Grande Cuvée

 Bin No

 MOET/010

 Size

 75cl

 Price

 £125.00

Krug Grande Cuvée is the supreme expression of the Krug style - intense, inspiring, individual.

Year after year, the Krug family recreates this exceptional Champagne by blending fifty wines or more from three grape varieties, twenty to twenty-five vineyards, and six to ten different years.

Krug's traditional first fermentation in small oak casks reveals the rich and complex aromas of Krug Grande Cuvée.

Once bottled, it is matured for an exceptional length of time in the cellars in Reims, developing the exquisite balance of intensity and elegance that is the taste of Krug.

A gleaming gold colour, an extravagantly expansive bouquet, an almost creamy texture. Then, an explosion of sensations - luscious fruitiness, hints of hazelnut and toast, a final flourish of freshness...

An inspiration. With every sip, a revelation...

Christmas 2009 promotion price £95.00 per bottle saving 24%

 Rosé

 Bin No

 MOET/016

 Size

 75cl

 Price

 £225.00

Krug Rosé is pure seduction - an extravagant, provocative Champagne that fuses the intensity and elegance of the Krug style with an excitement all its own.

The vibrant personality of Krug Rosé is brought to life by intricate blending of carefully selected Pinot Noir grapes, briefly fermented on the skins, with Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, whose richly individual aromas are revealed by Krug's unique first fermentation in small oak casks. Like all Krug Champagnes, Krug Rosé is matured for an exceptional length of time in the cellars in Reims, developing the distinctive combination of power and finesse for which Krug is renowned.

In the glass, Krug rosé has a pale pink-gold colour with exquisitely fragrant bouquet that merely hint at the intense, exotic flavours it lavishes on the palate. Wild berries, intriguing spices, concentrated flowers merge in a silky-smooth harmony of subtlety and sensuality, dryness and delicacy, an enchantment that seems to go on forever...

A captivating Champagne, a sublime self-indulgence.

 Vintage 1996

 Bin No

 MOET/014

 Size

 75cl

 Price

 £254.00

Krug Vintage is a statement – Krug’s definitive, one-off interpretation of the character of an outstanding year. The blend contains wines exclusively from that year.

TASTE: Krug 1996 is extraordinary indeed – an extreme, eccentric champagne that first caresses the senses with its rich aromas, firm texture and full, ripe flavours, then dramatically explodes into jubilant freshness. Rich, radiant gold illuminated by slender streams of bubbles, Krug 1996 already promises a masterful combination of maturity and acidity.

Fresh pear – Candied lemon – Ripe fruit – Honey – Gingerbread – Mocha.

COMPOSITION: Krug Vintage is designed to blend vintage character with Krug’s house style. Krug selects young fermented wines which best represent the character of the particular year. The three grape varieties are blended to create harmony: Chardonnay’s elegance, Pinot noir’s fullness and the fruit of carefully selected Pinot Meunier grapes bring finesse and complexity to the wine. 1996 was also a landmark in the long history of the House of Krug, since Krug 1996 was the last vintage to be blended by three generations of the Krug family – Paul Krug, Henri and Rémi Krug, and Olivier Krug – all working together.

Olivier Krug, Directeur de la Maison Krug, clearly remembers his grandfather’s reaction when he first tasted the year’s newly fermented wines. “Throughout his life, my grandfather shunned exaggeration of any kind,” he says, “but on this occasion he looked at us and said: ‘I think this may well be the next 1928’. Eleven years on, Krug 1996 is certainly a Krug to the power of Krug. Time will tell if it is indeed a legend in the making.”