. Nose: Smokey, discretely fruity with ripe yellow fruit, citrus and some winter apples, some honey. Palate: Rather fruity, oranges, grapefruit, peach, high acidity, some spice, good concentration, some mineral. Good length, fruity and fresh aftertaste. Summary: Rather mature, but can definitely take more cellaring. Definitely more smokey than those from 1985-1990.
Appearance: Light golden colour. Nose: Ripe yellow fruit with red apple and a hint of red berries, some oranges, discrete fudge notes, some smoke, nuttiness with hazelnut and a hint of chocolate, mineral, a hint of flower. An impressive nose! Palate: Enormous concentration, fruity attack, mixed citrus fruits, high acidity, spice, quite minerally mid-palate, very long grapefruity aftertaste with good concentration of fruit. Summary: Accessible but still young, 95+ p.
Appearance: Light golden colour. Nose: Rather smokey (but not as much as the 1995), ripe yellow fruit, discrete fudge notes, brioche, slightly flowery. Palate: Good concentration, yellow fruit – citrus and some apple – high acidity, smoke, mineral, spice, good length and aftertaste with citrus. Summary: Young, but somewhat accessible, 93+ p.
NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée 90 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Amber, some deposits, some mousse with good persistence.
Nose: Madeirized, dried fruit, fudge, some yellow fruit and citrus fruit (oranges), nutty (walnuts), rum-soaked raisins, slightly more smokey after some time in the glass.
Palate: Yellow fruit, oranges, some dried fruit, discrete madeirized notes, more sweetish than the other Grande Cuvée, just a hint of bitterness, high acidity, fresh and minerally finish.
Summary: Complex notes, but a little over the hill. Not for further cellaring.
The oldest label design for Grande Cuvée (“yellow”), from the period 1978-1983.
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NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée 92 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Bright yellow, good mousse
Nose: Noticeably smoket, vanilla, fudge, yellow apple, peach, an impression of cream, discrete oak barrel notes. Slightly developed, elegant.
Palate: Citrus, good concentration of fruit, very fresh acidity, very good length with grapefruit and mineral.
Summary: Some development, still young, 92+ p.
Magnum of the current label design (“beige”) but without ID code, from 2004-2011, this bottle probably from early in that period.
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1985 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 92 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Gyllengul.
Nose: Ripe yellow fruit, strong orange notes, zest, slightly flowery, some hints of smoke, and some dried fruit and nuttiness.
Palate: Fresh and fruity attack, orange, grapefruit and other citrus fruits, an impression of sweet fruit, good acidity (but not as high as the other wines). Fruity and citrus-fresh aftertaste.
Summary: Nice maturity but not really old, although it’s probably reached its peak. Not as creamy and smokey as the two Grande Cuvées in the same tasting.
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1988 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Light golden yellow.
Nose: Ripe citrus, slightly nutty (walnuts), hints of fuge, some flowers, hints of honey and smoke. Very discrete herbal notes and some vanilla develop after a while. Very elegant.
Palate: Great concentration, citrus fruits (grapefruit), young impression, very mineral, high acidity, discretely spiced, very good length with impressions of grapefruit and freshness in the aftertaste.
Summary: Still young on the palate, 95+ p.
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1989 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Golden yellow
Nose: Powerful nose of ripe yellow fruit, oranges, some fudge, some dried fruit and raisins, smoke and impressions of sweet fruit, rather noticeable nuttiness, a hint of oak barrel notes.
Palate: Very good concentration, fruity, oranges, peach, red apple, good acidity (about the same level as the 1985), some mineral, foody style. Fresh finish and fruity aftertaste with a hint of bitterness.
Summary: Fully mature, but not really old. Reminds me slightly of a good Bollinger.
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1990 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Golden yellow, but slightly lighter in colour than 1985 and 1989.
Doft: Ripe yellow fruit, winter apples, oranges, a hint of honey, some smoke, slightly nutty, some bread, discrete oak barrel notes.
Palate: Powerful, quite concentrated, rather high acidity (definitely higher than 1989 and 1985), rather mineral, citrus, red apple, some peach. Rather fruity aftertaste with mineral and grapefruit.
Summary: Rather mature, can definitely take more cellaring. Improved in the glass. 94+ p.
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1995 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Bright yellow, slightly golden.
Nose: Smokey, discretely fruity with ripe yellow fruit, citrus and some winter apples, some honey.
Palate: Rather fruity, oranges, grapefruit, peach, high acidity, some spice, good concentration, some mineral. Good length, fruity and fresh aftertaste.
Summary: Rather mature, but can definitely take more cellaring. Definitely more smokey than those from 1985-1990.
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1996 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Light golden colour.
Nose: Ripe yellow fruit with red apple and a hint of red berries, some oranges, discrete fudge notes, some smoke, nuttiness with hazelnut and a hint of chocolate, mineral, a hint of flower. An impressive nose!
Palate: Enormous concentration, fruity attack, mixed citrus fruits, high acidity, spice, quite minerally mid-palate, very long grapefruity aftertaste with good concentration of fruit.
Summary: Accessible but still young, 95+ p.
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1998 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
Appearance: Light golden colour.
Nose: Rather smokey (but not as much as the 1995), ripe yellow fruit, discrete fudge notes, brioche, slightly flowery.
Palate: Good concentration, yellow fruit – citrus and some apple – high acidity, smoke, mineral, spice, good length and aftertaste with citrus.
Summary: Young, but somewhat accessible, 93+ p.
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