Champagne Krug Grande Cuvee 168ème Edition Magnum (150cl)
The Champagne Krug Grande Cuvée 168th Edition is a non-millesimé white champagne from Champagne, crafted by Krug and classified as a Champagne Grand Cru. Its blend brings together 52% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, and 13% Pinot Meunier. The Wine Advocate awards it 96/100 and recommends drinking between 2020 and 2040. The publication describes a full-bodied and intense palate, driven by a refined mousse, dried fruits, pear, citrus, honey, and a toasty, nutty complexity linked to barrel fermentation.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 52% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 13% 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 168ème Édition
Krug Grande Cuvée 168ème Édition is a non-vintage cuvée built around the 2012 harvest. It blends 198 wines from 11 years, from 1996 to 2012, with 42% reserve wines. This multi-year construction aims for an aromatic richness and diversity impossible to achieve with the wines of a single year.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- “Grande Cuvée” designates Krug's most generous expression of Champagne; the number 168 indicates its 168th recreation since the founding of the Maison.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2012
- Style of the cuvée
- A full, generous and complex blended Champagne, seeking great richness of flavors and aromas through the combination of numerous wines and years, while maintaining freshness, vibrancy and tension.
- Position within the range
- The most generous expression of Champagne and the annual embodiment of Krug's founding vision.
Histoire de la cuvée
Joseph Krug founded his Maison in 1843 with the ambition of crafting the best possible Champagne every year, regardless of climatic variations, giving birth to Krug Grande Cuvée. The 168ème Édition, crafted around the 2012 harvest, represents according to the Maison the 168th recreation of this vision. Krug has officially used Edition numbers on labels since 2016 to identify each blend.
