Krug event impressions: 06 vintage and some older wines

[CFu]

Jero or go home.

haha… but for real, do they make the wine in jeros or decant after made?

Verboten for 10-12?? or so years for jero’s.
Secondary fermentation has to be in bottle for 3L or smaller, unless regulations have recently changed which I’m not aware of.

I was told that Krug ages in 750 then mags are put together at a later date in larger bottles when disgorged. I don’t know if that’s incorrect info or not.

[Patrick_Stella]

The reps from Krug don’t bring backup bottles? I’m surprised they would even announce or show dead, corked or off bottles.

Wasn’t at this event, but for similar ones that I’ve been to, a few collectors/attendees bring a bottle or two from their cellars. I’m assuming that’s what happened here.

Ray is correct.

Robert, the older bottles were from collectors, not straight from Krug.

But the 06 base GC was from Krug–Yaacov, glad you had a better result with it.

[ybarselah]

I was told that Krug ages in 750 then mags are put together at a later date in larger bottles when disgorged. I don’t know if that’s incorrect info or not.

incorrect, fortunately. i believe there is a rule that says anything below jero must be sold in the same bottle in which 2ndary fermentation occurs. seems at krug, all wines are matured in format.

ray - do you remember the auction at daniel with neil degrasse tyson explaining why mags age and taste better? pretty cool.

[Ray.Tuppa_sch]

I was told that Krug ages in 750 then mags are put together at a later date in larger bottles when disgorged. I don’t know if that’s incorrect info or not.

incorrect, fortunately. i believe there is a rule that says anything below jero must be sold in the same bottle in which 2ndary fermentation occurs. seems at krug, all wines are matured in format.

ray - do you remember the auction at daniel with neil degrasse tyson explaining why mags age and taste better? pretty cool.

I remember, and I take full credit - whether warranted or not - on him stating his hypothesis by gathering information from me based on my years of drinking Champagne in multiple formats!!

[ybarselah]

I was told that Krug ages in 750 then mags are put together at a later date in larger bottles when disgorged. I don’t know if that’s incorrect info or not.

incorrect, fortunately. i believe there is a rule that says anything below jero must be sold in the same bottle in which 2ndary fermentation occurs. seems at krug, all wines are matured in format.

ray - do you remember the auction at daniel with neil degrasse tyson explaining why mags age and taste better? pretty cool.

I remember, and I take full credit - whether warranted or not - on him stating his hypothesis by gathering information from me based on my years of drinking Champagne in multiple formats!!

you only drink champagne in two formats; big, and bigger. i just recently had my last magnum of 93 ruinart that i got at that sale and it was so damn good.

[mike_c]

Out of a 6 pack - 3 btls have been opened this year. 1 really great. 1 decent. 1 showing tired notes and heavy oxy.

Someone messaged me on the gram that they thought 96 champers might not have the longevity that we hope

Hard to say, but it just seems there are a number of data points on 96 Krug that indicate it’s not in a great space recently.

high variance but the highs are far below how this wine seemed to show a few years ago.