Krug Champagne Brut 2006 750 ML

Critical Acclaim

WS94 – Wine & Spirits
The heat of the 2006 season ripened this wine to a fleshy roundness, even as Eric Lebel?s blending skills brought the wine to a brisk balance and a stark beauty. The wine is 48 percent pinot noir, mostly from the Montagne de Reims, with 35 percent chardonnay and 17 percent pinot meunier (from Leuvrigny and Sainte-Gemme). Its youthful brightness has sustained fresh apple flavors, red-apple-skin tannins and lemon-blossom scents through 12 years of aging, the only sign of that age borne out in notes of brioche. It?s a substantial wine, with a long life ahead.