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Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 171eme

6 notes Most recent 13 July 2026
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13 July 2026 Strong yeast and rye notes dominate the entry on this particular bottle. With time and air, limestone, unripe pineapple rind, crunchy pear, and… 10 May 2026 Stellar bottle. Best 171 I've had so far. Incredibly crystalline and exacting, and yet also gorgeously gourmand in volume and flavor. Limestone,… 3 August 2025 This go-around, the 171 was inched out by a Dhondt Roc Solare. It was close, and the Krug and Dhondt's profiles were extremely similar, but the group… 3 July 2025 Amalgamated power, finesse, texture, breadth, and focus all come together in an alluring package of nutty oxidative flavors intermingled with poached… 9 May 2025 Still just as spritely as the last bottle I had a couple years ago in Bordeaux, the 171 has an admirable electricity that lifts its flavors now and… 18 November 2023 At Grand'Vigne restaurant, Les Sources de Caudalie (Smith Haute Lafitte).