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Grande Cuvée -166ème Édition NV (10's)

Krug, Champagne, France

Krug
Champagne France
  • 95
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    1 041

  • Producer ranking ?

    98

  • Decanting time

    15min

  • When to drink

    now to 2035

  • Food Pairing

    Salmon with a mild butter sauce

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Compared to Krug's 160th edition, the bright golden-yellow colored NV Grande Cuvée 166ème Édition (ID117010) is still a baby that shows the chalky and fruity features of a young white Burgundy intermixed with notes of Schwarzwälder Kirsch (dark cherries with black chocolate) and floral (ammonia) flavors on the pure, fresh and elegant yet intense and still yeasty brioche nose with its ripe apple aromas and refreshingly bright (...

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Krug Grand Cuvee 166th Edition – Again great length and with notes of oatmeal, nuts, stonefruits, toast and a near custard-like texture. Very fine balance, as expected. Powerful and complex, more of a linear style. The base is 2010 with the oldest reserve material going back to 1998. 140 different wines used in the blend. 96.

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  • 96p

The MV Grande Cuvée 166ème, based on the 2010 vintage, offers good depth, but it also comes across as a bit angular and in need of time in bottle to soften. Certainly, next to the 2008 and 2009 editions, the 2010 is a touch rough around the edges. Even so, there is good freshness and verve to the bright citrus, mineral and floral flavors.

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  • 94p

ID 217017. A blend of 140 wines.
Savoury, rather Puligny-like nose. Very, very fresh, real zest on the palate which seems more youthful than the nose. Very punchy and fresh. Seems more youthful than the 167th Edition.

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  • 94p

Tasted blind, wine 10. Slightly less deep, slightly more meaty here, again the sweetness is here, this is very complex. Cool fruit and texture on the palate and it is quite full in the range, touch of white pepper, not super aged, but very complex for me – enjoyable now but plenty to come. A graceful style. Turned out to be 2010 base Grande Cuvee. A definite winner. 95/100

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  • 95p

The deep golden colour and fine, vivacious bubbles hint at fullness and elegance.On the nose there are notes of flowers in bloom, ripe and dried fruit, marzipan, gingerbread and citrus fruits. An exceptional freshness in the mouth reveals flavours of hazelnut, nougat, barley sugar, jellied and citrus fruits, almonds, brioche and honey.

The fullest expression of Champagne, created every year, beyond the notion of vintage, Krug Grande Cuvée is a blend of over 120 different wines from more than 10 different years. Blending so many different wines from different years lends a fullness of flavours and aromas that would be impossible to express with the wines of a single year. As the maison describes it, it is a complete orchestra playing together in harmony.
For Cellar Master Eric Lebel, “Every Édition is different, formed of a unique blend of wines, yet they all bear a family resemblance, an expression and elegance that are distinctly Krug.”

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Origin

Reims, Champagne

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