Krug Brut Rosé Champagne (375ml)
SKU #1033484
96 points
Decanter
An exotic, bright and freshly crushed raspberry nose, which persists. Icing sugar and cracked cashews. A gorgeous cascade of stewed fruits, spice and rhubarb in the mouth. An exhilarating and fine wine. A fruit lolly note, but refined and smokily luxurious too. Red wine from different plots in Aÿ, Bouzy and Mareuil-sur-Ay. The rosés are selected from more mature fruit and therefore need fewer components to express the priority of pure berry intensity. Candy and sweet notes on the end. Main harvest: 2014. 35% reserves. Aged for almost seven years on lees. 11% red wine used in the blend. Disgorged: Early 2021. (TH)
(4/2022)
96 points
Wine Spectator
A mouthwatering rosé that wraps a racy spine of acidity in the plushly creamy, cashmere-like mousse, offering a fine frame for the rich and finely meshed range of flavors, with baked raspberry, passion fruit and Mandarin orange peel fruit accented by chopped hazelnut, fleur de sel, candied ginger and lime blossom notes that echo for days on the vivid finish. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Disgorged autumn 2019. (AN)
(11/2021)
94 points
Wine Enthusiast
A deep color and a mix of freshness and richness give this iconic Champagne a complexity that is rare. Its texture, orange zest and red-currant fruits are impressively integrated in a wine that demands food when drunk. (RV)
(12/2022)
93 points
Wine & Spirits
Julie Cavil based the 26th edition of Krug Rosé on the 2014 vintage, making up 67 percent of the blend. She approaches the wine from the ground up (this is not a blend similar to the 170th Grande Cuvée, with red wine added). A heady scent of ripe autumn pears, an herbal tone of hibiscus tea, basil, thyme and orange all combine to give a brisk amaro feel to the tart red fruit. The oldest reserve wines in the blend date to 2005, their freshness sustained in stainless steel tanks, building a copper-colored rosé with layers of toast, smoke, spice and pale impressions of red fruit.
(12/2022)
K&L Notes
Half bottles. This blend of vintages is perhaps the most consistently great pink wine in the world. Effortless, subtle, and elegant, this is not a bottle of wine that is ever flashy or showy. The refined strawberry notes and haunting Pinot Noir fruit always seem to take a back seat to the company and the conversation, but the memory of each experience is as vivid as yesterday. Every lover of the good things in life should try this masterpiece at least once. It is the ultimate rosé!
