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Krug Brut 1996 750ml


France, Champagne
Champagne Blend

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S$1,520.00
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Jancisrobinson.com, Aug 21, 2016
Krug 1995 seemed rather austere and surly when I tasted it earlier this year and one might have expected the combination of Krug reticence and the record high acidity of the 1996 vintage to produce something extremely difficult to appreciate at this relatively early stage. But not a bit of it – this is one of the most expressive champagnes to have come my way recently. It is notably deep gold and on the nose I found notes in the truffles/mushrooms spectrum. Only on the palate does 1996 acidity rides to the fore and shows that there is still enormous life and vivacity in this wine with its great density and many layers. Bone dry, this should have a glorious future although it’s difficult to imagine where that quite evolved nose nose will go.
Olivier Krug told me that he and their chef de cave Eric Lebel have a little bet on the relative evolution of the 1996 and 1995. Lebel thinks the 1996 will do a sort of switchback whereas the 1995 will continue to bloom in a linear fashion whereas OK thinks the reverse. I certainly look forward to seeing the 1995 come out of its shell a little more.

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