Champagne Krug—a "négociant-manipulateur" with offices in Reims, the main city in Champagne—was one of the famous Champagne houses who formed part of the membership of the Grande Marques. In modern times Krug Grande Cuvée is one of the brands in the LVMH wine division. The house has a policy of complete barrel fermentation and very extended lees aging; on the nose, Krug is identified by its strongly developed and aged nutty lees influence and autolytic notes, a certain oakiness, as well as a combination of disgorgement freshness and oxidative maturity. On the palate, Krug wines commonly display flavors resulting from suppression of the malolactic fermentation, and additional flavors from lees and from barrel fermentation. It is a most obviously oaky of Champagnes and is almost invariably dry (less than 10 g/l residual sugar).
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