Over the years I’ve read numerous comments that said Krug would not be making a 2008 Vintage and the full harvest had been used for reserves. So I was slightly surprised to see Tyson Stelzer announce the launch today, which looks like it’s going to be in September:
I can’t see anything else online about this so was curious if others had heard or seen anything.
I seem to remember hearing, that due to the state of the economy in 2008, that production had been severely reduced. Does this mean that the wine was made and simply not released?
Volume was fine in 2008 and 2009. The economic effect was felt with the wines from 2009 and not 2008. The end result was more wine in 2009 held in reserve or used for NV rather than being used for vintage wines that would sit in inventory (that was already high) for a long time.
I don’t recall any announcement about no 2008 Krug. They made the wine. Krug has made wines and not released them in the past so that always remained an outside possibility though very, very remote. I remember rumors that it wasn’t made or wasn’t going to be released and then silence from Krug which added to the mystery (probably on purpose - good marketing). The only official announcement on a Vintage Krug you would expect to be made that wasn’t was 2012… and that doesn’t mean any/all 2012 Krugs were not made - it just means no 2012 straight vintage.