Krug Champagnes - Krug Tasting at Published on Main

The Champagne house was established in 1843 by Joseph Krug. He was a visionary non conformist who built up an extensive library of reserve wines from many different years. He believed that in order to create the most generous expression of champagne, he had to blend the best grapes from each vintage into a single champagne.

Krug Champagne is considered a non vintage champagne since it does not contain grapes from a single year. But it is much more complex than other non vintage champagnes because the champagne consist of grapes from over 10 different years and over a hundred different plots of vineyards. It is also aged for at least 6 years before release so you can say that it takes at least 16 years to produce a bottle of Krug champagne!

Krug is a very exclusive brand and has selected restaurants all around the world to be Krug Ambassades that Krug believes are culinary destination where gastronomic excellence meets the finest champagnes. Each year, in order to celebrate Krug week at these restaurant, Krug invites Krug Ambassade chefs to interpret a single ingredient to pair with a glass of Krug Grande Cuvée or Krug Rosé. This year, the single ingredient is flower.

I was fortunate to taste a number of Krug champagnes paired with dishes prepared by Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson using this theme ingredient.

Champagnes tasted in this video:

Krug Grande Cuvée 171st Edition
Krug Grande Cuvee 170th Edition
Krug Rosé 27th Edition
Krug 2006 Vintage Champagne

Krug Week at Published on Main occurs September 13-22, 2024. During that week, they will offer the 171st edition of the Krug Grande Cuvee by the glass for $100/5 oz and the Krug Rose by the glass for $150/5 oz. It seems like a lot for a champagne but Krug champagne is very difficult to find for purchase and even if you find it, a bottle will run you between $500-700 a bottle so it is a more affordable way to drink an iconic champagne. The chicken liver dish will be also offered in either a full or half portion to pair with the champagnes.

For more information about these champagnes, see their website at https://www.krug.com/