Winery Krug - Brut Champagne

Winery KrugBrut Champagne

Wine of France Sparkling wine of Champagne of France
4.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Brut Champagne of Winery Krug is a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
In the mouth this sparkling wine is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Brut Champagne of the Winery Krug is in the top 50 of wines of France and in the top 10 of wines of Champagne.

Taste structure of the Brut Champagne from the Winery Krug

Light
Bold
Soft
Acidic
Gentle
Fizzy

In the mouth the Brut Champagne of Winery Krug in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, butter

Wine with microbio taste

cream, yeast

Wine with earth taste

honey, smoke

Wine with vegetal taste

straw, chard

Wine with spices taste

savory, gingerbread

Wine with floral taste

perfume, honeysuckle

On the nose the Brut Champagne of Winery Krug in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dried apricot or oak and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, microbio or earth.

Details and technical informations about Winery Krug's Brut Champagne.

Winemaker
Johann-Joseph Krug
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Brut Champagne - 2017
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Brut Champagne - 2016
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Brut Champagne - 2015
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Brut Champagne - 2014
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Brut Champagne - 2013
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Brut Champagne - 2012
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Brut Champagne - 2011
In the top 10 of of Champagne wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Brut Champagne from Winery Krug are 2007, 2017, 1985, 1988 and 1990.

Informations about the Winery Krug

The winery offers 7 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.6.
This winery is part of the LVMH.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Champagne
Find the Winery Krug on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Krug is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Champagne
In the top 55 of of France wines
In the top 20 of of Champagne wines
In the top 20 of sparkling wines
In the top 300 wines of the world

The wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

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