Champagne Krug Grande Cuvee 161ème Edition Bottle (75cl)
Krug Grande Cuvée 161ème Édition is a non-millesimé sparkling white Champagne from Maison Krug in Champagne. This Grand Cru cuvée blends Pinot Noir (44%), Chardonnay (33%), and Pinot Meunier (23%). Built around a reference harvest, it brings together 134 wines from 12 different years, including 32% reserve wines. This 161st recreation of Grande Cuvée has benefited from approximately seven years of ageing in Krug's cellars, a step that contributes to its fullness and elegance.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 44% Pinot Noir, 33% Chardonnay, 23% Pinot Meunier
Krug
Founded in Reims in 1843 by Joseph Krug, Maison Krug is a Champagne house now part of the LVMH group. It produces its champagnes using a plot-by-plot approach, drawing on reserve wines and grapes from its own vineyards as well as from partner winegrowers. Its estate vineyards cover 21 hectares.
- Owner
- LVMH
- Maître de chais
- Julie Cavil
- Surface (ha)
- 21.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Joseph Krug founded the House of Krug in Reims in 1843, with the aim of producing a champagne every year without relying solely on the characteristics of a single harvest. In 1848, he recorded his principles of creation and blending in a personal notebook, which subsequently became a key part of the house’s legacy. His method was based, in particular, on close attention to individual plots and the ageing of reserve wines from different vintages. Six generations of the Krug family have since carried on this tradition. In the early 1970s, Rémi and Henri Krug acquired a vineyard in Mesnil-sur-Oger; the first vintage of Krug Clos du Mesnil was produced from the 1979 harvest. In 1976, the two brothers conceived the idea of a blended rosé champagne, the first version of which was launched seven years later. LVMH acquired the House of Krug in 1999. In 2011, Krug introduced Krug iD, a code that identifies the history and composition of a bottle. In 2024, the house opened a new winemaking facility in Ambonnay, named Joseph. Julie Cavil is the current cellar master at Krug.
Grande Cuvée 161ème Édition
Created around the 2005 harvest, Krug Grande Cuvée 161ème Édition blends 134 wines from 12 years, from 1990 to 2005. Reserve wines account for 32% of the blend. This multi-vintage construction aims for a richness and amplitude impossible to achieve with wines from a single harvest.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- "Grande Cuvée" refers to the annual recreation of Joseph Krug's founding dream. The number "161ème Édition", assigned as part of the numbering system formalized in 2016, indicates that this is the 161st recreation of this cuvée since the House was founded.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2005
- Style of the cuvée
- A full, generous, and complex blended champagne, seeking depth, roundness, and aromatic diversity while retaining freshness and elegance.
- Position within the range
- Krug's founding and emblematic cuvée, recreated each year at the same level of excellence as the other champagnes.
Histoire de la cuvée
Krug Grande Cuvée continues the project formulated by Joseph Krug upon founding the House in 1843: to offer the best possible champagne every year, regardless of climatic variations. The 161ème Édition was composed around the 2005 harvest, complemented by reserve wines kept in the House's vinothèque, and then aged for about seven years in Krug's cellars.
