Champagne Krug
Behind Reims’ chalk and the courtly glare of Champagne, Champagne Krug has worked since 1843 by a private law: no hierarchy of plots, only individuality. From each parcel comes “one wine” before any chorus is allowed. An immense reserve library turns the Grande Cuvée into a composition beyond the notion of millésime.
Purism lives in the details: fermentation in small, old oak barrels so texture is shaped without overt wood; malolactic is never provoked, only tolerated if it happens naturally. The wines then rest on lees in small stainless‑steel tanks until the tasting committee judges some 400 base wines—current harvest and many reserve years. An edition such as Grande Cuvée 173ème brings together 150 wines from 13 years, with 31% reserve wines; Pinot Noir/Chardonnay/Meunier sit around 44/34/22. Not a style—an architecture of time.Champagne Krug
Behind Reims’ chalk and the courtly glare of Champagne, Champagne Krug has worked since 1843 by a private law: no hierarchy of plots, only individuality. From each parcel comes “one wine” before any chorus is allowed. An immense reserve library turns the Grande Cuvée into a composition beyond the notion of millésime.
Purism lives in the details: fermentation in small, old oak barrels so texture is shaped without overt wood; malolactic is never provoked, only tolerated if it happens naturally. The wines then rest on lees in small stainless‑steel tanks until the tasting committee judges some 400 base wines—current harvest and many reserve years. An edition such as Grande Cuvée 173ème brings together 150 wines from 13 years, with 31% reserve wines; Pinot Noir/Chardonnay/Meunier sit around 44/34/22. Not a style—an architecture of time.
