Krug ID | Krug Rosé | 317032

Krug Rosé 23^ème Édition

Composed around the harvest of 2011

Krug Rosé is inspired by the dream of the fifth generation of the Krug family to conceive a rosé Champagne that did not yet exist, one that could be re-created each year. Every Édition of Krug Rosé perpetuates this legacy.

Krug Rosé is surprising, as it replaces a good red wine at the table with brio. This Champagne is a delicate blend of wines of the year with wines from selected plots of the House’s vast reserve library, completed with traditionally macerated Pinot Noir to add structure and spice. A rest of around seven years in Krug’s cellars gives Krug Rosé its refined elegance and character.

Champagne notes

COMPOSITION

29%

Pinot Noir

45%

Chardonnay

26%

Meunier

Blend

60 wines from 10 different years

Oldest wine from

2000

Youngest wine from

2011

Cork received

summer 2017

A talk with Julie Cavil

Krug Cellar Master

Krug Rosé 23ème Édition was composed around the harvest of 2011, an atypical year with high temperatures followed by cold, wet weather and low sun. The year’s unusual climate made it the second earliest harvest since 1822. In the end, grapes were healthy and of surprising structure, with wonderfully balanced Pinot Noirs and particularly expressive wines from plots in Mareuil sur Ay.

To create this Champagne, carefully selected plots’ wines of the year were blended with reserve wines from 9 other years, including the 2007 Meuniers of some plots from Sainte-Gemme chosen for their fruit character, as well as the 2009 Chardonnays of some plots from Trépail to add vivacity and tension.

In all, reserve wines from the House’s extensive library made up 56% of the final blend of this Édition of Krug Rosé.

Krug Rosé is the most non-conformist of Krug Champagnes, for bold gastronomic adventures. Combining breadth, depth and grace, it dances a perfect tango with savoury dishes of all kinds, replacing a good red wine at the table with brio.

Ratings

"With a finely orange color, this 23rd Édition presents a nose of cherry and raspberry that gives way to aromas of blood orange and lemon freshness. On the palate, the wine is very generous with a decisive fruit character and complexity evoking flavours of rose. This very beautiful rosé, a blend which contains around 10% red wine, offers a long and delightful finish. We would open it to accompany a pigeon recipe or a lamb tagine."

Gault & Millau 2020

RATING: 18.5/20

"A creamy plushness accents this tightly meshed rosé Champagne, with rich hints of toasted nut and caffè crema underscoring the baked currant and apricot fruit flavors. Well-honed acidity focuses this through to the mouthwatering, chalk- and spice-laced finish."

Wine Spectator 2020

RATING: 94/100