Krug Rose Edition 24, Champagne
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Krug Rosé 24ème Édition is a blend of 22 wines from 7 different years, the youngest of which is from 2012, while the oldest dates back to 2006. Its final composition is 40% Pinot Noir, 32% Meunier and 28%,Chardonnay. It was completed with 11% traditionally macerated Pinot Noir of the,year from a special plot in Aÿ to add colour, vivacity and structure. A stay of around seven years in Krug’s cellars gives Krug Rosé 24ème Édition its unique expression and elegance.
A very vinous rosé with sliced strawberry and peach aromas and flavors with a steely undertone. Hints of cream and biscuit. It’s medium-bodied, tight, linear and precise with pinpointed structure that goes straight to the center palate and carries on through the long finish. Very fine tannins provide drive and length. Drink or hold.
98 points James Suckling jamessuckling.com Oct 2020
Like the Grande Cuvee, Krug Rose is a multi-vintage blend, but the association strictly ends here.This is a much smaller volume, representing less than 10% of the the production of the house, assembled from the ground up. Pinot Noir is treatyed to a short fermentation on skins and then blended with pinot noir, meunier and chardonnay fermented in small oak casks as white wine, before ageing for a minimum of now six years in bottle. Rose is a relative newcomer at krug., first released in the 1980s. Such was the visionary daring of Olivier's late father henri Krug, and his brother Remi, that when their father opposed the creation of a pink wine, they secretly produced a trial rose. One pouring it blind for their father in 1976, he exclaimed 'It is finished for us because someone in Champagne has copied Krug'.
Its etherreal restraint and delicate air seem a paradox in the grand decadence of King, but such is the detailed intricacy of this medium salmon tinted-cuvee that it dances with light-footed grace on a stage of epic complexity. It basks in the opportunity to warm up in large glasses to reveal pretty red cherry and strawberry fruit and rose petal fragrance, unravelling to a world of spicy complexity of truffles, sweet pipe smoke and game.
An impeccable, energetic malic acid profile and pinpoint bead define a remarkable finish of mind-blowing seamlessness, impeccable line, reverberating depth and unrelenting persistence. Tannins are super fine and intimately meshed with thrilling minerality of all-encompassing presence, mouth-embracing fullness and emphatic, chalk-infused definition.
98 points Tyson Stelzer The Champagne Guide
| Product/Service Sold Out | Yes |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Champagne/Sparkling |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | France |
| Varietals | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier |
| Vintage | NV/MV |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 98 |
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