Burgundy & Champagne

Live Virtual Auction, 25 July 2021

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Burgundy & Champagne

Sold for

ZAR 21 105
Lot 16
  • Krug; Vintage Brut; 1990; 3 (1 x 3); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 24 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 21 105

About this Item

Vintage Brut, 1990
3 (1 x 3) 750ml

Founded in 1843, Charles Krug is the 6th generation custodian of arguably the greatest sparkling wine producer on earth. Their flagship, prestige bottling is the non-vintage Grande Cuvée which makes up the majority of their production. Their latest Grande Cuvée is their 166th release – a blend of 140 wines from 13 different harvests between 1998 and 2010. This incredible blending process gives Krug its hallmark richness, complexity and amazing finesse.

Critics Ratings

'Full copper-gold color. Initially restrained, brooding nose exploded with aeration, showing apple, orange, apricot, honey, iodine, smoke, hazelnut, macadamia and a suggestion of dry oloroso sherry. Dense, full, chewy and rich; an extraordinarily solid Champagne with an intriguing suggestion of Calvados. Broadens toward the back and goes on and on on the echoing aftertaste, with rich, mellow notes of toffee, brown butter and marrow. Like the '92 Clos du Mesnil, this displays its powerful underlying acidity with aeration (Krug's wines never go through malolactic fermentation) and should be long-lived.' - Stephen Tanzer Vinous.com 97/100 (2004)

Provenance

Private Client

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