Krug Grande Cuvée Edición Número 168 con estuche
Descripción
Krug Grande Cuvée es la quintaesencia de la excelencia artesana de Krug: un assemblage extraordinario de 198 vinos de 11 añadas diferentes, el más joven de 2012 y el más viejo de 1996. Cada año sale al mercado una de las ediciones de uno de los champagnes más perseguidos del mundo y mejor valorados por los principales críticos del planeta. Krug Grande Cuvée nació del sueño de un hombre, Joseph Krug, para ofrecer el mejor champagne cada año, independientemente de la añada y de las variaciones en el clima. Una estancia de unos siete años en las bodegas de Krug da a este Krug Grande Cuvée 168ème Édition su distintivo, expresión y elegancia. Krug Grande Cuvée es el primer y único champagne Prestige recreado cada año, más allá de la noción de vendimia. La historia completa de cada Édition se revela online a través de su Krug iD, seis dígitos en la etiqueta trasera.
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Opinión de los críticos
Krug's NV Grande Cuvée 168ème Édition is a classic in the making, wafting from the glass with aromas of dried fruits, pear, toasted nuts, orange zest, honeycomb and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, generous but incisive, it's deep and elegantly fleshy, with a beautifully refined mousse and an enveloping core of fruit that's complemented by the characteristic Krug patina of nutty complexity imparted by barrel fermentation. Even if this is more open out of the gates than the 2011-based 167ème edition, the 168ème edition is also the more concentrated and intense of the two. It's based on the 2012 harvest, complemented by fully 42% reserve wines—a blend of 198 wines from 11 different vintages dating back to 1996.- William Kelley.
Quite rich aromas of cooked apples, peaches, pie crust and biscuit. Some dried pineapple. Full bodied with layers of fruit and a really lively backbone of acidity and energy. Really zippy and energetic at the end. A beauty. Based on the 2012 harvest, but 13 different years in the blend. Drink now.
A beautiful Champagne, yet one that needs bottle age, the NV Grand Cuvee 168ème Edition comes mostly from the 2012 vintage (a good vintage) and has gorgeous apple blossom and stone fruits intermixed with classic Krug toasted brioche, toasted almond, white flowers, and honeysuckle aromatics. Just gorgeous on the palate as well, it's concentrated and has a rich, backward texture, bright acidity, and great finish. It takes lots of air to show at its best today, but do your best to hide bottles for 3-4 years. You'll be rewarded and it will evolve gracefully for another two decades or more.
52% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 13% Pinot Meunier. A gentle gold with discreet yet persistent mousse and aromatics of spring meadows, lemon sherbet and barley sugar; the wine is pure and softly powerful, youthful energy finely poised, somewhat cautious after so many years in the chalky cellars. The reserve wines, Pinot Noir from Verzenay and Chardonnay from Avize especially, are subtle in support, vivacious despite their relative maturity, contributing to an ensemble which is hitherto dominated by red fruit, courtesy of the superb Pinot Noir, and a colourful tension. Behind that there are whispers of honey, quince and posset… and with so much more to come; but the finish, happily in these days of privation, takes one to wherever one may wish to go. - Somin Field MW.
198 vins sur 11 millésimes, avec une base de 2012, constituent cette référence, tendue, vineuse et complexe à la fois.