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  • Country ranking ?

    493
  • Producer ranking ?

    38
  • Decanting time

    10min
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon velouté with lemon and cream

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The Story

To the delight of Krug Lovers around the world, a very limited number of Krug Vintage bottles are kept in ideal conditions in the House’s cellars. They are tasted and appraised as they wait to blossom into a second life. The Cellar Master might then decide that some Krug Vintages reveal a new personality and become Krug Collection. Krug Collection is a tribute to time sublimation: maturity exposes hidden facets, depth and new flavours, while gaining structure and complexity. Krug Collection is always a wonderful discovery, a deeper story of the Krug Vintage.

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Wine Information

Probably one of the most generous yields in the history of Champagne, the year 1982 is a « classic » in terms of climate throughout the year.

Heat in June, July, August and September with sufficient rain at the right moments over vines which had rested well after the previous small crops, gave us wines of excellent ripeness and fairly full character despite a record size crop. The House did not hesitate to create Krug 1982 as the year had a very interesting character and story to tell.

Krug 1982 is the result of blending opulent and powerful Pinot Noirs (54%), rich Chardonnays (30%) and spicy Meuniers (16%). Krug 1982 is on the full bodied side of Krug vintages, not as big as the 1959 or 1976; we see it more in the heritage of the renowned 1964 or even 1953.

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Vintage 1982

One of the decade’s best vintages, which can be excellently enjoyed already now. The winter was cold and the spring cool. The cold weather moved the start of the growth season and enabled the vines to avoid spring frosts. The inflorescences, which bloomed in June, enjoyed perfect conditions. The warm and sunny weather continued through summer all the way until early September, when refreshing and needed rains arrived in the area. They saved the grapes from overmaturing. The result was an excellent vintage, which in addition to being high-quality was quantitatively one of the biggest harvests ever. The vintage was favorable especially for blanc de blancs. Stylistically, the wines are giving, heavy and rich in nuances. They are now at an excellent age, but can still endure maturing 5–7 years on the average. 

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Average Bottle Price

2015 2014 2012 2010 2005 2000
982€ +21.4% 809€ +5.2% 769€ +22.3% 629€ +39.2% 452€ +211.7% 145€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

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Written Notes

Krug Collection 1982 / Was given the wine blind at the same time as Olivier Krug and Eric Lebel and had no difficulty in finding 97 points / ut its identity by the aroma alone since the vintage character is so pronounced. Completely mature with a fairytale, great, rounded, vanilla-creamy butterscotch aroma. Deep and chocolaty with a little dried fruit and figs before it accelerates again on the tongue and then fades away with pleasing nuttiness.

  • 97p
Let’s get to the juice. We started with a 1982 Krug Collection, which was finally showing some mature aromas. My knock on all the recently released Krug Collections is that they are tough to drink upon release, delivering more rocket fuel and razors than fruit and flavor. This bottle was toasty and tasty with a balanced, nutty finish. ‘Great’ was written once, and the ’82 was finally starting to come into its own, although it still seemed young forever (95).
  • 95p

Krug 1982 has emerged already as Krug Collection 1982, it is opulent and generous while increasingly serene.

On the sight, it is elegant, lasting bubbles and fantastic colour, seemingly untouched by time.

On the nose, mocha scents with hazelnut and an opulent rich maturity and depth, revealing a peppery tang.

In the mouth, rich honey and crystallized fruit and hints of tropical fruit, mango and mild spices which slowly gain strength.

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Information

Origin

Reims, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Be Cautious

Glass time

45min

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