2000 Krug Clos du Mesnil and 2013 Dom Perignon

I feel like the luckiest guy to have tried this legendary champagne at 28. What the hell?! Happy new year everyone, may it be full of fermented grape juice. Hungover tasting notes, bear with me.

2000 Krug CdM: this legendary champagne lives up to the hype. It’s like a bottled caramelized lightning bolt. The color was not as dark as it appears in the photo; it was as a light golden color in glass. Intense citrus (more quince and yuzu than lemon) with lots of caramels and oxidative krug house style. I love the way the krug signature interacts with tense blanc des Blancs, it makes for such a balanced wine. This really just coats your entire palate and is so full of energy, it’s really a physical experience to drink this wine. Incredible stuff.

2013: well this just wasn’t really fair. Dom is not my favorite champagne anyways, I find it to be a bit of a “safe” style if that makes sense. Liquid brioche with a good bit of apple as well. Very toasty. The acid and structure of the 2013 vintage are definitely present, I think this one will age nicely. Dom usually only really struts its stuff with 20+ years of age post-vintage in my experience and this was not an exception. Realizing now that my review makes it sound like this is a bad wine. It’s not, I just think there are far better at its price point. I’ll leave my remaining bottles to become caramel bombs.