Krug Clos du Mesnil

In the glass

Aroma: lemon, white flowers, chalk, mature Chablis nuance

Palate: saline minerality, citrus pith, dense extract, crystalline length

A single walled-vineyard Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs of intense purity: bone-dry, dense and saline with crystalline brightness and Krug's intellectual austerity.

What it pairs with

• Oysters Find oysters on TableJourney →
  Bone-dry saline drive and chalk meet the brine of raw oysters head-on.
• Turbot in beurre blanc
  Crystalline acidity slices the butter; chalk mirrors the white fish.
• Sushi and sashimi
  Saline precision flatters delicate raw fish.

History

Krug bottled the first vintage of its single 1.84-hectare walled Le Mesnil-sur-Oger vineyard in 1979, releasing it as a vintage-dated Blanc de Blancs that became one of the rarest wines in Champagne.

1. 1979 — First vintage of the single-vineyard Clos du Mesnil

Facts

Producer

Krug

Grapes

Chardonnay (100%)

Classification

AOC Champagne

Oak

Oak-cask fermentation, single walled-vineyard Chardonnay aged long on lees

ABV

12.0%

Price

EUR 1000 to 1800 at retail

Drinking window

10 to 40 from vintage

First vintage

1979

Scores

• Vinous 97 (2008 vintage, reviewed 2020)

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