Krug, Grande Cuvee Edition 166 other_regions_italy A wine of pure and

A wine of pure and total pleasure

expressive black fruit preserves

As it almost always is this is more refined than the Chambertin if less powerful and a bit less mineral driven

The appealingly textured

There's really appetising underlying structure here

Krug, Grande Cuvee Edition 166 other_regions_italy A wine of pure and45% Pinot Noir, 39% Chardonnay, 16% Meunier, blended from 140 wines dating from 1996 to 2010, including 42% reserves. Krug leads off where most other Champagne houses end, and its entry wine is every bit a prestige cuve. It smells and tastes like no other wine, a monumental paradox of tense freshness, profound maturity and inimitable complexity. Decadently rich, extravagantly complex and thunderingly expansive, Grande Cuve is a vinous Champagne of