Community Tasting Note

• sirpat00 wrote: 93 points

  November 18, 2022 - 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.
  
  Tasting note:
  Base 2011. Cépages 47% PN, 36% Ch, 17% PM. 6 years on lees, degorged Q1 2018. Pear and a bit of citrus fruit, plus toast notes. Felt more fresh and less ripe than the following 3 releases. More lean also on the palate, mostly built on acidity and as harmonious as the others as 168 or 169.

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4 Comments

• zimmy07 commented:

  11/30/22, 10:52 AM - 63 points?

• sirpat00 commented:

  11/30/22, 11:13 AM - 93!! thanks for pointing this out - corrected.

• zimmy07 commented:

  11/30/22, 11:52 AM - Great notes, where was this tasting held? I had the 08 Krug once and still have many bottles. It was young and tight, but a lot of reviews lately have me a bit freaked. I hope age moves this along.

• sirpat00 commented:

  12/1/22, 8:59 AM - Really hard to make a qualified comment here since 85% of all Krugs I ever had were at this tasting and also the only time I had 2008. Plus in a group tasting context hence only 1 glass per person (1/16 of the bottle) with limited time to revisit…. I will say this though: it‘s never wrong to have a stack of Krug, so you already win anyway, and reselling value has gone up dramatically for you. Best course of action I think is to give it another 3 years or so and check back in. I have bumped into other 2008s that are in a bad spot right now…

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