Champagne Krug

Grande Cuvée 174 Édition Brut

Kaum ein Champagner steht so konsequent für die Kunst der Assemblage wie Krugs Grande Cuvée. 143 Weine aus zehn Jahrgängen und mehr als sieben Jahre Hefereife ergeben eine aussergewöhnliche Verbindung aus Tiefe, Reife und Präzision, die weit über klassischen Aperitif-Champagner hinausgeht. Eine klare Empfehlung für grosse Menüs und besondere Anlässe – oder schlicht für alle, die Champagner auf höchstem Niveau erleben möchten.

The NV Grande Cuvée 174ème Édition, the la release from Krug, is based on the 2018 vintage. Édition possesses tremendous textural depth right out of the gate. Baked apple tart, chamomile, dried fruit and spice caress the palate. The purity of the fruit is exquisite. The 174ème Édition can be enjoyed with minimal cellaring, but it also has plenty of potential to come. Today, it is positively stunning. The 174ème is a blend of 143 lots going back to 2001.

Krug’s newly released NV Grande Cuvée 174ème Édition is built around the 2018 harvest, which represents roughly two-thirds of the blend, with the remainder coming from 10 different years dating back to 2001. Disgorged in early 2025 with a dosage of five grams per liter, the wine opens in the glass with aromas of orange peel, freshly baked bread and pear mingled with notes of aromatic bitters, followed by a medium- to full-bodied, pillowy and charming palate, with a generous, sweet core of fruit, tangy acids and a long, precise finish. If, in a word, the 2017-based 173ème Édition is concentrated and the 2013-based 169ème Édition trenchant, the 174ème Édition is slightly softer and simultaneously less tightly wound than either, though its full complexity has yet to emerge with additional time under cork.