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Krug

Grande Cuvee NV | Champagne | France

Wine Spectator: 95 points: "A smoky, intense wine, with layer upon layer of coffee, roast nut, golden piecrust, ripe apple, honey and spice flavors. The richness is balanced by a focused freshness, perfectly poised like a high diver about to jump, standing above the crowd and showing the interplay of power and control in an elegant package. Drink now through 2026."

The Wine Advocate: 94 points: "I’ve always loved the bold, oxidative, exotically spiced style of Krug’s "multi-vintage" entry level superstar. The nose alone is worth savouring with its mouth-wateringly fresh baked apple pie and marzipan scents. The palate is rich, full-flavoured and very crisp with a wonderful combination of brioche, stone fruit and mineral flavours providing layers of complexity. Very well balanced and ready to drink though with enough concentration to cellar for another decade or so. Very long finish. Tasted October 2008."

Wine & Spirits: 94 points: "Vibrant and beautifully fresh, this wine evolves in the glass as it yields layers of toast, lime, stone and honey-like the vibrating scent of the hive. The multivintage blend creates multidimensional complexity, with the broad richness of older reserves and the breezier, tart red apple lift of younger wines. Long-time Krugistes may find this wine a little less intense, a little less "symphonic," as Henri Krug has described the blend. But it is no less beautiful, and equally hard to resist."

International Wine Cellar: 93 points: "Light, bright gold with a strong bead. Highly expressive bouquet of burnt orange, lemon pith, pear, floral honey and smoky lees. Mineral-laced orchard fruit and citrus flavors are complemented by notes of candied ginger and marzipan, with the smoky leesiness repeating. The minerality adds snap to the long, spicy, gently smoky finish. I really like this Champagne's blend of vivacity and power and would bet on it rewarding at least another six to ten years of cellaring."

Connoisseurs' Guide: 92 points: "Non-vintaged though it may be, this wine has in the past shown as one of the older cuvees in our tastings, and so again does it do so here. This time, as one expects of Krug, the aged, toasty, minerally character is accompanied by bright, acid-braced, still evident fruit. One might quibble about a bit of chalkiness in the finish. "