Krug Grande Cuvée Champagne 170 ème Edition i gaveæske

Tasting Panel Magazine

The youngest, 1998 the oldest- compose this extraordinarily sensual and exhilarating blend of 51% Pinot Noir, 38% Chardonnay, and I 1% Pinot Meunier, cellared for seven years. At this stage in its evolution, it opens lavishly, as intense aromas of brioche, dried apple and apricot, marzipan, and wet stone swirl amid wisps of white flowers, smoke, and seashell salinity. Positively buoyant in the mouth for all its richness, resounding with ripe acidity, it spins flavors of ambrosial peach, pear nectar, and hazelnut together with lifting threads of earthy spice, green tomato and plum, and lime curd that echoes in the form of zest on the endlessly supple-not to say triumphant finish.

Houlberg

Lad os smage denne Grande Cuvée Champagne 170ème Edition, der allerede i næsen har en god omgang imødekommende fadnoter med vanilje, lakridskonfekt, wienerbrød, nødder, nougat, fersken, pærer, våde egefade, øllebrød, nogle tørre og liflige elementer med hyben, virkelig æterisk, luftig og nærmest overjordisk. Uhhh, hvor er smagen blød og rund med pærer, bløde dåsepærer og de blide bobler er på ingen måder aggressive, men masserer bare din mund sammen med lidt æblesaft fra saltede æbler og så eller nødder og mandler … alt er vildt flot balanceret … alt fra boblerne, sødmen, syren og frugten … mundsmeltende og hele tiden med denne lidt mørke sødme … 98 point. Forhandles bl.a. af Supervin, hvor denne udgave kostede 1.895 kr.

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Tim Atkin

2014 base. 51% Pinot Noir, 38% Chardonnay, 11% Pinot Meunier. A strong release showing purity and vibrancy. Opening with sea spray freshness, under which persistent, subtle fruits push through with persistence and length; preserved citrus and roasted yellow fruits, ripe fleshy breadfruit and apricot, finally fine citrus-syrup Chardonnay. The developed richness is there, sourdough, walnuts in honey and cocoa, but it is still in the starting blocks. A very fine release, up there with the best of the last decade.

Juha Lihtonen, Best Scandianvian Sommelier

This wine is impresive

Wine Enthusiast

The numbering indicates this is the 170th blending of this Champagne. This iteration has a fine poise—it's mature and toasty on the one hand and offers rich fruit on the other. It is a finely balanced wine that is ripe and full in the mouth.

Falstaff

Light yellow-green, silver reflections, very fine mousse. Delicate mango and blossom honey, some biscuit, a hint of pears and berries, nuances of grapefruit zest, white flowers. Juicy, elegant, delicate yellow apple fruit, fine acidity, subtle but noticeable fruit sweetness in the finish, fine minerality, lime in the aftertaste, salty finish, a finesse-rich accompaniment to food.

James Suckling

Wonderful precision and depth right away on the nose, with dried pineapple, light apricot and hints of flint and slate. Medium-bodied palate that’s firm, bright and linear. Vivid,driven acidity adds focus and perfection. Dried lemon and a wonderful, creamy texture with a mineral undertone. Extremely long, almost endless. Sophistication here.

Decanter

A lovely ferny nose and breezy seaside raciness. Bright yellow fruit on entry, a flicker of preserved lemon and cooked quince adding vibrancy. Then comes the Krug richness which spreads over the palate. The balance hovers tantalisingly between tactile precision and soft warm fruit and the finish reveals layers of cinnamon-tinctured blancmange, and the creaminess goes on. Rich but light on its feet. A definite buy and a keeper.

Robert Parker

Krug's NV Grande Cuvée 170ème Édition is based on the 2014 vintage, complemented by some 45% reserve wines dating back to 1998, with the house drawing on, among many others, 2013 for structure and 2012 and 2003 for generosity. Opening in the glass with aromas of pastry cream, dried fruits, pear, warm spices, freshly baked bread and vanilla pod, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fine-boned, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a precise, chiseled profile. But if the latter adjective could be applied to the 2013-base 169ème édition equally felicitously, the 2014-base 170ème is more giving and less tightly wound out of the gates and will offer more demonstrative drinking young.

Wine Spectator

A lovely, mouthwatering Champagne, with a vivid and finely detailed panoply of baked nectarine, lime blossom, ground coffee, mandarin orange peel, candied ginger and salted almond notes set in a lithe, limber frame. Seamlessly knit, with a sense of buoyant vitality, this has a harmonious, elegant frame for the richly expressive flavor range. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier. Disgorged winter 2020 to 2021.

Jeb Dunnuck

From vintages spanning from 1998 to 2014, the NV Champagne 170th Edition is decadent and nuanced, with a rounded perfume of toasted brioche, lemon curd, and honeydew melon. Ripe yellow orchard fruits fill the palate with nectarine, fresh grapefruit pith, and a core of acidity. This is showing wonderfully now, although it still has the tension to go for the next 20 years.

John Gilman

The very soon to be released new “170ème Édition” of Krug Grande Cuvée is a stunning young wine. It is from the base year of 2014 and composed from a cépages of fifty-one percent pinot noir, thirty-eight percent chardonnay and eleven percent pinot meunier. In this vintage, a nearly unprecedented forty-five percent of the blend was made up of reserve wines. The reason so much of the blend this year was made up of reserve wines was the crop of pinot noir in 2014 was not stellar, as it had to contend with the infestation of Suzuki flies that damaged the quality of this grape in particular leading into the harvest of 2014. But, fortunately, there was plenty of pinot noir in the reserve wine library at Maison Krug, so the challenge was able to be overcome beautifully. The “170ème Édition” of Grande Cuvée is strikingly floral this year, offering up a beautiful bouquet of pear, delicious apples, hazelnut, a complex base of soil tones, orange zest, patissière and a gorgeous array of floral scents in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and beautifully mineral in profile, with a fine core, refined mousse and a very long, complex and perfectly balanced finish. This is a beautiful rendition of this iconic wine.

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Vinum

Appears very reserved and youthful with its mineral-fruity expression, accompanied by accents of porcini mushrooms and spices; of large breed in the mouth, dense and impressively long; a Grande Cuvée of a special class that connoisseurs will keep away for at least two or three years. The note for the enormous potential and the purezza of this exceptional wine.

Essi Avellan MW

(51% Pinot Noir, 28% Chardonnay, 11% Meunier). This Grande Cuvée Edition is a blend of 195 wines from 12 different years spanning from 1998 to 2014. The colour is rich, lemon-gold; the nose already generous, with a complex melange of apricot jam and dried fruits, sweet pastries and baking spices. The oak is notable but neatly in the background and with no oxidative tones; it lends only sweet, spicy tones and charred-wood whiffs. This is the child of a cool year, and the acidity feels accentuated, the overall impression a little lighter than on most vintages. But there is a welcome freshness cutting all that concentration and vinosity, leading to a super-long, driven and mouthwateringly fresh finish. Even if it comes with great potential, the wine is generous, laudable and already approachable now.