在眾多的香檳品牌中，Krug不論在品質、知名度都是屬於最頂尖的，自1843年創立傳承至今第六代，一直被譽為頂級香檳酒廠。Krug香檳迷倒眾生的原因之一，就是耗時費工的釀造方法：堅持只使用第一道壓榨的原料葡萄汁，然後將其放入小型橡木桶內進行第一次發酵，發酵木桶會使用2~30年，完全不用新桶；所有釀造程序都是由技術純熟的酒廠人員以手工作業，包括繁複的搖瓶程序。Krug這個釀酒傳統從創立到現在依然堅守不變。
WA: 95 Drink Date: 2021 - 2041
Krug's NV Grande Cuvée 170ème Édition is based on the 2014 vintage, complemented by some 45% reserve wines dating back to 1998, with the house drawing on, among many others, 2013 for structure and 2012 and 2003 for generosity. Opening in the glass with aromas of pastry cream, dried fruits, pear, warm spices, freshly baked bread and vanilla pod, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fine-boned, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a precise, chiseled profile. But if the latter adjective could be applied to the 2013-base 169ème édition equally felicitously, the 2014-base 170ème is more giving and less tightly wound out of the gates and will offer more demonstrative drinking young.
