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Wine Description
The Story
PRIOR TO 1978, ‘GRANDE CUVÉE’ WAS CALLED ‘PRIVATE CUVÉE.’
The new name aligned with the original Krug Champagne, then called Champagne No.1 Krug Grande Cuvée. Krug also adjusted the bottle shape of its wines in 1978, swapping standard Champagne bottles for the iconic narrow-necked bottles it still uses today.
The vast majority of prestige cuvées from houses are vintage Champagnes, which are generally thought to be more prestigious than n...
Wine Information
Krug separates all of its base wines according to vineyard plots, tastes them individually, and blends them later. All wine is vinified in wooden casks and undergoes malolactic fermentation, which is why Krug Champagnes are known for being rich, complex, and long-aging. If a plot’s juice does not meet the house’s standard, it will be sold to another producer as bulk wine.
