Krug Clos D'Ambonnay 2000 750mL with Gift Box

Krug Clos d'Ambonnay 2000 750mL with Gift Box is the inaugural release of Krug's Clos d'Ambonnay cuvée, drawn from the 0.68-hectare walled Pinot Noir vineyard in Ambonnay that the house bought in 1994 and began working with vintage-by-vintage before deciding it was ready for its own bottling. Presented in the original Krug gift box.

From the Producer

Krug was founded in Reims in 1843 by Joseph Krug, a German-born cooper-turned-negociant who believed Champagne should not depend on the vintage alone. Today the house still follows his founding idea: every year, a Grande Cuvée blends more than 120 wines from many different years, kept in oak casks, to recreate a Krug 'taste' beyond any single harvest. Krug owns 268 hectares across the Champagne region — in Reims, the Côte des Blancs and the Montagne de Reims — and farms plots in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Avize, Oger, Cramant, Ambonnay, Aÿ and Trépail. The single-vineyard Clos du Mesnil (1.84 hectares, walled since 1698, 100% Chardonnay) and Clos d'Ambonnay (0.68 hectares, walled, Pinot Noir) are bottled separately only in years Krug judges the plot's harvest good enough. The Krug Collection is Krug's late-release programme: selected vintage wines returned to the cellars for extended ageing, re-disgorged and re-dosed closer to release than the standard library. The house ferments in small stainless-steel tanks, ages wines in 205-litre oak casks (Krug is one of the few houses still using wood for élevage), and bottles each plot and year separately before the blending.

Clos d'Ambonnay, walled and planted entirely to Pinot Noir, sits next to the Krug house in Ambonnay and gives a powerful, structured Pinot that Krug has long blended into Grande Cuvée. The 2000 vintage was the first year Krug released a wine from the plot on its own, bottled in a small-format black presentation case. Public records give limited tasting or technical detail on this specific wine; what is documented is the plot, the vintage and Krug's stated reason for releasing single-vineyard Pinot from Ambonnay in bottle.

Tasting Profile

• Nose: Expressive Pinot fruit, red berry, spice and Krug's signature toasted-brioche depth.
• Palate: Concentrated and structured, with ripe fruit, fine chalky tension and oak-aged complexity.
• Finish: Long, savoury and persistent, with mineral freshness under rich fruit.

Best For

Krug single-vineyard collectors, celebratory gifting, and buyers seeking the first release of one of Champagne's rarest Pinot Noir bottlings.

Why Solera Hong Kong

Solera is the Hong Kong destination for rare Krug single-vineyard Champagne, with Sheung Wan pickup and same-day inspection for first-release Clos d'Ambonnay vintages like this 2000.

Producer background sourced from: krug.com — About Krug · krug.com — The Krug Vineyards · Wikipedia — Krug

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