Krug Grande Cuvee 168 750mL with Gift Box

Composed around the 2012 harvest, Krug Grande Cuvée 168ème Édition is a blend of 198 wines from 11 different years, balancing reserve-wine richness with the house's signature freshness and detail.

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.

The 168ème Édition is one of the more recent numbered blends in Krug's Grande Cuvée programme, with 2012 as the youngest wine in the blend and reserve wines reaching back through 11 different years. The house's published composition notes 198 component wines in the final blend.

Tasting Profile

• Nose: Citrus, yellow fruit, toasted bread, almond and spice.
• Palate: Broad and precise, with pastry, orchard fruit, mineral freshness and fine mousse.
• Finish: Long, layered and savoury.

Best For

Prestige gifting, celebration service and Krug drinkers who want a later Grande Cuvée edition presented with gift-box packaging.

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