Krug - Brut Champagne Vintage 2011 (750ml)
Price: $425.00
| Producer | Krug |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Sku | 7980 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
There's an exuberant appeal to this vivid fragrant Champagne with wafts of lime blossoms cardamom ground coffee and anise aromatics finely layered with flavors of crushed black cherry glazed tangerine and grilled nut that show a streak of salinity. Yet this reveals its true class with the deft integration of rich flavors with chiseled acidity and refined plush texture. Long and seamless this is not just a catchy tune but a maestro conducting a symphony. Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. Disgorged summer 2022 (Krug ID 322038). Drink now through 2040. From France.?A.N.
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
Because 2011 was a challenging vintage for Champagne it would be very easy to over-generalize as many readers may have had less than ideal experiences elsewhere. But Krug’s 2011 Champagne Millesime Brut is not your average Champagne. With a rounded nose it pours a medium golden straw hue and is creamy with aromas of orange blossoms custard fresh pear hazelnut and delicate smoky incense. Medium to full-bodied and refined on the palate it has a rounded and pristine profile with ripe balanced fruit floating through the palate a pinpoint mousse and a delicate hint of almond skin on the finish that I would expect to become more pronounced with age. Following the more tension-driven vintage of 2008 which was characterized by a more high-toned and lemon-tinged profile this wine will be accessible sooner (probably also the case for the future release of 2012) and will undoubtedly provide an open window for drinking over the coming 15 to 20 years. Drink 2028-2048. Krug ID: 322038
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John Gilman: 96 Points
The 2011 vintage of Krug will be released at the start of the spring, and not surprisingly, it
is a brilliant young wine. The final blend of this vintage is forty-six percent pinot noir, thirty-seven
percent chardonnay and seventeen percent pinot meunier. The wine was disgorged in the summer
of 2022. It offers up a beautifully expressive bouquet of apple, pear, fresh apricot, salty soil tones,
caraway seed, almond, brioche, dried flowers and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine
is deep, full-bodied, focused and complex, with lovely generosity of chardonnay fruit on the attack,
a fine core, lovely soil signature, elegant mousse and a long, poised and seamlessly balanced finish.
There is a lovely undercarriage of structure in this wine and it will be interesting to follow it in the
bottle and see if it closes down for a bit of hibernation, or if it always drinks with the lovely
generosity that it is showing right out of the blocks. Though the wine is wide open in personality
right now, I would still be inclined to at least tuck it away in the cellar for a half dozen years or so,
just to allow some of its secondary layers of complexity to float to the surface. A fine, fine Vintage
Krug. 2030-2085+.
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