Krug, Grande Cuvee Edition 166 other_regions I was visiting them with

I was visiting them with a group of Portuguese wine producers a decade ago

generous and opulently textured medium-bodied flavors that possess good power on the mineral-inflected and mildly austere finish that offers fine finishing balance as well as excellent length

A safe bet if not too expensive

dark currant and lovely spice wisps

30% Merlot and 5% Syrah

Krug, Grande Cuvee Edition 166 other_regions I was visiting them with45% Pinot Noir, 39% Chardonnay, 16% Meunier, blended from 140 wines dating from 1996 to 2010, including 42% reserves. Krug leads off where most other Champagne houses end, and its entry wine is every bit a prestige cuve. It smells and tastes like no other wine, a monumental paradox of tense freshness, profound maturity and inimitable complexity. Decadently rich, extravagantly complex and thunderingly expansive, Grande Cuve is a vinous Champagne of