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N.V. Krug Grande Cuvee Brut (Label #4)

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RATINGS

95Wine Spectator

Powerful, well-toned Champagne, featuring coconut, toast, grapefruit and coffee aromas and flavors... plenty of bass notes, punctuated by crisp acidity..comes together on the fine texture, with an aftertaste of roasted hazelnut and coffee.

93Robert M. Parker Jr.

A big, boldly styled Champagne with smoky, earthy, pear, apple, and spicy aromas as well as flavors, loads of effervescence, and fine body and depth.

92Vinous / IWC

Ripe apple, pear and orange on the nose, along with hints of honey, toffee and brioche.... crisp pear and apple flavors are nicely lifted by juicy acidity...Finishes with very good focus and length.

REGION

France, Champagne

Champagne is a small, beautiful wine growing region northeast of Paris whose famous name is misused a million times a day. As wine enthusiasts and all French people are well aware, only sparkling wines produced in Champagne from grapes grown in Champagne can be called Champagne. Sparkling wines produced anywhere else, including in other parts of France, must be called something besides Champagne. Champagne producers are justifiably protective of their wines and the prestige associated with true Champagne. Though the region was growing grapes and making wines in ancient times, it began specializing in sparkling wine in the 17th century, when a Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon formulated a set guidelines to improve the quality of the local sparkling wines. Despite legends to the contrary, Dom Pérignon did not “invent” sparkling wine, but his rules about aggressive pruning, small yields and multiple pressings of the grapes were widely adopted, and by the 18th and 19th centuries Champagne had become the wine of choice in fashionable courts and palaces throughout Europe. Today there are 75,000 acres of vineyards in Champagne growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Champagne’s official appellation system classifies villages as Grand Cru or Premier Cru, though there are also many excellent Champagnes that simply carry the regional appellation. Along with well-known international Champagne houses there are numerous so-called “producer Champagnes,” meaning wines made by families who, usually for several or more generations, have worked their own vineyards and produced Champagne only from their own grapes.

VINTAGE

N.V. Krug Grande Cuvee Brut (Label #4)

Beige label. Label has Brut written under Krug and above Grande Cuvee. eg: Krug Brut Grande Cuvee. 2004 - 2011