Champagne Krug Grande Cuvee 171st Edition - With Gift Box

The Grande Cuvée has been produced every year since 1843, the year of the creation of the Krug Champagne House, as a tribute to the dream of its founder Joseph Krug.

This Grande Cuvée 171st edition is an exceptional Champagne with a pale gold colour and fine lively bubbles. On the nose, it expresses aromas of flowers, ripe, candied and dried citrus, as well as marzipan and gingerbread. It offers a remarkable length in the mouth, with a very rich palette of aromatic notes: almond, hazelnut, nougat, citrus jelly, brioche and honey.

This great Champagne can accompany a wide variety of dishes, an aperitif with Pata Negra ham, oysters, grilled shrimps, slightly spiced Indian or Moroccan dishes, cheeses such as an old Comté or desserts such as a tarte Tatin or a cheesecake.

This 171st Edition of Krug Grande Cuvée has been made from a blend of 131 wines from 12 different years, the youngest dating from 2015 and the oldest from 2000, and with a stay of about seven years in the cellar. It was built around the 2015 harvest, a year marked by heat and drought until the middle of August and which benefited from life-saving rains afterwards, allowing the grapes to develop with perfect ripeness. The reserve wines from the House's wine library represent 42% of the final blend and ensure the amplitude and roundness of this cuvée and the blend is composed of 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Meunier.

This Krug Grande Cuvée 171st Edition Champagne is offered here in its gift box. Find all the champagnes of the Maison Krug currently on sale at La Bouteille Dorée and if you want to offer Champagne as a gift, also browse our selection of Champagne gift boxes.