Like Grande Cuvée, Krug Rosé is a multi-vintage blend. A relative newcomer first released in the 1980s, Krug Rosé NV is a ground-breaking champagne: the only prestige cuvée rosé to be blended from all three different grape varieties and from such a wide range of vintages. Pinot Noir grapes from the best hillside plots in Aÿ are fermented with their skins on for a few days. This fermentation extracts coloraturas and texture from the tennis and the red wine produced from this is then added to the rest of the blend and bottled in the spring following the harvest. Krug Rose is aged on the lees for at least six years, often nearer to ten. The texture of Krug Rose is unlike most other Rose Champagnes since it is fuller and more texturally pleasing due to the relatively high percentage of red wine used in the blend, this gives a greater colour and spice characteristic.

Krug Rose 26 Eme Edition is a blend of 28 wines from 7 different years, the youngest of which is from 2014 while the oldest dates back to 2005. Its final composition is 44% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 26% Meunier. It was completed with 11 traditionally macerated Pinot Noir of the year from La Cote Valnon a special plot in Aÿ to add vivacity spiciness, colour and structure. In all, reserve wines from the House’s extensive library made up 33 of the final blend of this Édition of Krug Rosé.

Krug ID: 121017 | Each bottle of Krug has a Krug ID on the back label which enables you to discover the story of that very bottle. You can do so using the smartphone App or on the Krug website.

Weather: Krug Rosé 26 ème Édition was composed around the harvest of 2014 an erratic year in Champagne that oscillated between hot dry spells and cool rainy periods Vines developed under good conditions, ensuring a generous harvest The contrasting weather preserved freshness and resulted in great heterogeneity throughout the region, underscoring the importance of the House’s plot by plot approach

Technical Information:
Vineyards: 100% Grand & Premier Cru | Pinot Noir: Sacy | Chardonnay: Côte des Blancs & Montagne de Reims
Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir 44%, Chardonnay 30%, Meunier 26%
Lees Ageing: 6 years
Reserve wines: 33%
Red wine: 11% from Ay & Taissy
Disgorged: Winter 2021
Dosage: 6 g/l
Base Vintage: 2014
Alcohol: 12%
Drink: Now to 2036+

Tasting Note: Aromas of tart red berries and plums mingled with notions of warm biscuits, dried fruits, flowers and orange zest. Medium to full-bodied, taut and incisive, with terrific concentration, racy acids and a long, penetrating finish, it's an intensely flavored, electric wine. - Tasted by William Kelley

Just five years after Joseph Krug founded his eponymous Champagne House in 1843, he documented his great vision for Krug in a cherry-red leather notebook. In it, he revealed the principles of creating a champagne of incredible richness yet great elegance, of selecting only the finest elements from the greatest terroirs, rejecting mediocre fruit and making both a non-vintage and a vintage cuvée - revolutionary at the time. Discovered in 2010 by current House Director and sixth generation of the founding family Olivier Krug, the ideals in this notebook and Krug's resolute commitment to them have secured their position as the most luxurious and exclusive of all Champagne producers.

Unlike other Champagne Houses, Krug's range consists of prestige cuvées only. Their iconic non-vintage Grande Cuvée is a masterful blend of some 120 wines, vintage Krugs are renowned as true classics, majestically displaying the characteristics of each harvest and their unique and exclusive single-vineyard champagnes, Clos du Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay are the ultimate rarities. The recent introduction of ID codes displayed on the back of every bottle - revealing base year, disgorgement periods and product information - has helped revise the vision of Krug in line with the great founder's philosophy.

Cellar Master: Julie Cavil
Winery Location: Reims | Champagne, France
Champagne Region: Montagne de Reims
Annual Production (bottles): 760,000