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Krug Champagne Vintage Brut

Tasted 16 November 2023 France · Champagne

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 linear and taut profile,…

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