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  • Country ranking ?

    721
  • Producer ranking ?

    66
  • Decanting time

    No
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The end of the war commerce in champagne was in a critical situation. If it had kept up the soldiers' morale during the war then it now needed to do the same for the inhabitants of Champagne. It was true that, on the 10 May 1947, at the spring meeting of the A.V.C., René Chayoux, president of the merchants, was able to say, with the approval of Henri Macquart, the president of the vine growers: At the end of a period of terrible torment, the s...

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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...

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Wine Information

For many people, there are champagnes and then there is Krug; that is how legendary this house is. Established in 1843 by Johann-Joseph Krug, the house has for six generations admirably stuck to its quality principles, to its generous burnt style and to its fabulous ageing potential. After the retirement of the fifth-generation brothers Henri and Rémi Krug, the house has been looking for its place within the LVMH Group. After two years at the ...

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Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Long and Lingering

flavors

Toasty, Honey, Creamy and Nutty

nose

Intense, Pure and Generous

recommend

Yes

taste

Perfectly balanced, Well-structured and Complex

Written Notes

This legendary wine was a huge disappointment for me. Good structure and nice acidity. Refreshing but charmless and pointless.

  • 90p
Since the next wine was a 1945 Krug. Sir Robert found it ‘wine-y,’ and while mild, it was sexily good. The Punisher admired its ‘great freshness.’ The palate was long and pretty with flavors of wheat, cream and oat. This was a beautiful bubbly, perhaps a touch delicate by the usual Krug standards, but in true Krug fashion, it still worked (95).
  • 95p
A superb bottle with perfect label and capsule. Level was as good as ever. Decanted 20 minutes. This is a great ‘victory’ champagne that can and should be spoken of only in terms of superlatives. It has a healthy, deep golden colour. On the nose flavours and aromas exploded wide open right after decanting - lots of generous citrus, nuts and honeyed toasty aromas, all coming together in an almost cream-like texture. It still has some tiny bubbles left. This full-bodied and commanding wine has almost perfect balance and heavy, multi-layered structure. At the end all those grand flavours and aromas lingered for an extremely long time. Krug 1945 is superb now and will hold comfortably few more years.
  • 96p
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Information

Origin

Reims, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Serious

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Inside Information

From 1945 planting initiatives had been included in the general restocking program, which was carried out with a view to bringing the grape varieties used and planting practices in line with the new rules, thereby rationalizing the cultivation process, improving quality and quantity and ultimately resulting in a reduction of production costs. The A.V.C. encouraged and coordinated this second restocking, as it had done during the restocking following the abandonment of the vignes en foule ("vines in crowds") technique. Taking a degree of initiative that was unprecedented in France, the A.V.C. set up Commissions de Reconstitution and encouraged the vine growers through subsidies and various other incentives, such as discounts on vines that were recognized as being appropriately selected. There was also a drive to tidy up and restore vineyards and to encourage exchanges and consolidation of properties.

The Aube on account of the grape varieties particular to the region, undertook a more intensive restocking program, with the aim of bringing its vineyards in line with those of the Marne and the Aisne. This was successfully carried out from 1945 under the vigorous direction of Georges Lucot, the representative of the Aube vineyards within the Syndicat Général des Vignerons de la Champagne Délimitée, with the efficient help of Monsieur Dechambre, the director of the county's Agricultural Services, and then of Monsieur Maury, the Aube representative within the C.I.V.C. (Vignerons et Maisons de Champagne), which provided grants to help support these initiatives. In 1951 there were still only 250 hectares of restocked vines against 1,250 hectares of old vines, but the transformation was accomplished by the seventies, much to the benefit of the vine growers of the Aube and the harmony of wine producing Champagne.

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