
2003 Krug Vintage Brut
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 445 / 750ml
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4.5 from 13 User Ratings
- 17 Critic Reviews
- Style Sparkling - Complex and Traditional
- Grape Variety Champagne Blend
- Food Pairing Shellfish, Crab and Lobster
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Critic tasting note: (2003 vintage) "- The 2003 Krug vintage Champagne is a stunning wine from this warm and somewhat challenging vintage. This is definitely one of the best (if not the finest) Champagnes I’ve sampled from the 2003 vintage. Aromatics of intense kumquat skin, honeydew melon, with earthy and smoky undertones all entice the senses once in the glass. The weight and freshness is stunning. Marzipan, and lemon cream are all beautifully woven together with shades of white truffle shavings. This has a wonderful effervescence and seamless quality, with formidable weight. The exceedingly long finish lingers. Outstanding now, this both the verve and viscosity to cellar well for the next fifteen years." - Owen Bargreen
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- Producer Notes
- Krug Vintage is created as Joseph wrote, “according to the circumstances.” In the House of Krug, Krug Vintage is not the selection of the best wines of a good year, but the selection of the wines which better express the story of the year, those wines which better play the music of the year. The creation is then enhanced by a stay over ten years in Krug’s cellars.
- Drinking Window
- 2013-2033
- Alcohol ABV
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12%
- Method
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Traditional Method
- Dosage
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Brut
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Ownership
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LVMH Moët Hennessy
- Harvest date
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August - October
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vintage Notes
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A year of circumstances: a dry winter and spring, premature blooming, frosts and a very hot summer. A very long harvest – the longest in living memory and the earliest harvest since 1822 – which took place from August to October. Small yields, healthy grapes, extremely varied levels of maturity, over and under-ripeness, the latter due to vines stopping their maturation as a form of self-protection from the heat.
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- Winemaking
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Krug decided to create a vintage for this particular year and named it Vivacious Radiance, to relay the story of a hot year that surprised Krug winemakers with unexpected freshness and fruit in some of the plots’ wines. Krug 2003 is a blend of selected wines of the year, from many different plots.
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- Ageing
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The finesse and elegance of Krug 2003 is enhanced by around ten years in the Krug cellars.
- Producer Tasting Notes
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At first sight, a subtle yellow gold colour highlights a reserved finesse. On the nose, there are notes of citrus, plum, liquid honey and brioche. On the palate, fresh summer fruits, surprising red grapefruit, along with candied peel, roast chestnuts and caramelized apple tart.
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(2)Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Yellowtail nigiri Starter Course
- Contains: rice
- Japanese
- BLT sandwich Main Course
- Contains: bacon, tomato, lettuce
- Western
- Chocolate Dessert Course
- Western
- Crottin Chavignol Cheese Course
- French
Details
- Producer Notes
- Krug Vintage is created as Joseph wrote, “according to the circumstances.” In the House of Krug, Krug Vintage is not the selection of the best wines of a good year, but the selection of the wines which better express the story of the year, those wines which better play the music of the year. The creation is then enhanced by a stay over ten years in Krug’s cellars.
- Drinking Window
- 2013-2033
- Alcohol ABV
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12%
- Method
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Traditional Method
- Dosage
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Brut
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Ownership
-
LVMH Moët Hennessy
- Harvest date
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August - October
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vintage Notes
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A year of circumstances: a dry winter and spring, premature blooming, frosts and a very hot summer. A very long harvest – the longest in living memory and the earliest harvest since 1822 – which took place from August to October. Small yields, healthy grapes, extremely varied levels of maturity, over and under-ripeness, the latter due to vines stopping their maturation as a form of self-protection from the heat.
Read more
- Winemaking
-
Krug decided to create a vintage for this particular year and named it Vivacious Radiance, to relay the story of a hot year that surprised Krug winemakers with unexpected freshness and fruit in some of the plots’ wines. Krug 2003 is a blend of selected wines of the year, from many different plots.
Read more
- Ageing
-
The finesse and elegance of Krug 2003 is enhanced by around ten years in the Krug cellars.
- Producer Tasting Notes
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At first sight, a subtle yellow gold colour highlights a reserved finesse. On the nose, there are notes of citrus, plum, liquid honey and brioche. On the palate, fresh summer fruits, surprising red grapefruit, along with candied peel, roast chestnuts and caramelized apple tart.
Read more
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Vintage quality: Average
Current condition: Likely past it
The 2003 Champagne vintage was, overall, fraught but a few good wines were made.
Although the beginning of the year saw spring frosts which destroyed some of the harvest, the region was then pummelled by an intensely hot growing season. The hot temperatures, especiall...
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