1996 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut
Champagne Blend
Auction price: Register or sign-in to see quarterly averages
or visit the Wine Market Journal
Drink by: (Add My Drinking Window)
Advertisement
Popular Wines Like This
Who Likes This Wine(121)
Community Tasting Notes (567) Avg Score: points
View all 567 Community Tasting Notes
What Do You Think? Add a Tasting Note
Pro Reviews
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Krug Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text.
10/5/2021, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage Sparkling White) Login and sign up and see review text.
Vinous Table: Mount Sinai Charity Dinner at Saison (Nov 2019), 11/1/2019, (See more on Vinous...)
View From the Cellar
-
By John Gilman
(Krug Vintage Brut (Reims)) Login and sign up and see review text.
May/Jun 2019, Issue #81, Recently-Tasted Champagne and Sparkling Wines Including a Deep and Wide Vertical of Clos des Goisses
Burghound
-
By Allen Meadows
(Krug Brut Champagne/Sparkling) Subscribe to see review text.
Jan-18, Issue #69, (See more on Burghound...)
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Krug, Brut Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text.
11/23/2017, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...) -
By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Krug, Brut Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text.
6/22/2016, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
Vinous Table: Rusty Staub Charity Dinner, New York (Dec 2015), 12/1/2015, (See more on Vinous...) -
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
1996 Champagne – For The Ages (Oct 2014), 10/1/2014, (See more on Vinous...) -
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage (magnum)) Login and sign up and see review text.
Vinous Table: Charity Dinner to Benefit the Frankie Lemmon School (March 2014), (See more on Vinous...)
Champagne Warrior
-
By Brad Baker
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
November 2013, Issue #17, Krug Vintage: A Wine of Circumstance
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
9th Annual Wine Dinner and Auction to Benefit The Mount Sinai Hospital (Feb 2012), (See more on Vinous...)
Vintage Tastings
-
By John Kapon
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
Happy New Year 2012 - Juhlin Takes New York, 1/11/2012
View From the Cellar
-
By John Gilman
(Krug Vintage Brut) Login and sign up and see review text.
Nov/Dec 2011, Issue #36, Champagne Krug - An Uncompromising Pursuit of Bubbly Magic
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
Krug: Clos du Mesnil 1979-1998 (Jul 2011), (See more on Vinous...)
The World of Fine Wine
-
June 2011, Issue #32, (See more on The World of Fine Wine...)
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
Vintage Tastings
-
By John Kapon
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
Mondays, Tuesdays, 5/1/2011
The WINEFRONT
-
By Gary Walsh
(Champagne Krug) Login and subscribe to see review text.
12/20/2010, (See more on The WINEFRONT...)
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
Checking in on the 1996 Champagnes (Sep 2010), (See more on Vinous...)
Vintage Tastings
-
By John Kapon
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
Maggie Henriquez in Hong Kong, 12/7/2009
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
New Releases from Champagne (Dec 2008), (See more on Vinous...)
Vintage Tastings
-
By John Kapon
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
Hong Kong Diaries 2009 Continued, 5/28/2009
Winedoctor
-
By Chris Kissack
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
May 2009, (See more on Winedoctor...)
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Krug Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text.
2/13/2009, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Champagne Warrior
-
By Brad Baker
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
January 2009, Issue #1, The Top 50 Champagnes of 1996
-
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
The 1996 Champagnes Revisited (Jan 2009), (See more on Vinous...) -
By Antonio Galloni
(Krug Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
Champagne: The Last Frontier (Dec 2009), (See more on Vinous...)
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Krug Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text.
10/10/2008, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Vintage Tastings
-
By John Kapon
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
Bipin's Thanksgiving, 1/21/2008 -
By John Kapon
(Krug) Login and sign up and see review text.
New Year's Eve 2007, 1/2/2008
i-WineReview.com
-
Report 9: Champagne, 12/1/2007, (See more on i-WineReview.com...)
(Krug Vintage Reims) Subscribe to see review text.
-
By Josh Raynolds
(Krug Brut Vintage) Login and sign up and see review text.
November/December 2007, IWC Issue #135, (See more on Vinous...)
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Krug Vintage Brut) Subscribe to see review text.
8/21/2007, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
ChampagneGuide.net
-
By Peter Liem
(Krug Brut) Subscribe to see review text.
(See more on ChampagneGuide.net...)
Decanter
-
By Michael Edwards
(Krug, Champagne, France, White) Login and subscribe to see review text.
(See more on Decanter...)
RJonWine.com
-
By Richard Jennings
(Krug Champagne Vintage Brut) Light medium golden yellow color; rich, yeasty, hazelnut, peach, apricot nose; tasty, yeasty, balanced, hazelnut, tart apple, tart peach, very tart apricot palate; long finish
6/4/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Krug Champagne Vintage Brut) Light medium golden color; yeasty, bready, tart white fruit, tart citrus nose, that opens to tangerine after 30 minutes in the glass; tight, very tart citrus, tangy, tart lemon, mineral, kumquat palate with medium-plus acidity; long finish
4/3/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Krug Champagne Vintage Brut) Light yellow color; nice yeasty, tart peach nose; tasty, focused, tart peach, apricot and lemon palate with zingy acidity; long finish (opened up a lot after 30 minutes in the glass)
7/28/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 95 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Krug Champagne Vintage Brut) Tart orange, tangerine and kumquat palate; long finish
9/17/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 97 points
NOTE: Some content is property of JancisRobinson.com and Vinous and View From the Cellar and Burghound and Champagne Warrior and Vintage Tastings and The World of Fine Wine and The WINEFRONT and Winedoctor and i-WineReview.com and ChampagneGuide.net and Decanter and RJonWine.com.
Add a Pro Review
Add Your Own Reviews:
Wine Definition
- Vintage1996
- TypeWhite - Sparkling
- ProducerKrug
- VarietyChampagne Blend
- DesignationVintage Brut
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionChampagne
- SubRegionn/a
- AppellationChampagne
- Display optionsDefault
- UPC/EAN Code081753190767, 081753802363, 081753809928, 081753831387, 3258064023405, 3258064033312, 3258064059619, 3258064067218
3/12/2024 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
Excellent bottle of this showing a fully mature flavor profile but with plenty of richness and acidity in the style of the vintage. Really complex and satisfying on the finish with notes of clove spice, caramel and minerals. Plenty of vigor and plenty of life left in this gorgeous vintage of Krug.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/2/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Some nice Burgundies (Chicago, IL): Been quite a long while since I had this last. For my palate, this is starting to get long in the tooth. The old-school Krug weight is here for sure, but there are lots of browning notes to the fruit here. Plenty of acidity to cut the richness on the palate, but also a bit of nuttiness from the age.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/29/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 97 Points
blind
nailed it. Far away from his peak but nice drinking window. All Krug elements you neeed. Power, freshness and great concentration. 97-98
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/22/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:
Opened and served over next 2 hours. Gold colour. Minuscule bubbles. Nose of oyster shell, honey and a hint of curry powder. Uniquely silky palate. Rich, elegant and precise. Creamy. Simply perfect. I could bathe in this.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
1/26/2024 - etyc Likes this wine:
Very good. Liked it very much. Detail notes may yet follow...
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment