David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

HBTM! 🥳 🎉🎂 🎈

Lighter on its feet than the 166eme. Fresher & a bit creamier.

Nice but could use some additional cellaring. Less complexity than the 166eme.

Cream right up top. The fruits are more subtle than the 166eme. Lemon, lime, pineapple, tropical melon, kiwi, white peach, touch of grapefruit & green apple. Very soft, chalkiness & limestone marl, perfect sea fossils & saline, just a touch of white spice, brioche, touch of bread dough, spring flowers, some yellow lilies, racey soft, yet crispy acidity, perfect balance, soft tension & structure, balance for days and a nicely knitted & smartly polished finish that lasts 90 seconds.

The 169ème Édition Cuvée is composed around the 2013 vintage and is a blend of 146 wines from 11 different years. The youngest is from the year 2013 and the oldest dates back to 2000. The 169eme spent 7 years in the cellar. Composed of 43% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay & 22% Pinot Meunier. The reserve wines are from the House’s extensive library and made up 40% of the final blend.

Photos of; Krug’s backend, tasting room, cellar and vineyard. — 2 months ago

Amy Blaszczak

10

Love the story behind generations and love the wine. — 3 months ago

Tracy Hall

9.5

Really good Chinon. This has a richness to it that you don’t find in many Chinon’s. Not too big and really smooth. Great food wine! — 3 months ago

Alan Weinberg

9.4

In the zone. Disappeared. — 5 months ago

Alexandria

9.8

Best Champagne that I have ever had. Ordered at Memories in 2023. Brioche forward — 6 months ago

with Pablo

JFP

9.2

Fit very well with s salmon dinner. Also a fine sipping wine later in the evening. — 9 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.6

Incredible. K foil bottled between 1995 and 2004. Best Krug rose I’ve ever had. Still fresh and incredibly complex, with no signs of tiring. — 2 months ago

Neal Ferry

8.9

Nice with the JJ Cubano — 2 months ago

with TwiLea

Boris Plutov

9.0

Washington Wine Month — 2 months ago

Jess

8.9

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of lime, floral, mineral.
Dry. Flavors of lime, pear, peach, ginger, honeysuckle.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 months ago

Jon Ruddell

9.4

Solid as usual. Thistle @ Crystal Mountain with the fam — 4 months ago

Makoto Someya

9.2

Oak, enough body, citrus and lemon, crispy. Good for J food 2020 @700/G, domaine, 231208 — 6 months ago

Ben Lehman

9.1

This is truly an amazing domestic Syrah. Love all things Cruse — 9 months ago

Zack Miller

9.3

Cork fell apart for the 2nd time on the same wine Juice was great though — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.3

I compared this 2016 BdB to the 2017 Haliotide Late Disgorged BdB to get a feel for styles. Followed over two days with no change.

One of the better Ultramarine wines I’ve had, and definitely pre-funk. I feel like the last few vintages have shown a lot of bottle variation and sometimes a green/herbal profile, mostly in the BdN and BdB (never in the rosé, that’s my favorite wine in the portfolio).

The older vintages always had a distinct cream-soda aromatic to them that I loved, and this has it in spades alongside truffle Honeycomb and spiced apple. Oxidative flair but not an overly oxidative sparkler. Great depth and richness here…almonds, lemon cream, caramel-green apple. Wears the low dosage so well. Broad on the palate (in a good way). I’d be fine drinking this without food. Tasty. — 2 months ago

Jess

8.9

Medium ruby color.
Aromas of black plum, vanilla.
Dry. Flavors of plum, vanilla, cinnamon, peppercorn. Medium-rich, velvety tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 months ago

J Choi

9.4

Bdb. So distinct & california. Sun & fruit. — 3 months ago

Conrad Green

9.3

From mag. Light fruit. Minerality and supple sweetness. Great acidity. 2012 base. Delicious and long — 5 months ago

with Bex and Major-General

Mike Obley

9.3

In a great spot now. — 7 months ago

Jack Petras

9.3

This 2029 is pure and focused. Cherry and red apple skins with a graphite core. Bright acidity with a cooling dark stone finish. Beautiful. — 8 months ago