Champagne Krug Grande Cuvee 165ème Edition
Krug Grande Cuvée 165ème Édition is a non-vintage white Champagne from Maison Krug, in Champagne, classified as a Grand Cru de Champagne. Its blend brings together 48% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, and 17% Pinot Meunier. This edition brings together 127 wines from 14 different years, including 31% reserve wines; the oldest wine dates back to 1990. It spent approximately seven years in Krug's cellars before disgorgement.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Krug
- Cuvée
- Grande Cuvée 165ème Édition
- Millésime
- Non Vintage
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 48% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 17% 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 165ème Édition
Krug Grande Cuvée 165ème Édition is a blended champagne created around the 2009 harvest. It brings together 127 wines from 14 years, from 1990 to 2009, with reserve wines representing 31% of the final blend. This multi-year construction aims for a richness and breadth impossible to achieve with wines from a single harvest.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- "Grande Cuvée" refers to the fulfillment of Joseph Krug's dream to offer the best possible champagne every year, regardless of climatic variations; "165ème Édition" corresponds to the 165th recreation of this vision by the Maison.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2009
- Style of the cuvée
- A full, generous and complex champagne, built by blending numerous wines from several years. Reserve wines bring depth and roundness, while long aging in the cellar promotes elegance and the integration of the whole.
- Position within the range
- Krug's emblematic prestige cuvée, recreated each year beyond the notion of vintage.
Histoire de la cuvée
Since the founding of Krug in 1843, the Maison has perpetuated Joseph Krug's project by recreating a new edition of Krug Grande Cuvée every year, independently of vintage variations. Crafted around the 2009 harvest, this edition constitutes the 165th documented recreation of this expression.
