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White - Sparkling
1979 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut
Champagne Blend
- France
- Champagne
Label borrowed from 1981
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Label borrowed from 1976
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Community Tasting Notes 37
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StiGGe wrote: 99 points
April 3, 2024 - I drank this bottle to a sandwich cake in 2020.
This bottle is the second best champagne i ever tried in my life!
Super multifaceted champagne. So tight in the complexity that you can chew on it!
My bottle i had was exceptional. Bubbles was there, the scent amazing, the taste...omg so good.
The taste was like a complex aroma bomb, fruit, mineral, brioche, nuts, caramel and an elegance i never seeen before in a wine. The most charming part was that the wine was so solid, all o round and didnt faded away in any spectrum.
It brings tears to my eyes that this vintage is over soon. I drunk it on normal size, I would greatly buy it on Magnum but the price is booming. (5000 euro in the writing moment).
If you get your hands on a normal size bottle and the bottle is good you will have an experience you never will forget. -
shifter wrote:
March 8, 2024 - DRC Montrachet Vertical: Nice mousse and some bubbles remaining. Not as balanced as the others in the flight.
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aquacongas Likes this wine: 99 points
June 12, 2023 - blind
Again close to perfection. Bubbles, typical Krug nose. Nuts, candied fruits, honey, dark chocolate but still with lemon freshness. I thought about 79, 81 and 88. In this condition at least 5 more years. 99 -
Jammy Wine wrote: 94 points
September 9, 2022 - Normally I prefer drinking younger wines but this 1979 Krug is rather delicious. Deep and powerful, apricot and orange peel with vibrant acidity and salinity. It is now fully mature with few bubbles left, yet it is still intense and energetic throughout. I prefer this 1979 to the 1976. (94/100)
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WIBA Likes this wine: 95 points
June 24, 2022 - super fresh acidity, takes time to open. Roasted nuts. Creamy. Beautiful. Elegant.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2017, Issue #71, The Bi-Annual Champagne Report Part Two- October 2017(Krug Vintage Brut (Reims)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1979
- Type White - Sparkling
- Producer Krug
- Varietal Champagne Blend
- Designation Vintage Brut
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Champagne
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Champagne
- UPC Code 081753802363
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 25 (4%)
- In Cellars 390 (66%)
- Consumed 175 (30%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
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