NV Grande Cuvée, Champagne Krug
Parker 94 (2025); James Suckling 97 (2025); Wine Spectator 96 (2025)
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At a glance
- Grape
- Chardonnay 34%, Pinot Meunier 33%, Pinot Noir 33%
- Region
- Champagne, France
- Alcohol
- 12.50%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Exceptional Longevity (15-50+ Years)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Rich & Creamy Dishes, Poultry & Pork
Why this wine
Krug ferment everything in small oak casks and blend across more than a hundred wines from a dozen vintages, which is why Grande Cuvee carries no year and tastes nothing like other non-vintage Champagne. Rich, nutty, oxidative, closer to a great white Burgundy than to an aperitif. Divisive, and the wine most likely to change what someone thinks Champagne is.
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Description
How it tastes
Grande Cuvée is blended from around 120 wines drawn from more than ten vintages, then aged in barrel — a scale of blending no other house attempts. Intense and round, with roasted hazelnut and dried fruit over a fresh, floral lift.
The producer
Krug ferment every parcel separately in small oak casks and hold an enormous library of reserve wines, which is what makes a non-vintage of this complexity possible. The house has kept to that method since 1843, at considerable cost and against every commercial argument for simplifying it.
Food and drinking
Good with seafood, rich & creamy dishes and poultry & pork. Built for the long term — decades, if kept well. Serve at 9°C.