Krug, Grande Cuvee Edition 166 other_regions_italy mature flavors and tannins that

mature flavors and tannins that balance rather than overwhelm the wine

more in line with how I thought it would turn out from barrel than when I first tasted it from bottle last year

The grapes from the most calcareous soils underwent a carbonic maceration in small bins

The wine is clearly ready for prime time drinking

Krug, Grande Cuvee Edition 166 other_regions_italy mature flavors and tannins that45% 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