Pretty nose with flowers, yeast, citrus, lemons, green apples, limes, spices, herbs and minerals.
Medium bodied with high acidity, and medium sized bubbles.
Dry on the palate with limes, grapefruits, citrus, green apples, light earth, minerals, herbs, sea salt and light spices.
Long finish with limes and light herbs.
This is a delicious Champagne, but feels extremely young. Elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and interesting. Rich and tangy. Soft and smooth.
Much better after 45 minutes of airtime, and better when not too cold.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.
Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.
A blend of 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Meunier.
12.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$250.
gmb87
Had the 171 in August last year and it was by far my least favorite Krug GC I’ve had. Not sure if its basis in the 2015 vintage, overall youthfulness, something about the particular winemaking or blending, or maybe just an off bottle or something else entirely but I found it very tight, off balanced acidity and generally lacking in all the wonderful autolytic notes I usually find in GC.
Setting that aside, I usually add a point score to my tasting notes mainly as a quick shorthand for my own personal reference as to how much I liked a certain wine but agree overall that they are pretty much arbitrary in terms of utility for anyone else assessing the wine.
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Lemon in color with a golden hue.
Pretty nose with flowers, yeast, citrus, lemons, green apples, limes, spices, herbs and minerals.
Medium bodied with high acidity, and medium sized bubbles.
Dry on the palate with limes, grapefruits, citrus, green apples, light earth, minerals, herbs, sea salt and light spices.
Long finish with limes and light herbs.
This is a delicious Champagne, but feels extremely young. Elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and interesting. Rich and tangy. Soft and smooth.
Much better after 45 minutes of airtime, and better when not too cold.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.
Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.
A blend of 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Meunier.
12.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$250.
Had the 171 in August last year and it was by far my least favorite Krug GC I’ve had. Not sure if its basis in the 2015 vintage, overall youthfulness, something about the particular winemaking or blending, or maybe just an off bottle or something else entirely but I found it very tight, off balanced acidity and generally lacking in all the wonderful autolytic notes I usually find in GC.
Setting that aside, I usually add a point score to my tasting notes mainly as a quick shorthand for my own personal reference as to how much I liked a certain wine but agree overall that they are pretty much arbitrary in terms of utility for anyone else assessing the wine.