Strong yeast and rye notes dominate the entry on this particular bottle. With time and air, limestone, unripe pineapple rind, crunchy pear, and ginger emerge. The deeper notes of honey, grilled…
One of my favorite Krug cuvees, this go-around with the 169 shows a distinctly yeasty profile at first, but quickly rounds out with brioche, nut, and honey notes after exposure to air. Still, the…
There is a precision here that immediately draws you in, with a leesy, yeast-driven entry that is both electric and weighty, the 2013 vintage Krug is captivating. The tension and energy are…
An exquisite and pristine bottle, with a solid marriage of breadth and focus. The nose offers honey and green/white melon, while the palate is gifted with yellow and green pear, yellow apple, white…
Stellar bottle. Best 171 I've had so far. Incredibly crystalline and exacting, and yet also gorgeously gourmand in volume and flavor. Limestone, prickly pear, chalk, lime pith, and white melon rind…
Lemon and yeast make for a spritely delivery, with quince, crisp yellow and white pear, yellow apple skin, limestone, and white travertine notes making up the core profile. This is already a very…
The 2013 base does everything right here to maintain wonderful acidity and precision for the weightier brioche crust, nut, and honey notes that make Krug so yummy. The splits (.375s) are easy go-tos…
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 agreed the Dhondt carried a bit more freshness…
Amalgamated power, finesse, texture, breadth, and focus all come together in an alluring package of nutty oxidative flavors intermingled with poached pear, grilled lemon, salty yuzu, limestone, and…
The first sips of this wine were very nice. An expected 2006 Krug profile, with a broader posture and oxidized fruit elements that encompass those orangey and mature lemon flavors. The finish faded…
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 also signals a wine that can age. Those hallmark…
Blood orange, ripe grapefruit, grilled lemon, yuzu, muddled strawberry, hazelnut, and olive oil flavors make for an enveloping profile that is rich and satiating. This is truly a pink Krug, with the…
This begins to hit a stride after a couple hours of air. After a vigorous start out the gate, there is a nice mid-palate pause on the final sips that peacock beautiful green and yellow pear,…
A wine like this makes me wonder why I bother trying to hunt for all these other different Champagne. Variety is the spice of life and all that, but this right here is such a solid operator every…
Hard to find fault here. Continues to improve each year. The 2013 vintage base has made for a stellar Champagne that simply has wonderful intensity, a complex and ever evolving menagerie of flavors,…
This thing is on absolute fire, acting more like all the other amazing and super electrifying 2013 Champagne I've been sampling recently. At first, this is nothing like any Krug I've had, with a…
Though I haven't been thoroughly stoked on a ton of 2006 Champagne as of late, I gotta tell ya that this bottle of Krug was in a really beautiful spot. Oxidative and a little brooding (sure, it's a…
This thing keeps getting better and better. 2013 is a vintage to look out for in Champagne. You can ogle over your 2008s all you want, but I am continually reaffirmed that 2013 is going to be stiff…
A nice glass of 168 to start out before sampling a couple of Harlans at the estate. Who could complain?! I do prefer the 169 (base 2013) to this more rounded 168 (2012 base). Hey, look who's…
Slightly yeastier, richer, and more oxidative than, for example, the 169 (which has recently renewed my faith in the Krug eme series - or at least given the 2013 base used in the 169), this 166…
This bottle showed a bit more richness than previous bottles, but not still without the requisite punchiness that I've grown especially fond of with the 169. Just when I think I might want to age…
