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“I got my first taste of the 1928 at my grandfather’s house, where each of the five grandchildren took turns visiting for lunch every week, each on our own day. My day was Thursday. Because the middle of the week was free at that time in France, I got to stay at my grandparents’ house after lunch and listen to stories about their lives, our family, the town and the wars - this was something about which they had a lot to say!
At lunch I...
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The Story
Unique to the House of Krug, every Krug Vintage is crafted to be different, to reveal the expression of a particular year. A year with character, a year with a special story to tell in a way that Krug alone can relate. To narrate this story, Krug has blended very expressive wines from a single year, enhanced by a stay of over ten years in the cellars. Krug Vintage is the story of a year as seen by Krug; there are as many stories as there are K...
Wine Information
KRUG 1928 / What is the best champagne of all time? In my opinion, this is a question for which there is no one answer. And yet so many wine magazine articles written by so many wine experts still try to find the ultimate answer year after year.
It’s a question that seems to have a different “right” answer every time, depending on who is doing the questioning and when.
This is a question whose reasonableness—or even necessity—might have nume...
Vintage 1928
Champagne Vintage by Richard Juhlin / The vintage of the century! Krug from this year is considered by many experts to be the most perfect champagne ever made. More than eighty years old, champagne is always a gamble, and I regret to inform you that I am no longer equally impressed with this powerful vintage as I was earlier. Certainly, there are great bottles— and the acidity is always impressive—but most are pitted by maderisation, unlike th...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2023 | 2015 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 500€ +16.4% | 21 900€ +12.7% | 19 433€ |
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.