Krug, Grande Cuvée, Edition, 167th

Name: Krug, Grande Cuvée, Edition
Brand: Krug

Available Vintages

justerini & brooks tasting note

Lemon pie and golden sultana aromas combine with the cut of smoky oak, toast and tight golden berries. An exceptionally elegant Grand Cuvee 167, based on the 2011 vintage and propped up with 42% reserve wines dating back to the ‘90s. Wonderfully pure flavours dance across the palate, delicate white currant, chalk, bitter lemon & grapefruit notes energised by a lovely pliant acidity and remarkable detail of flavour. Lissom, high toned and gossamer textured – a Grand Cuvee for the Spring (if it ever arrives)…

critic reviews

95/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The NV Grande Cuvée 167ème Édition, based on the 2011 vintage, shows just how much can be accomplished in Champagne through the art of the blend. This release includes 191 wines back to 1995 and a relatively low presence (42%) of the base year. But its the whole that counts more than the sum of the parts. In fact, I prefer this wine to the 2011 Vintage. All the elements are so nicely balanced. Citrus, white flowers, mint, white pepper and slate are some of the many notes that build in the glass. Disgorged: Summer 2018. Krug ID: 318036.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2044

date of review 03/2024

95+/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Making its debut this year is Krug's NV Grande Cuvee 167eme Edition, a beautiful wine that wafts from the glass with aromas of yellow orchard fruit, peach and waxy citrus rind, complemented by complex notes of freshly baked bread, walnuts and smoke. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and muscular but incisive, with a deep and concentrated core, a pinpoint mousse and a long, complex finish. Built around the 2011 vintage, the wine includes reserve wines dating back to 1995 and was disgorged in the winter of 2017-2018. Readers are advised to give it at least a couple years of bottle age before popping corks.

DRINKING WINDOW 2020 - 2045

date of review 04/2019